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9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, May 19
Columbia Tech Center between
NE 172nd and 192nd Avenues

 

Help Clean-up Downtown Vancouver
8:00 am - Noon
Saturday, May 12, 2007

Vancouver’s Downtown Association is hosting a Downtown Vancouver Sweep-Up, Rake-Up Wash-Up, Pick-Up, and Clean-Up
The event will kick off at 8:00am from the following two locations:
Propstra Square
Starbucks Uptown Village
For further information go to
www.vdausa.org

Nearing completion in Battle Ground is Battle Ground Village Building A, part of a 21-acre retail shopping center on SE Rasmussen Boulevard and 119th Street. Entire mixed-use project is 108 acres.

Battle Ground Village
leases being accepted

Retail leases are being negotiated and construction is continuing apace at Battle Ground Village, a 21-acre retail shopping center on SE Rasmussen Boulevard and 199th Street. scheduled to open in July, reports Carman Villarma president of The Management Group.

The retail center is part of a large-scale 108-acre mixed-use master-planned development, the largest under construction in north Clark County. In addition to retail, the project includes a 31-acre office park of 375,000 square feet, including medical space and scheduled for completion in the spring of 2008.

First phase of Battle Ground Village will be ready for occupancy in early summer

The remaining acreage will be given over to residential developments and community space. The complex will also contain the proposed Battle Ground Community Library.

According to Villarma, Battle Ground Village will serve a primary trade area of 158,200 people in a total north county trade area of 391,400 people. The area is expected to grow by another 15 percent between now and 2010.

For further information, call Villarma at 297-0310.

Parking changes in the
works for Uptown Village

The Vancouver Parking Advisory Committee is holding a special meeting at 7:30 a.m. Wednesday, May 9, in City Hall to consider changes in the city’s Uptown Village Parking Management plan.

The new plan will authorize the city manager to make administrative changes in long- and short-term parking regulations in the commercial and residential neighborhood.

Comments on proposed changes will be accepted until 5 p.m. Tuesday, May 8. For further information, call Michael Jacobs, city parking manager, 696-8159.

Proposed growth management plan
to accommodate greater growth

Accommodating additional growth, proposed changes in Clark County’s Comprehensive Growth Management Plan will be presented during three county Planning Commission open houses this month. The growth management plan is being updated to accommodate a projected increase of nearly 100,000 people by 2024, to 584,300.

Proposed changes include new areas for urban uses and greater densities.

The meetings will all be from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.; Wednesday, May 16, in the Clark County Elections Building, 1408 Franklin Street; Tuesday, May 22, in the Dollars Corner Fire Station, 21609 NE 72nd Avenue; and Wednesday, May 23, in the Fisher’s Landing C-TRAN Transit Center, 3510 SE 164th Avenue. For further information, call 397-2280.

Correction story has a moral to it

On Tuesday the Insider’s light-fingered editor blew the correct website address for a map of Clark County’s designated North Clark County Scenic Drive. The correct address is http://www.clark.wa.gov/NScenicDrive.pdf.

The wrong address for the map was listed as http://www.pdxinfo.net/. But, we are glad we brought that up, because http://www.pdxinfo.net/ is one of the most important links in the Insider. The site belongs to Craig Walker’s Flash News

The moral to this story is that readers who go to the Flash News link—it usually follows the day’s headline links—are taken to Walker’s Flash News website, where most of the region’s relevant breaking raw news releases, as well as archival news, can be found. Readers will find police and county sheriff reports at that site. It is a real treasure of regional news, since it includes Portland and most of northern Oregon news, too.

Click on http://www.pdxinfo.net/, then click on news releases on the title bar, to see what we mean.

Calendar

The Telecommunications Commission meets in regular session at 7 p.m. this evening in City Hall.

 Wednesday, May 2 Headlines

Blazers' Brandon Roy named NBA Rookie of the Year--Columbian, AP

Dow closes at record high, 13,211.88--Washington Post, Bill Brubaker

Rumble near Mount St. Helens; developers, foes face off--Columbian,  Kathis Durbin

WSU Vancouver class lectures headed for iPods--Columbian, Isolde Raftery

Community Foundation honors philanthropists--Columbian, Kelly Adams

Columbia Arts Center for sale--again--Columbian, Jonathan Nelson

Heavy weather rakes northwest--KATU

House sustains Bush veto of Iraq spending--USA TODAY, David Jackson and Kathy Kiely


Click above for latest regional news releases, traffic information!

