Thursday, August 2, 2018

Centralia adds service to boost business licensing

The place where the Skookumchuck River pours into the Chehalis River became an important Northern Pacific railroad station in the late 19th Century. It gave rise to a new city along the rail line. Sitting midway between Seattle and Portland, the city was aptly incorporated as Centralia in 1886, just three years before Washington State joined the union.

Today, Centralia joins the union of cities connecting commerce and licensing compliance as part of the state's Business Licensing Service (BLS).

Home to more than 1500 businesses, the biggest community in Lewis County joins its Southwest Washington neighbors in Thurston, Cowlitz, and Clark counties. The contiguous city of Chehalis also joins BLS this month. Local businesses can now apply for licenses in nearly 80 cities in a single process with a streamlined annual renewal for both state and city registrations.

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