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Washington's craft brewery count dips slightly

A column chart that shows operating craft breweries in Washington state each year from 2015 to 2025. Breweries rose from 305 in 2015 to a peak of 459 in 2023, then fell to 444 in 2024 and 438 in 2025. The overall trend is upward with a late pullback.

Operating craft breweries in Washington state

Data: Brewers Association; Chart: Melissa Santos/Axios

Seattle weighs pause on large data centers

Seattle Chamber CEO Joe Nguyen shares his perfect day

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Earlier this year, Joe Nguyen went from being a <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="leader in Olympia" data-vars-click-url="https://washingtonstatestandard.com/briefs/ferguson-taps-seattle-state-senator-to-lead-wa-department-of-commerce/" data-vars-content-id="8f5172d3-a9e8-4593-90e5-72911c8c5630" data-vars-headline="Seattle Chamber CEO Joe Nguyen shares his perfect day" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://washingtonstatestandard.com/briefs/ferguson-taps-seattle-state-senator-to-lead-wa-department-of-commerce/" target="_blank">leader in Olympia</a> to leading the Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce.We recently asked him what his perfect Seattle day would look like.

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