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September 27, 2011
Skamania Lodge is ‘Best of the West’
Skamania Lodge was recently named a "Best of the West 2011," winner by "Meetings Focus West" magazine.
Skamania Lodge was recently named a "Best of the West 2011," winner by "Meetings Focus West" magazine.
Two women with deep Camas roots and a 50-year friendship have opened a gallery and fine art store in downtown Camas. Sharon Ballard has experience as an interior designer and artist, while Marquita Call has worked in business management and customer service.
The former owner of Jo's Restaurant, in downtown Washougal, is making a comeback -- again.
Joseph Graves has designated himself as his company's CEO -- "chief enjoyment officer" -- of Joseph Graves Capital Management.
A job fair with the goal of connecting area employers with potential new hires will be held Wednesday, Sept. 28, at the Red Lion Hotel at the Quay in Vancouver.
Construction is underway on a major expansion of broadband fiber that will connect the unserved Washougal and Wind River areas with high-speed Internet service. Northwest Open Access Network is starting construction on two projects that will bring high-speed Internet access to schools, hospitals, emergency response agencies and libraries across the Columbia River Gorge. The projects will lay the ground work for bringing broadband service to thousands of businesses and households. Construction crews are at work laying more than 50 miles of high speed fiber in Skamania County during the next three months. The new broadband Internet service will be available soon after construction is completed this fall.
A five-story building in Northwest Camas is among the "Top Projects," in the Clark County area. The Fisher Investments structure at 5525 N.W. Fisher Creek Drive will be occupied this fall. The first four floors will be filled by the 325 workers from Fisher Investments' satellite office in Vancouver. It is the first of two planned buildings in the $30 million office complex project.
Dave Ritchey, a lifelong Washougal resident, was re-elected as business manager/secretary-treasurer of Vancouver-based Laborers Local 335 in an election held June 3.
A special assets manager at Riverview Community Bank is the new president of the Camas-Washougal Rotary Club.
A former commercial loan officer is the vice president of business lending.