Thurston County businesses win ‘economic courage’ awards
Five Olympia area businesses have won “economic courage” awards, the Thurston Economic Development Council has announced.
The EDC defines economic courage as “a leader, a business, nonprofit and/ or organization that, while facing economic uncertainty and a radical retraction of ‘business as usual,’ took extraordinary steps to provide a service, a product, and or a support service that made a positive impact to the community and/ or employees of their organization.”
The five winners:
▪ Agricultural business: Olympia Farmers Market.
▪ New business: Shiplap Quilt Shop and Coffee House, Tenino.
▪ Nonprofit business: Northwest Cooperative Development Center, Olympia.
▪ Small business: Van Tuinen Art, Olympia.
▪ Large business: Crown Beverage Packaging North America, Olympia.
—Rolf Boone
This story was originally published July 28, 2022 at 5:00 AM with the headline "Thurston County businesses win ‘economic courage’ awards."
