Business View City & Municipal | August 2022

54 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 3, ISSUE 7 Green transportation in Bellingham and Whatcom County height of the pandemic. “We’re happy to say that we were able to save many of our small business through this initiative,” shares Port of Bellingham Economic Development Project Manager Gina Stark. “In fact, one of our small businesses was able to expand and purchase a brick-and-mortar footprint. It feels great to work for an agency with such exciting collaboration between our partners—our Small Business Development Centers (SBDC), our Chambers, our Mayors, our County Executives, our Department of Commerce—to keep our economy strong and our small businesses resilient. Those grants were really a great achievement, for our team and our community.” During the initial phases of the pandemic, the Port of Bellingham was an anchor participant in the “Safer. Stronger. Together.” campaign, in partnership with the Whatcom County Health Department. Goldberg says that although health and economic departments were often pitted