The Infrastructure of Opportunity: Strategic Summit on Childcare
About this Event
Marysville is at an economic crossroads. With the rapid expansion of the Cascade Industrial Center and record-breaking housing growth, the region is booming—yet it faces a critical structural deficit. In Snohomish County, there are over 50,000 children under age five, but only 20,000 licensed childcare slots. This 30,000-slot gap is not only a family issue; it represents a "leaky bucket" in our economy that drains workforce productivity, hinders small and mid-size business growth, and threatens housing stability. To solve this, we must move beyond traditional silos and embrace a Public-Private Partnership that treats childcare as a fundamental pillar of our economic infrastructure.
This roundtable brings together the region’s most influential architects of growth—the Mayor Nehring of Marysville, Representative Julio Cortes of the 38th Legislative District, and other employers in the Marysville area—to architect new "Business-Led" strategies for childcare growth. Organized by Washington Families Thrive (WFT), this discussion will focus on moving from the current crisis to actionable solutions. We will explore how to leverage state policies in conjunction with local planning, implement workforce solutions that are easy to adopt, and identify innovative business strategies that can positively impact both growing businesses and working families. Understanding that childcare is part of the roadmap to a growing economy leads to real solutions for families and businesses with growing intergenerational workforces.
Sponsored by the Economic Alliance of Snohomish County and the Marysville Tulalip Chamber of Commerce.
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