Bart Phillips announced on Monday he will resign from his job as president of Southwest Washington’s premier business recruitment group, after more than a decade at the Vancouver-based Columbia River Economic Development Council.
In recent months, the nonprofit that Phillips leads has faced unwelcome attention from the Port of Vancouver, county leaders, and others who have questioned the group’s recent track record.
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