Tag: community

Finalizing the Skykomish Plan

On October 17th our firm held an implementation work session with the Skykomish Town Council and members of their Planning Commission.  The goal of the work session was to prioritize economic development goals in consideration of the Town’s budgeting for 2019, as well as the connections between multiple goals and tasks requiring additional coordination. The […]

Pacific Retains Toyer for Economic Development Project

The City of Pacific, Washington has retained Toyer Strategic Consulting (TSC) to complete an economic development project funded by the City and a grant from the Port of Seattle. Under the project scope TSC will identify, categorize and visit key employers within the community.  A final consultant report and business retention and expansion (BRE) program […]

Toyer Discusses Trestle’s Economic Challenges

The U.S. Highway 2 corridor between Everett, Washington and Lake Stevens, Washington is a big transportation issue that impacts the lives of many residents and businesses.  The Lake Stevens community has started a #LetsFixTheTrestle movement to help highlight the need for investment in this critical infrastructure. In a recent interview, David Toyer, owner of Toyer […]

Toyer Supports #LetsFixTheTrestle

David Toyer, owner of Toyer Strategic, recently appeared in two videos that support a fix to the Trestle.  The first video “Living with the Trestle” highlights the challenges and safety concerns faced by the residents and businesses of Lake Stevens who rely on the east-west U.S. 2 Trestle as the area’s main transportation corridor.  The […]

The National Housing Problem

Availability, affordability, attainability . . . have a few things in common. First, they can be used to describe various elements of a supply demand model (e.g. if it is rarely available, it is rare it’s affordable).  Second, they are key discussion points in housing debates that are growing in importance nationwide. Why? Fast growing […]