Moses Lake Deputy Mayor Deanna Martinez speaking at the Association of Washington Business meeting in Moses Lake on Wednesday. Martines, along with a number of other attendees, said water is a main concern of area residents. “We live in a desert, and I think that maybe some people forget that because we love our lawns,” Martinez said.
June 7, 2023
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Addressing the Basin's water future
Local business leaders discuss water and other challenges in economic development.
MOSES LAKE — Kristofer Johnson noticed something a little different about the concerns of the Moses Lake business people who gathered to hear him speak on Wednesday. “Water. Water percolated here, which hasn’t in a lot of communities, I would say,” said Johnson, president and CEO of the Association of Washington Business, the state’s chamber of commerce. “I think that’s the next big challenge we have as a state, for communities, for industrial land development, for residential land development, it’s about water.” ...