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OLYMPIA, Wash. – Dec. 15, 2020 – Brier is the newest city to connect to the state Department of Revenue’s licensing partnership. The Business Licensing Service (BLS) serves more than 150 municipalities across Washington, connecting local licensing with the state tax portal.

Brier joins the ranks of nearly 20 Snohomish County BLS partners, including Lakewood, Mountlake Terrace, and Mill Creek. Bothell is slated as a future partner.

OLYMPIA, Wash. – Jan. 21, 2020 – One of the state’s most popular beach destinations is starting a wave of coastal cities joining the state Department of Revenue’s Business Licensing Service (BLS).

Ocean Shores is the first of seven Grays Harbor County communities to link its local licensing with BLS in 2021. The city, which hosts thousands of tourists each year, is home to nearly 500 local businesses.

With BLS, Ocean Shores businesses can renew many cities’ licenses in one convenient step.

OLYMPIA, Wash. – Jan. 28, 2020 – Home to 3,000 residents, Zillah in the Yakima Valley is the newest partner of the Department of Revenue’s Business Licensing Service (BLS).

Zillah is another link in the chain of about 20 BLS partner cities near the Yakima River between Ellensburg and Richland. By connecting with the state BLS system, licensing is streamlined for thousands of business that work in more than one community across the state’s vital agricultural valley. More than 400 businesses operate in Zillah.

OLYMPIA, Wash. – Feb. 4, 2021 – The city of Rainier today joins its Thurston County neighbors as the newest local partner of Revenue’s Business Licensing Service (BLS).

Named for its views of the state’s highest peak, the pastoral community of 2,000 is home to more than 50 local businesses.

OLYMPIA, Wash. – Feb. 11, 2021 – The city of Goldendale today is zooming in on a new partnership with the Department of Revenue. Goldendale is adding Revenue’s Business Licensing Service (BLS), a free combined licensing solution that streamlines licensing steps for local commerce.

Goldendale, the biggest city and the county seat of Klickitat County, is home to nearly 400 businesses and 3,500 residents. It is also the site of the Goldendale Observatory, which houses one of the nation’s largest public telescopes.

OLYMPIA, Wash. – March 18, 2021 – The hometown of Microsoft and thousands of other Washington businesses today became the newest partner of the Department of Revenue’s Business Licensing Service (BLS).

Redmond is connecting its nearly 6,000 business licenses to the same system used by neighbors Kirkland, Issaquah, Woodinville, and others. BLS is a “one-stop” system that allows businesses to apply for and renew their required state and local licenses and endorsements all at the same time.

OLYMPIA, Wash. – April 8, 2021 – The town of Cathlamet joined the Business Licensing Service today as the 165^th local partner of the state’s combined licensing one-stop.

As the county seat of Wahkiakum County, Cathlamet is home to dozens of businesses that are part of the state system that links hundreds of registrations – like liquor licensing and minor work permits – as well as local business licensing across the state. By August, all of the incorporated communities in the Lower Columbia region will be connected to BLS.

OLYMPIA, Wash. – April 15, 2021 – The city of Westport is charting a new course for local businesses licensing by joining the Department of Revenue’s Business Licensing Service (BLS).

Westport is today the newest local partner of BLS, a free, one-stop solution used by more than 160 Washington cities for local license administration. More regional businesses will use BLS when Aberdeen, Montesano, and Cosmopolis join BLS this spring.

Winlock, Toledo, Pe Ell, and Vader all joining state Business Licensing Service

OLYMPIA, Wash. – April 22, 2021 – Four Lewis County communities are streamlining their service to local business this spring by adding Revenue’s combined licensing solution.

The state Business Licensing Service (BLS) will welcome: