Seattle – Washington Policy Center, the state’s premier state-based research and education organization, along with its research center, the Center for Small Business and Entrepreneurship is in Pasco tomorrow, October 12th for the 2006 Regional Small Business Issue Forum.

The Small Business Issue Forums follow up the two Statewide Small Business Conferences held last year in Seattle and Tri-Cities. Attendees will hear from experts on small business access to health care, tax policy affecting small businesses, an overview of the statewide ballot initiatives and a preview of the 2007 Legislative Session.

WPC will also release its two new studies on two of the statewide ballot initiatives: A Citizen’s Guide to Initiative 920: A measure to repeal Washington’s estate tax and The Guide to Initiative 933: The Property Rights Initiative.

“Small business owners don’t often have the time and resources to keep up with the latest policy innovations and proposals that affect their business,” said Small Business Center director Carl Gipson. “These Forums provide a way to get caught up on the important issues of the day.”

What
2006 Tri-Cities Small Business Issue Forum

When
11:45am – 1:30pm, Tomorrow, Thursday, October 12th

Where
Red Lion Hotel Pasco
2525 N. 20th Avenue, Pasco

Register
Washington Policy Center
(888) 972-9272
Secure online: www.smallbusinessproject.org

Cost
Complimentary admission is offered to all media

Presented by: Lampson International, Sterling Savings Bank, and Washington Trust Bank, Tri-City Area Journal of Business, Tri-City Herald

Co-sponsoring the Forum: Home Builders Association of Tri-Cities, Tri-City Regional Chamber of Commerce, TRIDEC