Business View Civil and Municipal l December 2022

16 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 9, ISSUE 12 at how we can protect structures and property. We have some projects in the queue right now to construct flood mitigation and make sure that we have buildable land as our community grows.” Ensuring that water and sewer infrastructure is prepared for future growth is also on the agenda, including a major sewer system enhancement project to upgrade technology from the 1970s. “With our federal ARPA funds, we are actually doing a loop that creates some redundancy and really adds capacity for future development on the west side of our community,” Behrends Cerniwey says, adding, “Ellensburg is unique in that we actually operate our own natural gas and electric systems. We have local control over all of our utilities, we have a telecom utility as well and we also own a local transit system that’s operated by HopeSource, which is a non-profit partner.” Faced with state initiatives around carbon reduction, Ellensburg is working with engineering firm McKinstry to create a sustainability plan. Learn more at kvhealthcare.org/careers Kittitas Valley Healthcare supports the people of Kittitas County, a beautiful, sunny region 90 minutes east of Seattle. We’re seeking professionals to join our healthcare system in caring for this growing community. Love where you work - and where you live.