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There's no question that large businesses can add a great boost to an economy's bottom line. Think this: According to the Seattle Times, in March of 2012, Amazon listed 1,900 job openings in Seattle. At a time when many businesses were laying off workers, this large firm  was adding to its payroll. It is no surprise that several  lawmakers work tirelessly to court large companies in their mission to advance the monetary outlook of their constituents. Port Commissioner John Creighton has another avenue that he believes lawmakers ought to follow. in brief, he thinks tourism will be increasingly essential to the region’s economy. Washington State just isn't at all times  associated with the tourist trade. Generally, locations  similar to Brand new York, California or Las Vegas pop into your head when talking about tourism. But the tourism niche brought in over $16 billion in profits for Washington State in 2011 alone.

As Seattle Port Commissioner, John Creighton has a vested interest in tourism promotion, to be certain that people go on to fly in via Sea-Tac Airport to observe the sights that the Northwest has to present and to hop on cruises to Alaska from among the Port of Seattle’s two cruise terminals.

According to statistics published by the Seattle Convention and Visitor's Bureau, more than 9 million visitors come to Seattle and King County every year, and they spend $5.nine billion during their visits. Additionally, they contribute $463 million in state and local tax revenues. easily, this isn't an amount of cash that any government can afford to overlook, specifically when the global economy stays strained and tax revenues are at historic lows.

Boosting tourism means investing in advertising, naturally, but John Creighton also believes that investing in infrastructure is important. Visitors require the capability to reach their places, and the infrastructure requires to be sound sufficient to enable for growth in the amount of holidaymakers. As part of the Port’s 25-year vision for growth,, the Port Commission’s tourism-related goals incorporate doubling international places  out of Sea-Tac Airport and doubling the economic impact of the cruise industry for Washington State. Concentrating on the essential initiatives and intelligent investments to make this happen is something John Creighton hopes to stress in his next term as Port Commissioner.

In December of 2006, John Creighton was asked to do even more. At that time, Governor Chris Gregoire asked him to participate as a board member of the Washington State Freight Mobility Strategic Investment Board. This organization, according to its internet site, is "… held accountable to create an extensive and coordinated state program to facilitate freight movement between and among local, national and international markets which increases trade possibilities." It looks as if a wonderful fit for Port Commissioner John Creighton, as all of these are the sorts of issues that he is  neccessary to address as part of his port duties on a day-to-day basis.

FMSIB provides advice to the Washington State Legislature about which jobs are most beneficial to fund, and has the authority to allocate transportation dollars that the State Legislature has entrusted with the board on tasks across the state which help freight mobility. FMSIB demands that the jobs it assists consist of a substantial percentage of local dollars as part of their funding package. A lot of projects that FMSIB helps fund contain port and private industry money participation as well. For each dollar FMSIB spends on a transportation project, 5 dollars of local or private cash is included. In this way, the board is able to leverage state transportation spending, and it can have a tremendous effect on both jobs and revenue in the State of Washington. It's a responsibility John Creighton takes very seriously. He goes on to sit on the FMSIB board to this day, and plans to run for another term as Seattle Port Commissioner in 2013.