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February 24, 2022
Fire and emergency response vehicles sit outside Camas-Washougal Fire Department's Fire Station 41 headquarters in downtown Camas in May 2021. (Kelly Moyer/Post-Record files)

Camas City Council gears up for 2022

The Camas City Council met with several department heads earlier this month to discuss some of the biggest issues facing the city in 2022 — including “unsustainable” staffing shortages at the Camas-Washougal Fire Department; the completion of Camas’ six-year Parks, Recreation and Open Spaces (PROS) Comprehensive Plan; and the possibility of subarea planning in the city’s historic downtown area.

February 17, 2022
An illustration by GreenWorks, PC, shows major features in the Crown Park master plan, including an interactive water feature (1), ADA pathways (2), new playground equipment (3), a sports court (4), restroom (5) and existing pavillion (6) included. (Contributed illustration courtesy of the city of Camas)

Camas on track to OK Crown Park design work

The Camas City Council is expected to approve a contract later this month that will kickstart preliminary design work on the city’s long-awaited Crown Park Master Plan.

February 10, 2022
A "No Drug Detox Next to Dorothy Fox" stands in Camas' Prune Hill neighborhood on March 16, 2021. (Kelly Moyer/Post-Record files)

Judge rules against Dorothy Fox Safety Alliance

A Clark County Superior Court judge has ruled against the Dorothy Fox Safety Alliance in its land-use appeal against the city of Camas, paving the way for the Discover Recovery substance abuse treatment and recovery facility to operate in Camas’ Prune Hill neighborhood.

February 10, 2022
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Camas eyes zoning limits on drug rehabs

A proposal that would severely limit where drug and alcohol treatment and recovery centers – as well as transitional “sober living” homes – can operate in the city of Camas will soon make its way to the Camas City Council.

February 3, 2022
"Option A" shows preliminary land-use concepts for the city of Camas' North Shore, including parks and open spaces (green), business park-light industrial (blue), commercial (red), higher- and lower-density residential (dark and light yellow) and mixed-use (brown). (Illustrations courtesy of the city of Camas)

Camas North Shore vision beginning to take shape

Preliminary land-use concepts for Camas’ North Shore show a mix of residential, commercial, mixed-use and business park-light industrial zones abutting a thick band of city-owned green space along the northern shores of Lacamas Lake.