More event space is needed
Recently, my husband and I were selected to host an annual convention here in the state of Washington.
Since we live and work in Washougal, we thought this would be the perfect setting for a four-day getaway of meetings and testing for this group of people. What made it even more special, it is the first time in the history of the 40 year old Oregon organization that they have agreed to have it outside of Oregon.
This organization has members from, Oregon, Washington, Idaho and California. We have vendors from all over the U.S. attend a trade show we have during this convention.
I was not prepared to find that there is no place in Washougal or Camas that can fit our lodging, meeting and food needs in one location to accommodate 65 to 85 people for this event for four to five days. We need RV parking and hook up, meeting room for classes, meals and hotel. Our hotel has enough rooms for those that would need one, but no banquet facilities to handle the amount of people. I am terribly disappointed that I can’t bring this to my hometown.
After going to the Port offices to talk to them about facilities they might have, I took notice of an easel in the lobby. It was a board to put down your ideas of what the port should do with the land they have by the river.