The mission of the Small Business Transportation Resource Center (SBTRC) is to increase the number of small and disadvantaged businesses that are prepared to compete for, and enter into, transportation-related prime and subcontract.

The Northwest SBTRC is funded by a cooperative agreement with Snohomish County Economic Development Council (EDC) and U.S. Department of Transportation’s Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU).

The Northwest SBTRC serves Washington, Oregon, Alaska, Idaho and Montana and provides assistance with the following:

• Provide technical assistance;
• Business training program : business assessment, management training, counseling, technical assistance, marketing and outreach;
• Conduct outreach and disseminate information to small businesses at regional transportation-related conferences, seminars, and workshops; and
• Financial Assistance, provide technical assistance to DBEs for participation in the OSDBU’s Financial Assistance, the Short-Term Lending Program (STLP) .

For more information contact the Lily Keeffe, Project Director, at (425) 248-4222

SBTRC- Northwest Region Office
Attn: Lily Keefe
728 134th St., SW, Ste 128
Everett, WA 98204
Phone: (425) 248-4222
Fax (425) 743-5726

SBTRC- Northwest Region /Satellite Office
401 S. Jackson St.
Seattle, WA 98104
Phone: (206) 718-7250

The Northwest SBTRC staff

Deborah Knuston,
President of the EDC of Snohomish County
Executive Director, SBTRC

Lily Keefe
Project Director, SBTRC

Lori Wells
Project Coordinator, SBTRC