A delegation representing companies from eight countries recently toured Bellevue and other cities across Puget Sound as part of the SelectUSA Seattle Spinoff organized by Greater Seattle Partners.

Your nominations are in, and we have landed on our picks for this year’s Community Spotlight Awards. 

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Born and raised on the Eastside, Jonny Lu has witnessed the Puget Sound region’s evolution from a timber- and aerospace-fueled economy to a global tech hub.

The science is clear: alongside steep emission reductions, by 2050 we’ll need to remove gigatonnes of existing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere every year to limit global temperature rise.