things to remember,”Information technology firms have become a major source of the subregion’seconomy and are challenging the traditional logging, fishing, farming, andhydroelectric industries for primacy, especially given the latter’s detrimentalimpacts on the environment.• The Pacific Northwest, and particularly its major cities

things to remember,”Information technology firms have become a major source of the subregion’seconomy and are challenging the traditional logging, fishing, farming, andhydroelectric industries for primacy, especially given the latter’s detrimentalimpacts on the environment.• The Pacific Northwest, and particularly its major cities

often lead the rest of theUnited States and Canada in social and economic innovation.• The Pacific Northwest continues to grow and adjust its economic and culturalties across the pacific as large numbers of Asian immigrants move to thesubregion.• The growth of the global economy has boosted IT industries in the PacificNorthwest at the same time that Asian markets for raw materials from the regionhave opened up.”