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Birtcher Business Center
is under construction
 
Brandon Birtcher, president and
Jim Edwards, vice president of
Birtcher Development, about to
get out of the way of equipment
that began breaking ground on
Birtcher Business Center Tuesday
Construction began Tuesday by Birtcher Development on one
of the largest planned developments in recent Vancouver history, the Birtcher
Business Center, on Fourth Plain Boulevard at Ward Road. The 216-acre
development will include a light industrial business park, office and commercial
buildings, mixed-use structures and residential lots.
Ron Kowamoto and
Garret Harper, Norris, Beggs & Simpson,
will be managing sales and leasing for the business center. Wal-Mart, last July,
bought 22 acres of the retail complex and will anchor what will be the Eastgate
Plaza Shopping Center.
“We’ve seen the demand for new light industrial and
suburban office facilities with adjacent retail amenities go unfulfilled for the
last two years,” says Jim Edwards, senior
vice president of Birtcher Development. “Birtcher Business Center Vancouver will
provide these facilities within a few months.”
The first phase of the development will open 35 acres of
industrial and office land. According to Edwards, the infrastructure should be
completed by mid-summer, with buildings following shortly afterward.
Wind causing some power problems
Clark Public Utilities reported power outages, mostly in
northern Clark County Wednesday afternoon, as severe wind gusts blew into the
area. Approximately 2,000 customers in the Woodland and La Center areas were
without power for short periods of time in the late afternoon.
Bravo! Vancouver presents
Missa Solemnis Sunday
Bravo! Vancouver presents Ludwig Von Beethoven’s
Missa Solemnis at its 3 p.m. Sunday,
March 20, concert in the sanctuary of St. Joseph Catholic Church, 400 S.
Andresen Road.
“Missa Solemnis
represents the grandeur of 19th-Century Romanticism,” declares Bravo! Vancouver
artistic director Michael Kissinger.
“Beethoven considered this his greatest composition.”
The Bravo! Chorale and Chamber Orchestra will be
conducted by Maria Manzo.
Tickets are available at the door and from TicketsWest.
Admission is $12 and $15. For further information, call
906-0441, or go to
www.bravoconcerts.com.
Free pairs of tickets are being offered to the first ten
persons who correctly answer the following two-part Beethoven musical question:
How many symphony’s did Beethoven compose, and
what is the name given to his 6th Symphony? All answers, along with the
contestant’s full name, email address and telephone number must be emailed to:
mkissing@pacifier.com.
Dell Inc.’s Mike Gray to keynote
day-long transportation symposium
Mike Gray, a
logistics and supply chain management expert with Dell Inc., is the keynote
speaker at the day-long transportation symposium in the Heathman Lodge,
Thursday, March 24.
“Dell is a recognized leader in the area of logistics,”
according to Lisa Pletcher, executive
dean of Workforce Development and Continuing Education at Clark College, one of
the sponsors of the symposium. Dell was also just named as one of
Fortune magazine’s Top Ten companies.
The 8 a.m.-to-4 p.m. symposium is also sponsored by the Port of Vancouver.
Work force issues dealing with road, river, rail and air
transportation systems will be discussed.
Other speakers are Rich
Nafziger, chief clerk of the Washington State House, and
Barbara Ivanov, director of Freight
Strategy and Policy for the state Department of Transportation.
Required registration is $25. For further information,
call Dena Horton,
992-2508.
News briefs
Clark County Fairgrounds exposition hall opens with a
dedication ceremony at 3 p.m. today and continues with red carpet and hot-air
balloons until 7 p.m. at the county fairgrounds at the 179th Street interchange
on Interstate 5. g The Vancouver Lake
Watershed Partnership meets in regular session at 4 p.m. today in the offices of
the Port of Vancouver, 3103 Lower River Road.
g Clark County auditor
Greg Kimsey’s annual pre-St. Patrick’s
celebration and fundraiser is from 5 to 7:30 p.m. today at Club Green Meadows.
g The City/County Telecommunications
Commission meets in regular session at 7 p.m. this evening.
g The Vancouver Cultural Commission
is holding its final workshop on community cultural grants at 2 p.m. Thursday,
March 17, in City Hall. This year’s pool if $15,000. For further information,
call Leann Johnson,
696-8143
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