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Job outlook brightens--Columbian, Julia Anderson
Business bashing workers' comp hikes--Columbian, Don Jenkins
Meier & Frank faults economy for expansion delay--Oregonian, Allan Brettmann
Vancouver soldier picture of bravery--Columbian, Dean Baker Vets feted with meals, I-205 procession --Columbian, Dean Baker Fruit Valley homes get clean-air systems--Oregonian, Allan Brettman Top 40 Under 40 to be feted--Vancouver Business Journal CREDC
recruitment results in Columbia River Economic Development Council efforts for the first nine months of 2003 have resulted in 15 new businesses, 750 permanent new jobs, 420 construction job and $53.5 million in business investment, according to CREDC president Bart Phillips. Reporting to the membership at its annual meeting Thursday, Phillips said that the average payroll of the new employees is $38,800, compared to the current countywide average payroll of $31,000. The new businesses will also support another 624 jobs elsewhere in the county. The investments produced one-time sales tax revenue of $1 million to the state and $749,100 to local jurisdictions. Annual property taxes, to be distributed to local schools, cities and other local taxing jurisdictions will be $570,800, Phillips said. When surveyed to determine why the new businesses chose Clark County, their answers were as follows: Lower cost of doing business Large inventory of available land Proximity to Portland International Airport Easy freeway access Availability of high quality labor force Pro-business environment Stable tax structure Quality schools. Building permits two shy of record The Clark County Department of Community Development issued 198 single-family dwelling building permits in October, the second highest number in history, according to department director Rich Carson. The single month record is 200 permits, issued in October 1997.
Vancouver’s salute to veterans Vancouver’s Veterans Day commemoration begins with a program at the reviewing stand on Officers Row at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 8, followed by the city’s largest annual parade, which begins at 11 a.m. The parade assembles east of the Vancouver Parade grounds on E Reserve Street and 5th Streets and follows Officers Row and Evergreen Boulevard to Main Street, south on Main Street to 8th Street and disbands west ofcEsther Short Park. Vancouver
Symphony presents The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra’s weekend concerts, “Spirit of America,” are at 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 8, and 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 9. Guest conductor Paul-Elliott Cobbs will direct the orchestra in selections from Barber, Still and Copland. The concerts are in Skyview High School auditorium, 1300 NW 139th Avenue. General admission is $22. Reserved tickets are $35. City offers free gunlocks The Vancouver Police Department is offering free cable-style gun locks. The locks are also available to people outside the city. For locations where gun locks will be available, call Marion Swendsen, 735-8770. Entertainment Police benefit band Civil Disturbance presents a rock concert at 7 p.m. tonight in Skyview High School. Tickets are $5 at the door. nnn The Laramie Project, documentary-style theater of the hate-crime murder of Matthew Shepard, presented by the Tectonic Theater Project and directed by Elizabeth Anne Young, is in the Decker Theater at Clark College at 7:30 p.m. tonight and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 8. For ticket information, call 992-2815. nnn The Sorcerer, presented by the Old Slocum House Theatre Company, 605 Esther Street, is at 8 p.m. tonight and Saturday, and 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 9.nnn The Columbia River Mental Health Services benefit dinner and auction begins at 5 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 8, in Royal Oaks Country Club. Call Margie Wilson 993-3049 for $50 tickets. nnn Pearson Air Museum’s annual Hangar Dance begins with dance lessons at 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 8, in the museum at 1115 E 5th Street. Call John Donnelly 694-7026 for ticket information. nnn U.S. Army Band Jazz Ambassadors are in concert at 4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 9, in the Shahala Middle School, 601 SE 192nd Avenue. For further information, call 694-3391, extension 2210.
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