Clark County

Three Pieces of Good News

There were three articles in the Columbian over the past few weeks that hold good news for Clark County economic trends as we head into the 4th quarter of the year. First Scott Bailey our regional labor economist with Washington Employment Security released an employment report that showed  Clark County's economy expanded by 5,800 jobs in the 12 months ending in August,  posting a growth rate of 4.2...

Stop Leasing Own Your Business Property Workshop – October 1

Summer is definitely on the down hill slide. Kids are back to school, and it is time for us to present another session of Commercial Property 101 so that you can make 2014 the year you transitioned to owning your commercial property. This is a 90 minute workshop. You'll get an overview of how over the past two years more than three dozen local companies have made owning their commercial property part of...

End of a long wait with a short drive – 139th street overpass opens

Over fifteen years of hard work, 150 million dollars of investment , and a consistent vision for an improved community comes to life Wednesday with the ribbon cutting ceremony and the opening of the 139th Street overpass in Salmon Creek.  Not all the work will have been completed says WSDOT - there remain some ramp improvements that need to be finalized and some landscaping, but the East -West passage...

Summer warms up coffee inventory

 As part of the general higher economic activity levels here in Clark County the past twelve months  we are seeing a strong expansion in the number of coffee outlets.  Dutch Brothers has been very active in searching for sites and has two under construction in Hazel Dell .  This one , located at Northgate  Center on 99th Street and  Hazel Dell Avenue makes daily progress toward a mid September...

Top Projects tops off a great year

Wednesday July 23rd the Vancouver Business Journal held their 20th annual Top Projects recognition ceremony.  This years ceremony was well attended and you could feel the enthusiasm and optimism in the crowd for the improved business activity levels from the past several years. Held at the former Vancouver City Hall - located on Broadway and 13th street and renamed Block 56 attendees were able to see...

Trending to the Positive !

Trendlines are certainly encouraging for the employment picture in Clark County.  Here are two recent graphs provided by the Washington State Employment Division. The first shows total employment, which almost topped  144 thousand residents as we reach the mid point of 2014.  After the fits and starts we experienced in 2010 and 2011 the graph has steadily risen for  three straight years.  This...

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 space and soon will be brewing. I am excited for him. The economics of brewing can provide...

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 our initial  conversation he envisioned the increasing development momentum we see out there...

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 owners have come through the last six years having  reached...

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 in the road  along his stretch of Main for a couple of weeks. Bryan says in...

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