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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

WHERE WE ARE                          

 

GETTING TO SUMNER

 

3 freeways, highways 167, 410 and 512

Average daily traffic volume on Hwy 167: 80,000 south of Sumner/92,000 north of Sumner in 2006

 

12 Sounder commuter trains daily to Seattle and Tacoma
Plus three Sound Transit bus routes and one Pierce Transit circulator bus

 

20 miles to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport

31,296,628 passengers, 347,046 aircraft operations, 319,013 air cargo in metric ton(s)

 

12 miles to Port of Tacoma

Over $36 billion in annual trade and nearly 2 million 20-foot Equivalent Container Units

 

35 miles to Port of Seattle

The nation’s seventh busiest marine container cargo and bulk cargo port

 

“'Geographically, Sumner is a great spot, we love it.  It’s close to commerce hubs Seattle and Portland, has excellent access to inbound ports and intestates and has maintained its small town charm,’ said Tom Walker, executive vice-president of Costco construction and distribution.”  –Daily Journal of Commerce

 

CLOSE TO EVERYONE

35 miles to Seattle, pop. 586,200

32 miles to Bellevue, pop. 118,100

15 miles to Kent, pop. 86,660

13 miles to Federal Way, pop. 87,390

13 miles to Tacoma, pop. 201,700

3.2 miles to Puyallup, pop. 36,790

10 miles to Auburn, pop. 50,470

7.1 miles to Edgewood, pop. 9,560

4.3 miles to Bonney Lake, pop. 15,740

 

PLUS Cascadia, a new master-planned community, south of Sumner, beginning Sept. 2008 and expected to be complete in 20 years with more than 6,000 places to live at values between $500,000 and $700,000 and 9,000 jobs.

 

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