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Seattle’s Business Climate Scores Just 39 Out of 100 in New Business Survey
A new 2026 Business Climate Survey, conducted in partnership by the Seattle Metro Chamber and Downtown Seattle Association, provides a snapshot of the challenges facing businesses in the Seattle region and the actions businesses say could strengthen confidence,...
Index 11: The World Cup brought momentum. Voters say Seattle lost it.
The Seattle Metro Chamber released findings from the eleventh edition of The Index, its semiannual survey tracking Seattle voters’ views on quality of life, the economy, and the issues facing the city. Two-thirds of Seattle voters say they are concerned Seattle is...
What It Takes To Make Government Work – Part 4: The Solutions We Choose Not to See
Seattle’s public-safety debate often begins with a convenient lie. We pretend not to know what to do, then spend years studying familiar problems as they grow worse. We commission another study. We assemble another advisory group. We argue over semantics and wait for...
What It Takes To Make Government Work – Part 3: When Compassion Has No Destination
San Francisco built a humane alternative between jail and walking away. Seattle already has many of the pieces to do the same. Part Three of a four-part series on what Seattle can...
Businesses Now Pay Two-Thirds of Seattle’s Taxes while Seattle Is Losing Jobs for the first time in Decades
SEATTLE, Oct. 5, 2026 — Seattle’s tax collections have grown substantially faster than the city’s population, employment and inflation over the past decade, according to a new...
What It Takes To Make Government Work-Part 2: Government Is Not a Workgroup
San Francisco did not need another coordinating body to coordinate the existing coordinating bodies. It needed the people already at the table to make decisions. Seattle and this...
What It Takes to Make Government Work- Part 1: It Is Safer to Fail Quietly Than to Succeed Publicly
Part 1 of four reflections on leadership, accountability, compassionate intervention, and smarter public safety.
Business Leaders Welcome Mayor Wilson’s Focus on Fiscal Responsibility and Public Safety in Proposed Budget
The Seattle Metro Chamber, Challenge Seattle, and Washington Roundtable today welcomed key elements of Mayor Wilson's proposed budget, citing its emphasis on public safety and fiscal...
Op-ed: Seattle’s Progressive Values Need Businesses to Succeed
By Joe Nguyễn, President and CEO of the Seattle Metro Chamber You can support affordable housing, strong public services and a safety net, and still want Seattle’s businesses to...
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Seattle Metro Chamber
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Seattle’s Business Climate Scores Just 39 Out of 100 in New Business Survey
New survey finds public safety, taxes and fees, labor costs, and homelessness among businesses’ biggest challenges
Index 11: The World Cup brought momentum. Voters say Seattle lost it.
In less than four months, 65% say public safety and quality of life in Seattle are worse than during the World Cup.
What It Takes To Make Government Work – Part 4: The Solutions We Choose Not to See
Seattle’s public-safety debate often begins with a convenient lie. We pretend not to know what to do, then spend years studying familiar problems as they grow worse. We commission...
What It Takes To Make Government Work – Part 3: When Compassion Has No Destination
San Francisco built a humane alternative between jail and walking away. Seattle already has many of the pieces to do the same. Part Three of a four-part series on what Seattle can...
Businesses Now Pay Two-Thirds of Seattle’s Taxes while Seattle Is Losing Jobs for the first time in Decades
SEATTLE, Oct. 5, 2026 — Seattle’s tax collections have grown substantially faster than the city’s population, employment and inflation over the past decade, according to a new...
What It Takes To Make Government Work-Part 2: Government Is Not a Workgroup
San Francisco did not need another coordinating body to coordinate the existing coordinating bodies. It needed the people already at the table to make decisions. Seattle and this...
Media Contact
Mara Samudrala
Director of Marketing and Communications
Seattle Metro Chamber
(206) 389-7235
Email the Media Contact
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