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washington business Video Spotlight Quick links to AWB’s video content. Scan the QR codes with your smartphone or view online. 2018 AWB Manufacturing Week Bus Tour – 7 days, 7 videos AWB’s whirlwind seven-day Manufacturing Week Bus Tour took us from the upper Olympic Peninsula to the Palouse. We visited more than 50 manufacturers that are providing great jobs in large and small communities across Washington state. This series of videos shows just how deep into the woods we’ll go to tell our member’s stories. AWB News - 2018 Rural Jobs Summit Recap We once again convened community leaders and lawmakers to discuss the issues critical to the economic recovery of rural Washington. Our third Rural Jobs Summit in two years was hosted at Lower Columbia College in Longview, and featured panels on rural broadband, early learning, natural resources, opportunity zones, access to capital, housing, and ended with words from Senate and House leadership. 2018 AWB Evening of Excellence Highlights We honored our state’s top employers at our third annual Evening of Excellence Awards at Benaroya Hall in late November. Six deserving companies took home hardware for their work in the fields of workforce development, environmental stewardship, entrepreneurship, technological advancement and overall excellence. We also honored this year’s Manufacturing Excellence Award winners, which were announced during our Manufacturing Week Bus Tour. winter 2019 13