Clark County

The SWCA has been busy at work this year and it’s hard to believe 2018 is half over. What has the SWCA been up to this year? As many know, we launched the Construction Executive Summit this February. The one-day conference had 4 keynote speakers and 12 breakout sessions. Attendees received six continuing education credits. The event drew more than 235 guests, representing more than 75 companies. The...

  The final week of March was a fast paced end to the first quarter of 2018. Even as thousands of families finalized plans for spring break, businesses, government agencies, and commercial real estate communities were celebrating the completion of several significant projects. On Wednesday, the Greater Vancouver Chamber of Commerce and the Red Coat Ambassadors, hosted a sizeable crowd for a...

Hopworks joins Vancouver Scene The opening of Hopworks new brewpub in East Vancouver on Friday, December 30th is but the latest in a recent trend of new breweries to be opening their doors and finding a home in Vancouver. Outside of McMenamins, which had arrived on the Columbia River roughly 20 years ago, most of the Clark County craft brew scene had grown locally, organically.  It was a slow steady...

CREDC Aspirations to Cure Cancer An inspiring presentation today from Dr. Gary Gilliland President and Director of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer research center in Seattle.  He brought us up todate on the mega strides that have been made in the war on cancer the past ten years. The "Hutch" is independent, nonprofit research institute based in Seattle, Fred Hutch houses the nation's first and largest cancer...

The Way of The Sun - Sun Modo on the rise. (Image from The Columbian) Back in 2011 was when Sun Modo first began to raise their profile here in Clark County.  Sun Modo means -the way of the sun, and they were following the growth of the solar industry by providing innovative racking systems for installing solar systems.  They were identified as a rising new business both by their regular attendance at...

(Natalie Behring/The Columbian) Tim Boyle, CEO of Columbia Sportswear spoke  in Vancouver, Wednesday November 18, 2015. Washington State University Vancouver‚'s Business Growth Mentor & Analysis Program along with the CREDC's Grow Clark County hosted the event. The Grow Vancouver series evolved from five  years of Pub Talks, which began in 2009. It was the first sustained effort by the CREDC to...

  Here are a few themes and stories that have been the fabric of our economic and political scene in Clark County during 2015. As always it is never dull here in Southwest Washington.     Angelo’s buy Riverview Tower Blue Bird closes after 32 years – thank you Wade Coffee / Coffee / Coffee on every corner in the County Dueling Water Front Developers ? Election Day….. Please get...

Here is a recent article published in the Vancouver Business Journal about a client of ours, Bryan Shull who is opening Trap Door Brewing this summer. Bryan has laid a solid  foundation for his business by creating a  detailed    business plan and using the resources of Buck Heidrick of the Washington State Small Business Development Center.  This helped him both in negotiations with his new...

Congratulations to one of my clients, Puj, for taking this next step in their business! Puj Kickstarts 2015 with New Product, New Hires Article published in the Vancouver Business Journal Friday, 06 February 2015 - Written by Temple Lentz Since the summer of 2013, Vancouver-based design company Puj has occupied downtown’s Wolf building on 11th Street. The company, founded in 2009, has had extraordinary...

The GlamBar Babes are creating sparkle in downtown Vancouver already.  Click on the image to hear from them directly as they get ready for their grand opening. We're proud to have helped them through the steps to getting a signed lease and be able to announce their new venture. Downtown Vancouver already has built a "niche" in the Fashion and Beauty industry the past five years. Home base the past...