The MIC is a strong voice for protection of industrial lands and the maritime and manufacturing businesses that operate there. For at least the last twenty years, developers have tried to change zoning in the Duwamish Manufacturing Industrial Center to allow for residential and expanded commercial development. The MIC has been instrumental in highlighting the value of maritime and manufacturing jobs in the area as well as the public investment in rail, roads, bridges, and docks that have made this area so important to the local, regional, and state economy.
Jordan Royer, Pacific Merchant Shipping Association