The 2024 Small Business Regulatory Roundtables were organized by the Washington State Governor’s Office for Regulatory Innovation and Assistance (ORIA). These meetings gave business owners, local officials, tribal, and community leaders a chance to talk about how state rules and regulations affect them and share their concerns with people from government agencies. People who attended the meetings were able to talk about problems, share ideas, and suggest ways to improve. State agencies wanted to learn about how things are being done now and how they can improve.
The roundtables were held in Spokane, Yakima, Mount Vernon, Seattle, Longview, Aberdeen, and the Port of Grays Harbor. Holding roundtable discussions in different regions helped uncover the unique challenges each area faced. This was important because different
communities have different needs when it comes to starting and running businesses. While each region shared its own concerns, many of the same problems kept coming up across multiple communities.
The 2024 Small Business Regulatory Roundtable Report summarizes the conducted roundtables, identifying both the unique and common concerns of small businesses. You can review other documents on our publications page.