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VDA advocates for business pre-lease program (Pictured above is Leah Jackson) Vancouver Downtown Association member Leah Jackson, owner of Angst Gallery, and landlord Bill Leigh are the first potential businesses owners to test drive the program. Leah’s gallery is next to a vacant space that is perfect for expansion. Her idea is to add a new wine bar that interfaces with her art gallery, broadening both her customer base and the vibrant mix of businesses along Main Street.Through a collaborative effort between the City of Vancouver and Vancouver’s Downtown Association (VDA), entrepreneurs will find the process to launch a new business made simpler. Rather than having to schedule individual meetings with various City, County and State staff, the City’s Pre-Lease Team brings representatives of the planning, building, fire and permitting departments on site for a complimentary walk-through. If the potential new business is a restaurant or bar, representatives of the Health Department and Liquor Control will join in. With this collaborative approach, questions can be more readily answered, problems can be more quickly solved, and time is saved. “This team-like approach directly answers a need that was raised repeatedly during the campaign,” says Mayor Tim Leavitt. “Those who are anxious to start new businesses were asking me why the process couldn’t be simplified. The short and satisfying answer is ‘yes, it can [be simplified] and it has [been simplified].” Those who are interested in starting a new business and would like up-front permitting consultation, contact Alisa Pyszka, City of Vancouver business development manager, at 487-8617. “Enrich a Life, Provide an Opportunity” benefit dinner raises $5,000.00 The Northwest Association for Blind Athletes (NWABA) announces that its benefit dinner and auction on March 5 at the Firstenburg Community Center raised over $5,000.00 to benefit its sports programs for the visually impaired. “This event raised much needed funds that will enable us to make a difference in the lives of more people who are blind and visually impaired,” said Programs Director Billy Henry. “We are very grateful to the community for helping us accomplish our mission and making this event such a success!” The event was sponsored by iQ Credit Union, Shamrock 51 Productions, Vancouver Business Journal, and Biggs Beer Wine and Tobacco. Catering was provided by Beaches Restaurant and Bar. Piano music was provided by Yvonne Payne. Volunteer support was provided by the Delta Gamma Sorority at Willamette University. Free concert will feature Grammy-nominated singer and Vancouver students Singer and songwriter Steve Seskin will perform a free concert at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, March 15, at the Royal Durst Theatre, Vancouver School of Arts and Academics. Special guest singers will include students from VSAA and Chinook, Marshall, Walnut Grove, and Harney Elementary Schools. They will perform original songs written by Vancouver Public Schools’ students. The free family concert is open to the public. VSAA is located at 3101 Main Street, Vancouver 98663. The concert is part of a weeklong workshop during which students work with Seskin on songwriting and singing. Seskin’s workshop is sponsored by the Vancouver School District Foundation and the Chinook PTSA. Operation Fairy Godmother is underway Volunteers from nineteen SW Washington high schools began transforming a 30,000 sq. foot-space donated by the Westfield Shopping Center last Saturday, March 6, in preparation for the seventh annual Operation Fairy Godmother shopping extravaganza. This ambitious project started by the Vancouver School District Foundation in 2004, pairs SW Washington area high school girls with a prom dress of for a fraction of the cost. Any current SW Washington high school girl may attend the March 20 event and purchase a gown for $10. Over the past six years, more than 5,000 girls throughout the area have found formal and semiformal gowns at the Operation Fairy Godmother event. Open house March 16 to look at land-use planning near Fairgrounds Clark County will hold an open house from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, March 16, for residents to review and make comments on the initial recommendations to guide land use, zoning and development in the Fairgrounds/ Discovery subarea. The area is bounded by Northeast 164th Street on the south, Northeast 209th Street on the north, Northeast 29th Avenue on the east, and Northwest 11th Avenue on the west. The open house will be held at Pleasant View Church of the Nazarene, 801 N.E. 194th St., Ridgefield. Participants can see the initial recommendations from a community advisory group. County planners will use public input to prepare a more formal proposal to the Planning Commission and Board of Clark County Commissioners. Public hearings will follow the formal proposal. Once approved by the Board, the subarea plan will be part of the county’s Comprehensive Growth Management Plan and will add detail to the general plan adopted in 2007. For more information, visit http://www.clark.wa.gov/discovery/index.html. News Briefs The Vancouver Dance Theatre presents its performance of The Wizard of Oz Ballet at 7 p.m. Friday, March 19, 2 and 7 p.m. Saturday, March 20, and 2 p.m. Sunday, March 21, at Fort Vancouver High School Auditorium (enter west side, near the tennis courts), 5700 E 18th street. Tickets cost $12 for adults, and $10 for children under 18 and seniors 65 and older. Tickets are available at Beacock Music Fishers Landing and Music World in Hazel Dell. A large group discount is available when a group from the community purchases 15 or more tickets for any of the four performances. Discount coupons are available on the VDT website, www.vancouverdancetheatre.com. Groups must register in advance with Barbara Goold, who can be contacted by emailing her at bggoold@yahoo.com, so that groups will receive VIP check-in. Calendar Battle Ground Parks Advisory board meets at 6:30 p.m. tonight, March 9, in the Battle Ground Community Center, 912 East Main Street. For more information, call 342-5385. <> La Center Planning Commission meets at 7 p.m. tonight. <> Washougal Planning Commission meets for a work session at 5:30 p.m. today, March 9. <> Port of Camas-Washougal will meet for a special meeting at 6 p.m. tonight, March 9, in the Community Room, 89 C Street, Washougal. <> Join the Greater Vancouver Chamber of Commerce for an informal look at Microsoft® Windows® 7, from 4 to 6 p.m. today, March 9, at the GVCC office, 1101 Broadway, Suite 100. Industry experts from Creative Computer Solutions, Inc., will walk attendees through some of the program features. All Southwest Washington chamber and business association members are invited. There is no cost for this event. Call 694-2588 or visit www.vancouverusa.com for more information. Tuesday on the air Clark County Focus (2-18)--4:05 p.m. CVTVCity Minutes (2-28)--4:45 p.m. CVTVColumbia River Channel Deepening Update with U.S. Senator Patty Murray (2-19)--5:30 p.m. CVTVVPD All Access: Neighborhood Police Officers--6:10 p.m. CVTV2010 State of the City (3-4)--6:45 p.m. CVTV4th Annual Clark County Tourism Awards (2-18)--7:35 p.m. CVTVVancouver Housing Authority: Housing Matters (3-7)--8:15 p.m. CVTVA Short Course on Local Planning (2-16)--8:45 p.m. CVTVClark County Animal Control Hearings (2-10)--11:45 p.m. CVTVCommunity Calendar Links Tuesday, March 9, 2010 HeadlinesLinks to news of local & national significanceLight-rail alignments divide community--Columbian, Andrea Damewood Columbia Credit Unions new COO returns to Wash.--Columbian, Libby Tucker B.G. investigation findings released--Columbian, Marissa Harshman Grants aimed at groups that spay, neuter pets--Columbian, Columbian Staff At War: Soldier throws back Taliban hand grenade--Huffington Post, Faiz Lalani As Biden visits, Israel unveils plan for new settlements--New York Times, Ethan Bronner Class-action lawsuits could cost Toyota $3Billion-plus--USA Today, Curt Anderson and Greg Bluestein
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