Commerce provides grants to assist cities and counties in updating their comprehensive plans and meeting the requirements of RCW 36.70A.130(5). Grants are available to counties and cities based on fully planning or partially planning status under the GMA, as well as population.
Fully planning
- Counties with 100,000 population and over: $700,000
- Counties under 100,000 population: $350,000
- Cities with 100,000 population and over: $325,000
- Cities with 50,000 to 99,999 population: $175,000
- Cities with 3,000 to 49,999 population: $125,000
- Cities under 3,000 population: $100,000
Partially planning
- Counties with 10,000 population and over: $150,000
- Counties under 10,000 population: $100,000
- Cities (No population limits): $20,000
Commerce intends to provide these same grant amounts to all counties and cities throughout the update cycle, with due dates from 2024 through 2027, under RCW 36.70A.130(5)(a)-(d). Grants should be available for all jurisdictions starting two years before the statutory deadlines for review and revision, established under RCW 36.70A.130(5).
Application materials
Local jurisdictions whose Comprehensive Plan and Development Regulations are due in 2026 should use the associated files links to apply for their Periodic Update Grant (PUG). Please note that the application deadline for PUG has been extended from September 30th, 2024 to October 18th, 2024.