Craft Brew Community Hops to a Steady Beat
While attending the Greater Vancouver Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours tonight at Cellars 55 – which is a very cool venue ( especially where they store the wine) I met Mike Difabio. Mike is the owner of Fortside Brewing Company a start up local craft brewer and he is in the process of building out his […]
Sharma Vision Comes to Life
A three year odessy is about to be completed, with a ground breaking ceremony , scheduled in the middle of July. In early 2011 Dr. Sanjeev Sharma owner of Premier Dental in Camas, set his sites on purchasing a small parcel of vacant land in front of the Wal-Mart on 192nd and Mill Plain Blvd. During […]
Watumull finds a new home in Clark County
A firm based in Hawaii, Watumull Properties Corp is the purchaser of the Orchards Center at 10401 NE Fourth Plain Blvd. One very clear trend in commercial real estate within Clark County, and across the country during the past year is that investors and management firms like Watumull are actively considering acquisitions. Many property […]
The Gateway is percolating and buzzing
On going roadwork along 15th street and upper Main immediately after you enter Vancouver from I-5 is causing regular traffic slowdowns, but doesn’t seem to be hurting business. I went and had some a morning beverage at Compass Coffee last week. Spoke with owner Bryan Wray as there have been earth moving machines and holes […]
Discovery Corridor – Another Step Forward !
While much of Clark County seem to be caught up in a debate about development and growth around black oil trains , there is a group taking an entirely different tac to create new jobs and growth in our community built around expanding our ability to use and maintain clean healthy water. Tuesday the Clark […]
Clark Y eyes finishing line and starting line !
Saturday morning the 26th of April I attended a ribbon cutting at the Clark County YMCA over on 51st Ct. The facility has been here since May of 2000. For the past four years the Y has been in the midst of a capital campaign to raise 8.2 million dollars to add several new amenities […]
Real Estate Roundup
The Columbian does a good job of keeping track of commercial real estate transactions here in Clark County both large and small. Here are a few they reported on March 31 2014. Specific congratulations to Terry Phillips , Charlie Kleier, Tamara Fuller and Deborah Ewing for closing sales transactions. Double Diamond LLC, doing business as […]
Employment climbs above 2007 levels
Scott Bailey, Washington State labor economist had some good news in his most recently monthly employment report. Bailey announced that total employment in Clark County has finally surpassed the peak levels we achieved in 2007. Bailey has maintained in numerous public appearances and articles since 2009 that it would take 5 to 6 years to regain […]
Journey embarks on new journey
The Columbian in their weekly real estate roundup announced the purchase a downtown Camas property by Journey Church from the Fisher family. The property sits just east of the church on NE 4th. The Journey community has decided to take on a new project and expand their services in downtown Camas, where they have helped change […]
Say Ciao !
We were all dissapointed when we heard the news that Applewood had closed out on 192nd avenue a couple months back. However good news is at hand in that Chef Peter Gallin continues to provide catering services, and this past week has agreed to a lease at the Columbia Business Center where he will renew operations […]
