BOMA Olympia Day 2025

Please participate in BOMA's 2025 Olympia Day and assist the association in furthering advocacy efforts in the commercial real estate industry. This important half-day effort provides an opportunity to advance your career and meet with legislators at the state level to inform them of issues impacting our industry. 

This year, we will have a BOMA bus to take people to and from Olympia Day. There will two pickups: Seattle and Kent.

BOMA has prepared talking points and help provide any information and assistance as needed. If you have not participated before, you can be paired with a member with experience to help facilitate discussion.

Date: Wednesday, February 26, 2025
Time: 7:15am - 2:30pm 
Location: Washington State Capitol Building & Campus

Schedule: (Information below subject to change)
7:15 a.m. BOMA bus departs downtown Seattle location from 5th and Union (US Bank Center)
8:00 a.m. BOMA bus picks up additional participants near Kent
8:50 a.m. BOMA bus arrives Capitol Campus
9:00 a.m. Participants rally in Capitol Building under the great dome
9:15 a.m. Lawmaker meetings begin
12:45 p.m. Lawmaker meetings end
1:00 p.m. BOMA bus departs back to both original pick-up areas

Preparation:
Two virtual Olympia Day orientation and get ready sessions will be conducted prior to February 26th. Dates: February 19th and TBD
A virtual Advocacy 101 mini seminar will be conducted on February 19th - Registration is available on the BOMA events page.
Participants will be asked to provide their legislative districts. Find yours here: https://app.leg.wa.gov/districtfinder/
Participants will be coached in setting up brief 10-minute meetings with their lawmakers

What to Expect Day Of:
Participants will review their current meeting plans and the 2025 Priority Issues documents (done on the bus ride down – the issues will be reviewed again and teams readjusted as needed). 
 During lawmaker meetings, a team of 3-4 BOMA Members working together will talk about the CRE industry and share three issues – 10 minutes
For more information about BOMA’s Advocacy Committee, contact Justin Wallander at justin@bomaseattle.org.

Thank You to Our Event Sponsor:

Please note that this event is only open to active members of a Washington BOMA Local.

For more information about BOMA’s Advocacy Committee and this event, contact Justin Wallander at justin@bomaseattle.org.