Small Business Resource

Vancouver’s Culinary Boom: A Restaurant Renaissance! Vancouver, WA, is buzzing with a vibrant new energy as it transforms into a culinary hotspot. Despite broader economic concerns and the closure of a few long-standing favorites, the local food scene is thriving with fresh ideas and exciting new establishments. From authentic global flavors to inventive fusions, these new arrivals are redefining...

Meet Erik Selden, Senior Vice President and team leader of the Washington Trust Banking Team in Vancouver (click here to be introduced to Erik Selden). Over the past two years, Erik has been dedicated to assembling and mentoring a team of skilled, local lenders to serve the financial needs of our area. Their efforts recently culminated in the opening of a new financial center in Downtown Vancouver. In...

We appreciate the opportunity of representing the Landlord, Vancouver Housing Authority (https://vhausa.org), in securing a 5-year lease with NAMI Mental Health Services (www.nami.org) at 2500 Main Street. Suite 120 is a 2,300 SF space that will prove a fantastic location for them to conduct vital work on mental health issues. Representing Marc Neidlinger and his cutting edge marketing company, Blue...

It has been a very glorious couple of weeks celebrating the opening of the new Vancouver Waterfront development. Almost 15 years in the making. Years of planning and partnering by the City of Vancouver and the developers come to fruition with the three acre park, extension of the existing trail along the Columbia , a pier that will become an iconic landmark as the years go by. Vision and perseverance are...

(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 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...

Tuesday the Vancouver Chamber kicked off their first public event aimed to bring more awareness, more access and more effective application of the numerous resources that are in place to support and nurture small business .  This effort actually began way back in 2013 when the GVCC and the City of Vancouver  coalesced around creating a website where entreprenuers can go to see the wide array of...