Clark County Business

Vancouver Bee Project’s Kyle Roslund, right, scatters seeds Feb. 21, 2023, at Clark College. The nonprofit is one of four groups who won a Port of Vancouver Community Fund grant this year.

Ke Kukui Foundation, Historic Trust, Vancouver Arena Project, Vancouver Bee Project benefit from Port of Vancouver’s Community Fund

March 8, 2025, 6:10am Business

Four local nonprofits are benefiting this year from the Port of Vancouver’s Community Fund. Read story

A motorist passes Who Song & Larry’s Restaurant & Cantina, background, and the former location of Joe’s Crab Shack on Tuesday morning. Kirkland Development’s waterfront venture just east of the Interstate 5 Bridge is nearing the permitting stage.

‘Prime real estate’: Vancouver developer pushing forward with plans for Who Song & Larry’s site

March 7, 2025, 6:07am Business Subscriber Exclusive

Plans are nearly finished for a four-building mixed-use development just east of the Interstate 5 Bridge along the Columbia River, according to the project’s developer. Read story

Burgerville Chef Becky McGrath assembles items from the chain’s seasonal menu at the chain’s 2200 E. Fourth Plain Blvd. She develops new menu items.

Burgerville’s Chef Becky has a taste for big ideas and vast culinary inspiration

March 7, 2025, 6:05am Business Subscriber Exclusive

Chef Becky McGrath grew up in a food-focused family in Portland with roots in New York. A chance viewing of a “Today” show segment on Ballymaloe Cookery School in Cork County, Ireland, as a child began a culinary career that started at Western Culinary Institute and continued at the very… Read story

Frozen federal funds that were planned to help preserve and renovate downtown Vancouver’s Smith Tower has put the 60-year-old building’s future at risk.

Renovations to Smith Tower in downtown Vancouver in limbo due to federal funding freeze

March 5, 2025, 12:31pm Business

Construction on downtown Vancouver’s recognizably round Smith Tower has come to a halt as the second Trump administration continues to freeze aid for nonprofit organizations. Read story

The Vancouver Federal Building in downtown Vancouver was listed among those federal buildings the second Trump administration is considering for sale.

Vancouver Federal Building on list of ‘non-core’ properties possibly to be sold by Trump administration

March 5, 2025, 11:21am Business

The Vancouver Federal Building was identified this week among those federal buildings the second Trump administration has deemed not essential to government operations. Read story

Colony Mobile Home Park residents try to beat the odds and buy their Salmon Creek park

Colony Mobile Home Park residents Kaylee McKinney, left, and her dad, Baer Dobson, look over community cooperative paperwork in the kitchen of their home on Thursday afternoon. Residents are racing against the clock to purchase their Salmon Creek park.

March 4, 2025, 6:10am Business

Courtney Hendrix and her husband spent years scraping pennies together to save enough to buy their mobile home. Now, the parents of three children — soon to be four — face an uncertain future with their mobile home park up for sale. Read story

Demand for rental assistance remains high as funds run out across Clark County

A sign informs tenants Friday at the Community Eviction Support booth at Clark County Superior Court. Rental assistance is dwindling in Clark County, contributing to a rise in evictions and homelessness. As time goes on, communities may count on private contributions for rental assistance even more.

March 3, 2025, 6:10am Business

Clark County has tens of millions of dollars less in rental assistance to help people stay in their homes than in recent years. Amid widespread government deficits, the funding will likely continue to fall — leading to a continued spike in eviction filings and homelessness. Read story