NP3 Background

Robbie Rohr , ED of Executive Alliance, is appointed to the Prosperity Partnership's Project Management Team .

Rita Ryder , President of the YWCA of King and Snohomish Counties , is appointed to the Prosperity Partnership's Leadership Team .

Over 20% of November 2004 summit attendees represented the nonprofit sector. This summit was attended by 1,100 community leaders from the public, private and nonprofit sectors.

"My organization could not purchase the kind of concentrated outreach into the broader community we stand to gain for this relatively small (and yet significant for an agency our size) investment."

Significant involvement of nonprofit leaders in the Partnership Roundtable, providing oversight and perspective to the ongoing work of the Prosperity Partnership.

Social Capital and Quality of Life Foundation Initiative adopted by the central Puget Sound Economic Development District Board on September 27th, 2005

NP3 Steering Committee formed in June, 2005.

Statement Against Initiative 912 disseminated to members of the nonprofit community. For more information on our opposition to Initiative 912, please see our Statement on Initiative 912.

"The time is now. We have a window of opportunity that is wide open; however, unless we invest in the capacity it takes to go through that window, it will shut and a year from now we'll wonder what happened..."

Year One Workplans

Affordable Housing:

Pursue the resources and regulatory changes necessary to provide adequate, affordable housing close to jobs for workers at all wage levels.

Arts and Culture:

Develop a strategy to celebrate and promote arts and culture as a strategic economic advantage for our region.

Boards, Commissions and Committees:

Identify public policy boards, commissions, committees to which nonprofit leaders can bring their perspective and understanding of complex social issues and innovative solutions.

Comprehensive Tax Reform:

Support comprehensive statewide tax reform with the goal of sustaining the economic and social systems required for a strong economy and a health community.