Sustainable Thurston Leads/Partners

Name	Description
Cities/towns	Bucoda, Lacey, Olympia, Rainier, Tenino, Tumwater, and Yelm
Chambers	Chambers of Commerce
County	Thurston County
Courts	Thurston County District and Superior Courts and Municipal Courts
Developers	Development community – includes builders, developers, and financial institutions for both residential and commercial buildings
DOH	Washington State Department of Health
EDC	Thurston Economic Development Council
Federal	Federal agencies
Finance	Financial community (banks, lending institutions)
Fire districts	15 fire districts and the three cities (Bucoda, Olympia, and Tumwater) with independent fire districts
HCA	Washington State Health Care Authority
HHS	Health and Human Services
Higher Ed	South Puget Sound Community College, St. Martins’ University, The Evergreen State College
HOME Consortium	The HOME Consortium is an eight member advisory board responsible for the multi-jurisdictional administration of Thurston County’s housing programs
Hospitals	Capital Medical Center; Providence St. Peter Hospital
Housing Authority	Housing Authority of Thurston County
IT	Intercity Transit
JBLM	Joint Base Lewis-McChord
Land trusts	Capitol Land Trust and Nisqually Land Trust
Lead entity	Lead entities are the community-based groups that develop strategies to restore salmon habitat
Local Health Care Providers	Organizations involved in providing health care in the Thurston Region
LOTT	LOTT Clean Water Alliance (serves Lacey-Olympia-Tumwater-Thurston County)
Nonprofits	A variety of nonprofit organizations
North County cities	Lacey, Olympia, Tumwater, and Thurston County
ORCAA	Olympia Region Clean Air Agency
Port	Port of Olympia
PUD	Thurston Public Utility District
PSE	Puget Sound Energy
PT	Pierce Transit
R/T	Rural – Tribal Transportation
School districts	9 school districts within Thurston County (K-12)
South County cities/places	Bucoda, Grand Mound, Rainier, Rochester, Tenino, and Yelm (Grand Mound and Rochester are represented by Thurston County)
State	State agencies
STEDI	South Thurston Economic Development Initiative – a consortium of partners initiated by Bucoda, Rainier, Tenino, Yelm, Grand Mound, and Rochester, in collaboration with agencies including the Thurston Economic Development Council, Thurston Regional Planning Council, Washington State University Cooperative Extension, and the Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater Visitor & Convention Bureau.
TCAT	Thurston Climate Action Team
TCOMM	Thurston 9-1-1 Communications
TCPHSS	Thurston County Public Health and Social Services
TESC	The Evergreen State College
TE	Thurston Energy. A program of the Thurston Economic Development Council
Thurston County BOH	Thurston County Board of Health
Thurston Food System Council	A grassroots organization with members representing Cities/towns, County, Nonprofits (Slow Food, Sustainable South Sound), growers, processors and other food related businesses, TRPC, WSU Note: The Local Food System panel and other community members explored various models of council/advisory groups and elected to begin by forming the grassroots Thurston Food System Council. While elected officials participate in this group, it is not affiliated with any city/town, county or regional government and is not a policy council. Policymakers may want to explore different models, with a greater policy focus. This may be as a subcommittee of TRPC or other entity. While the matrix notes the Thurston Food System Council as lead for a number of action items, they do not – at this time – have the capacity or resources to act as lead without funding and community support.
TOGETHER!	Nonprofit organization dedicated to engaging and mobilizing families, schools and the community to advance the health, safety and success of youth in Thurston County.
Tribes	One or some of the three tribal governments in our region: Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation, Nisqually Indian Tribe, and Squaxin Island Tribe
TRPC	Thurston Regional Planning Council
TT	Thurston Thrives
Utilities	Private and Public utility providers. Includes telecommunications and fiber network providers.
VCB	Visitor & Convention Bureau
WSDOT	Washington State Department of Transportation
WSU	Washington State University Cooperative Extension
WUTC	Washington Utilities Trade Commission