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Zillah grows commerce with Revenue’s licensing partnership

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.

Goldendale joins Revenue’s combined licensing solution

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.

Redmond businesses of all sizes benefit from one-stop licensing

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.

Columbia currents carry Cathlamet to combined licensing partnership

OLYMPIA, Wash. – April 8, 2021 – The town of Cathlamet joined the Business Licensing Service today as the 165th 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.

Westport charts course for Revenue's licensing one-stop

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.