Preparing youth with skills and options is crucial for business
Max Ault, Interim President and Kevin Perkey, CEO, Workforce Southwest Washington Educating and training our young adults – the workforce of the future – is vital to our regional economy. In 2017-2019, Workforce Southwest Washington (WSW) will invest more than $3.75 million in youth workforce education programs, including degree completion, career exploration, work-based learning and […]
GROW Clark County: Women Founders
Insights from Four Trailblazing Entrepreneurs By Monica Santos-Pinacho CREDC’s second Grow Clark County event of the year featured a dynamic panel of women founders from across the region who shared stories about their journey starting and growing their businesses in Clark County – including the challenges they faced and what it took to innovate in […]
Home Depot continues to expand footprint
Vancouver isn’t the first place you think of when discussing Fortune 25 companies, but that hasn’t stopped one from quietly growing its local operations. The Home Depot, which had more than $100 billion in revenues last year, has been growing locally through the QuoteCenter, a software company it purchased in 2013. Using the center as […]
Interim CREDC president eager to continue work
For Max Ault, taking the reins of the Columbia River Economic Development Council (CREDC) is a bit like getting to pitch a season for the home team. Ault, who took over on an interim basis for outgoing president and CEO Mike Bomar this month, has been interested in Clark County economic development since he was […]
CREDC Hires New Director of Communications
VANCOUVER, Wash. (April 26th, 2018) – The Columbia River Economic Development Council (CREDC) announced today that it has hired Monica Santos-Pinacho as its new Director of Communications. In this role, Santos-Pinacho will lead CREDC’s internal and external communications strategies and platforms. Santos-Pinacho joins the CREDC most recently from WE Communications in Portland, Ore., where she […]
CREDC Appoints Ault as Interim President
VANCOUVER, Wash. (April 19th, 2018) – At a regular meeting Thursday morning, the Columbia River Economic Development Council (CREDC) Board appointed Max Ault as Interim President beginning May 1st. The organization’s current President, Mike Bomar, will be transitioning to the Port of Vancouver, as their Director of Economic Development. Bomar has served as President since […]
CREDC seeks request for proposal – Videographer
REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL VIDEOGRAPHER The Columbia River Economic Development Council (CREDC) is seeking the assistance of a professional videographer for the creation of multiple videos for our event, Main Street Day, highlighting the different Main Street Communities in Clark County, Washington. This event will take place on July 13, 2018 with the alternate date of […]
Vancouver-based RealWear goes into training
The thing about making new products is that people often invent their own uses. For hardware company RealWear, a new partnership could be a legitimate crossover. The Vancouver-based hardware company is in talks to supply its head-mounted tablet computer, the HMT-1, to the National Basketball Retired Players Association for its efforts to introduce basketball to […]
L.A. creative agency moves to Vancouver
The Columbian An ambitious digital marketing concern from Los Angeles is the latest company to make Vancouver its new home base, and it plans to hit the ground running. GTMA, formerly GoToMyApartment, is a 55-person marketing firm specializing in the booming business of multifamily housing. It builds websites, produces videos and writes marketing content for the […]
The CREDC seeks applicants for Director of Communications – CLOSED
The application period is now closed.