Mount Vernon has an Outstanding Business Climate

Mount Vernon has an outstanding business climate, an available work force, state sponsored tax and financial incentives, and a superior quality of life. Our skilled and motivated work force is available at competitive low wages and our state does not have personal income tax. Our diverse marketplace is easily accessed by an excellent transportation system, and our central location makes it ideal for companies doing business worldwide.

Mount Vernon is serious about helping businesses be successful. We want to get on with the business of doing business, because we realize that we are only as strong as our commercial base. Whether you are a small operation or a major manufacturer, medical related, high-tech, or service oriented business, we are committed to providing you  with the  assistance you need for your business to grow.

Connect in Mount Vernon.  It's the right location, with the right infrastructure, with the right bandwidth to accommodate high technology businesses today, and tomorrow.  In recognition of this challenge, and in an effort to meet this demand for more bandwidth at a lower price, Mount Vernon has deployed a backbone Fiber Infrastructure, which has the capacity to provide the foundation for business and local economic growth.  The Fiber Network will provide the foundation for broadband Internet access, VoIp, voice-on-demand (VOD), interactive video, medical imaging, Application Service Provider (ASP) services, Cloud computing and server farm growth.  This Network's advanced architecture will also enable these services to be offered at affordable prices, through the availability of flexible, low cost managed bandwidth services.

Our downtown is the hub of the most extensive transit system in Skagit County. Providing enhanced access to the area and more amenities for the community to utilize. Skagit Station offers citizens and the public linkage to a variety of transportation services and visitor information, conveniently located next to government and retail centers. This public investment, along with the riverfront improvements,  in the most visible portion of Downtown Mount Vernon from I-5,  will further augment the private investment in retail development.

What is Being Said About Mount Vernon

"With a pro-business City attitude and easy access to urban and rural amenities, Mount Vernon offers new businesses unprecedented opportunities.  The location is perfect.  That makes Mount Vernon a great place for business."

Ken Krivanec, Quadrant Homes