Grant helps ML manufacturing project at airport

The Washington State Department of Commerce today announced a $350,000 grant to Grant County to advance environmental permitting efforts and help prepare sites for large-scale manufacturing development at the Port of Moses Lake.

The County will use the funding to conduct environmental review for 400-acres of property at Grant County International Airport. While no specific tenants have been identified, the phased development proposes a number of potential buildings totaling as much as 2.6 million square feet available to aerospace and other advanced manufacturers that would benefit from being...