Wednesday on the Air 

   Amnesty International Exposes U.S. Human Rights Violations (4/4)
   —4:30 p.m. CVTV
   Drug Abuse, Violence; Why? (5/1)—5:45 p.m. CVTV|
  
Telecommunications Commission (live)—7 p.m. CVTV
  
Nez Perce Reconciliation Ceremony (4/21)—9:30 p.m. CVTV
   Vancouver City Council Workshop (4/23)—11:02 p.m. CVTV


Town Tabloids and the weather
 

Jim Malinowski trying to put Amboy on the map. n Terrie Pace going the extra mile. n Lucille Campbell taking the news with her. n Lea Robertson taking care of details. n Ciaran Clayton earning her keep. n Wednesday, thunder showers, hail, 57. Thursday, possible thunder showers, 56. Friday, April showers, tapering off in the evening, 61. Click here for additional local weather information.
 

For weather facts click on Pat Timm's Weather blog below

Accounting
Caley & Associates, James Caley CPA, 695-0065
Peterson & Associates, P.S., Certified Public Accountants, 574-0644
Tax Advisors, PLLC, CPAs Property Tax/Cost Segregation 750-6884
Attorneys
Brian R. Heurlin, 750-7547
Miller Nash LLP. Steve Horenstein, 699-4771
Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, Lisa Lowe, 694-7551
Banks
Bank of America, 696-5641
Bank of Clark County, 993-2265
First Independent Bank, 699-4200
West Coast Bank, 695-3439

Beauty and Wellness
Iduhair & Company Salon Retreat, Celinda Rupert, 735-1249
Civil Engineers/Landscape Architects/Land Use Planners
Hopper Dennis Jellison, PLLC, Gregory P. Jellison P.E. 695-3488

Charitable Gift Planning

Barbara Chen CFP, Clark College Foundation, (360) 992-2659
Sarah Nevue, The Community Foundation, (360) 694-2550
Dale Simison, SWMC Foundation, (360) 514-3182
Elson Strahan, CFRE, President, Historic Reserve Trust (360) 992-1835
Cosmetic and Family Dentistry
Earl C. (Duke) Simpson, DDS, PS, 993-0300
Construction Management and Development
Andersen Construction Co., Inc. Bob Durgan, (503) 720-5234
RSV Construction, Ron Frederiksen, 693-8830
Credit Unions
Columbia Credit Union, 891-4000
iQ Credit Union, 992-4242
Development/Investments
Killian Pacific LLC, 567-0625
Prestige Development, Elie Kassab, 993-0010
Engineering, Planning and & Surveying
Mackay & Sposito, Jon M. Yamashita, 695-3411
Human Resources Consultation
O'Neill & Associates, Paula Johnson, 606-2961
Insurance Services
Keenan Insurance Services, Brandon M. Keenan, 213-1500
Investment and Retirement Planning

First Pacific Associates, Mark Martel, CFP, (360) 254-2585

Land Use, Natural Resources, Public Involvement, Engineering
JD White BERGER/ABAM Engineers, John White, 696-1338
Public Involvement and Natural Resources
Normandeau Associates, Karen Ciocia and Kent Snyder, 694-2300
Public Relations

Hunt Communications Tom Hunt, 693-8180
KMac & Associates LLC, Kathy McDonald, 607-8959
Real Estate
Coldwell Banker Commercial Wally Hornberger, 699-4494
NAI Norris Beggs & Simpson, H. Roger Qualman, 699-7181
Retirement and Inheritance Planning
Andy Nygard, CFP, (360) 695-6431
Signs
Security Signs, Designed to inform and sell! Carol Keljo, 817-9959
Speaking and Training
Kathy Condon, Career Communications, 695-4313
Window Washing
Quality Window Washing, Dave Beecher, 256-7370

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updated every five minutes

 


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Source links
City of Battle Ground
City of Ridgefield
City of Vancouver
Clark County
Clark Public Utilities
NW Natural
Southwest Washington Medical Center
CREDC
Port of Vancouver
Greater Vancouver Chamber of Commerce

Vancouver's Downtown
Association

Center for
Community Health

lewisriver.com

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Portland Trail Blazers

Portland Timbers
Portland Winter Hawks
Gonzaga University
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WSU Cougars
U of W Huskies
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LPGA
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Nascar
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Champ Cars

Education link

U.S. House Science Committee website

 

                   

 

 

 

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