RealWear is trading in the sleek, battleship-looking offices of Silicon Valley for one that predates World War I. The maker of wearable tech, founded in Milpitas, Calif., said Tuesday it has officially named its office at the Fort Vancouver Artillery Barracks its new headquarters. The company leased the 12,000-square-foot space in the summer and moved in… Continue reading Wearable-tech firm RealWear finding Fort Vancouver a good fit
Clark County’s biotech industry may not be as richly developed as its counterparts in Seattle or Bothell, but local economic developers say the sector is poised for new growth. Biotech, the state’s fifth largest industry, has been gaining a foothold in Southwest Washington, with companies like CytoDyn, AbSci LLC, Molecular Testing Labs and Northwest Natural… Continue reading Life sciences industry continues to emerge
On August 24, 2017, the Columbia River Economic Development Council (CREDC) Board of Directors (Board) officially adopted Phase II of the 2017 Clark County Comprehensive Economic Development Plan (Plan). Phase I of the Plan was previously adopted by the Board on April 27, 2017. The Plan, which aligns with the Greater Portland 2020 regional economic… Continue reading CREDC Adopts New Strategic Plan to Guide Economic Development Efforts
A perfect summer evening at 3Peaks Public House and Taproom in Ridgefield was the setting for a thought-provoking discussion with three women who are changing the face of technology. Nationally, the proportion of women in computer science and tech fields has decreased from 37 percent in the 1980s to less than 18 percent today, and… Continue reading GROW Clark County: Wonder Women in Tech
Kyocera Industrial Ceramics Corporation celebrated the completion of a $10 million expansion project in Vancouver on Thursday. The project, which broke ground last April, increased the size of Kyocera’s 23,000-square-foot Vancouver manufacturing facility by about 50 percent, to 63,000 square feet. The plant is located at 5713 E Fourth Plain Blvd. Robert Whisler, president of… Continue reading Kyocera celebrates expansion in Vancouver, Washington
RealWear, a rapidly growing Silicon Valley company, has signed a letter of intent with the Fort Vancouver National Trust to occupy 12,000 square feet in the newly renovated Artillery Barracks at the Fort Vancouver National Site. The announcement was made Thursday during Mayor Tim Leavitt’s State of the City address, held in the space that… Continue reading Silicon Valley tech company RealWear Opening Vancouver offices in renovated Artillery Barracks
The headwinds against the emerging workforce are real and in many ways, unprecedented. Automation technology is entering the mainstream in many previously thought human-dependent sectors. Increased technical skills are required for most jobs and the skills that are necessary for today’s job are likely to look very different only a few years from now. How… Continue reading Higher Education
REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CONSULTANT The Columbia River Economic Development Council (CREDC) is seeking the assistance of a professional economic development consultant for the creation of an implementation plan to achieve strategic planning goals and objectives for Clark County, Washington. Electronic proposals for Consulting Services for the CREDC Strategic Economic Development Implementation Plan (Implementation… Continue reading CREDC seeks request for proposal
It was an exciting week in Clark County as we welcomed AbSci into their new lab and office space in the beautiful Hudson Building in downtown Vancouver, Washington. We had the pleasure of receiving a visit from Governor Inslee who was instrumental in the AbSci relocation to Clark County. The Governor commented that AbSci will… Continue reading Governor Inslee visits Clark County
It is a great privilege to serve as your President as we, the Columbia River Economic Development Council celebrate 35 amazing years as an organization. I want to take this opportunity to present you with some highlights of this past year and to give you a peek into what we expect for 2017. Before I… Continue reading Looking ahead: The State of Clark County’s Economy
