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Vancouver City Council approves construction sales tax deferral to boost affordable housing in parking lots

January 14, 2025, 2:01pm Business

The Vancouver City Council on Monday passed a construction sales tax deferral to make it cheaper for developers to build affordable housing in parking lots. Read story

Vancouver City Council weighs new policies to curtail disruptions at meetings

January 14, 2025, 1:23pm Clark County News

If you’ve been to a Vancouver City Council meeting, you’ve most likely witnessed interruptions from audience members in the form of clapping, talking, gestures or shouting. Read story

Interim City Attorney Nena Cook, left, raises her right hand to be sworn into her position Monday by Mayor Anne McEnerny-Ogle during a Vancouver City Council meeting at City Hall. Cook replaces the outgoing City Attorney Jonathan Young, who is becoming the city manager of SeaTac.

Vancouver city attorney Young resigns to become SeaTac city manager

Interim City Attorney Nena Cook, left, raises her right hand to be sworn into her position Monday by Mayor Anne McEnerny-Ogle during a Vancouver City Council meeting at City Hall. Cook replaces the outgoing City Attorney Jonathan Young, who is becoming the city manager of SeaTac.

January 14, 2025, 12:32pm Clark County News Subscriber Exclusive

An interim Vancouver city attorney is taking over for Jonathan Young who resigned, effective Monday, to become SeaTac’s city manager. Read story

A parking lot and an empty lot border the intersection of Southeast Brady Road and Southeast 192nd Avenue in August as seen from Southeast Ascension Drive in Vancouver. The city of Vancouver may offer construction tax deferrals for affordable housing projects being built on underdeveloped public parking lots in Vancouver.

Vancouver looks at tax break for affordable housing projects built in parking lots

A parking lot and an empty lot border the intersection of Southeast Brady Road and Southeast 192nd Avenue in August as seen from Southeast Ascension Drive in Vancouver. The city of Vancouver may offer construction tax deferrals for affordable housing projects being built on underdeveloped public parking lots in Vancouver.

January 8, 2025, 2:52pm Business

Vancouver could lose one parking lot a year but gain affordable housing under a proposed tax break. Read story

Meeting attendees hold signs Monday during a Vancouver City Council meeting at City Hall. The meeting was packed with community members for and against a recent initiative that would require any traffic lane removals go to a public vote.

Save Vancouver Streets initiative declared legally invalid at packed Vancouver City Council meeting

Meeting attendees hold signs Monday during a Vancouver City Council meeting at City Hall. The meeting was packed with community members for and against a recent initiative that would require any traffic lane removals go to a public vote.

January 7, 2025, 2:29pm Clark County News

In front of a room packed with more than 100 people Monday night, Vancouver officials declared an initiative that would require voter approval to remove traffic lanes from city streets to be legally invalid and ineligible for placement on a future ballot. Read story

Drivers pass a stretch of Southeast McGillivray Boulevard without sidewalks Aug. 2. The city will choose a final project design later this fall.

Vancouver officials say Save Our Streets initiative could cause delays in street repairs

Drivers pass a stretch of Southeast McGillivray Boulevard without sidewalks Aug. 2. The city will choose a final project design later this fall.

January 2, 2025, 11:51am Clark County News

The city of Vancouver says a citizen initiative that would require voter approval to remove traffic lanes on streets in Vancouver could have costly effects, allow roads to fall further into disrepair and hold the city back from achieving its climate goals. Read story

Workers take an electric street sweeper past a shared fuel station on a test run at the city of Vancouver Public Works office March 7, 2023.

Cost of EV street sweepers proves a challenge for city of Vancouver

Workers take an electric street sweeper past a shared fuel station on a test run at the city of Vancouver Public Works office March 7, 2023.

December 28, 2024, 6:12am Clark County News

Nearly two years after the city of Vancouver began looking for an all-electric street sweeper to replace its existing fleet of diesel-powered sweepers, the city has yet to make a purchase. Read story

The city of Vancouver has agreed to purchase a property in the Van Mall neighborhood for its 150-bed homeless shelter. The property will be leveled before the city acquires the land and constructs the shelter.

Vancouver to pay more than $6M for former Naydenov building that will house 150-bed homeless shelter

The city of Vancouver has agreed to purchase a property in the Van Mall neighborhood for its 150-bed homeless shelter. The property will be leveled before the city acquires the land and constructs the shelter.

December 17, 2024, 2:25pm Business

The Vancouver City Council on Monday agreed to pay philanthropist Michael Lynch more than $6.29 million for 3 acres in the Van Mall neighborhood where the city plans to build a 150-bed homeless shelter. Read story

Gov. Jay Inslee, left, chats with Sjon Mackey, a resident at The Outpost Safe Stay Community, during a tour of the property on Oct. 31, 2022. Mackey lives in a pallet shelter at the Safe Stay.

Vancouver issues emergency order to keep two Safe Stays open

Gov. Jay Inslee, left, chats with Sjon Mackey, a resident at The Outpost Safe Stay Community, during a tour of the property on Oct. 31, 2022. Mackey lives in a pallet shelter at the Safe Stay.

December 17, 2024, 1:53pm Clark County News

The city of Vancouver issued an emergency order to keep the city’s first two Safe Stays, shelter communities made up of 20 hutlike structures for people experiencing homelessness, open for another year. Read story

A motorist passes by as construction crews work to install a new waterline along Northeast 112th Avenue on Nov. 4. The city of Vancouver is awarding fewer contract dollars to minority- and women-owned businesses than it should under a fair system, a disparity study commissioned by the city of Vancouver found.

‘Substantial disparities’: Fewer minority- and women-owned businesses are getting Vancouver city contracts than should be, says study

A motorist passes by as construction crews work to install a new waterline along Northeast 112th Avenue on Nov. 4. The city of Vancouver is awarding fewer contract dollars to minority- and women-owned businesses than it should under a fair system, a disparity study commissioned by the city of Vancouver found.

December 12, 2024, 10:27am Business

Vancouver is awarding fewer contract dollars to minority- and women-owned businesses than it should under a fair system, according to a disparity study commissioned by the city. Read story