Business View Civil and Municipal l January 2023

145 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 9, ISSUE 12 of employment. Doherty recounts, “Many years ago the community voted to create a hospital district. Since then, Swedish Hospital network has become a great regional hospital and asset to the community. We have been really blessed with that presence, and of course, you can imagine the employment not only directly by the hospital, but all the satellite, medical, lab, and healthcare- related companies that spin around the hospital.” EDMONDS , WASHINGTON Car dealerships along Highway 99 serve the region and are another source of employment and revenue in the city, as McLaughlin acknowledges, “Dealerships within Edmonds bring visitors, jobs and help to keep a strong tax base.” Both Edmonds College and Shoreline College are valued partners, working with the city to provide a strong workforce. “We used some of