Black Diamond polishes up business planning with BLS

Today, the state Business Licensing Service welcomes the city of Black Diamond.

Incorporated 60 years ago, Black Diamond is a historic coal mining town in east King County growing rapidly today with the region's economic boom.

BLS will now connect Black Diamond growing businesses with their required state registrations. The partnership also lets companies working in nearby Covington, Enumclaw, and Maple Valley -- along with more than 80 other Washington cities -- sync application renewal processes for local licensing.

Black Diamond is named for the coal mining company that started work there after 1880.
The pastoral city in the upper Green River Valley also boasts Lake Sawyer Regional Park at its northwest edge.
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