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Here are some of the stories you may have missed this weekend.
Right now, The Waterfront Vancouver is little more than a construction yard near the Columbia River, but its recent progress is clear. Passengers in planes overhead and cars crossing the Interstate 5 Bridge can see its profile is rising every day.
It’s a different story for the man who is perhaps its most pivotal figure. On a recent afternoon, Barry Cain, the president of Gramor Development, walked through the site largely unnoticed by construction workers, and he was even briefly confronted. After Cain hiked up a makeshift walkway onto the unfinished Grant Street Pier, a worker told Cain that he needed permission from a supervisor.
Learn more about what is in store for the waterfront and the mind behind it.
Debbie and Ted, you aren’t the only ones interested in the Plain truth about the area’s earliest mapping practices.
It was the most commonly asked question when we launched our new “Clark Asks” feature.
Those missing First, Second and Third Plains? They’re just part of a system of topographical references that evolved more than 150 years ago around what’s now the Fort Vancouver National Historic Site.
Find out more about how the plains got their names and learn how submit your own question.
Clark County had yet another strong showing at the 2017 Spirit Mountain Grand Floral Parade, the four-mile parade highlighting Portland’s annual Rose Festival.
The Battle Ground community float deployed this year embodied the folk song “Froggy Went A-Courtin’” and garnered the Grand Marshal Award for “best depiction of whimsy.”
Read more about the Rose Festival Parade.
Ron Dotzauer spends a lot of time on airplanes. Last week, he was in Salt Lake City, where his lobbying and communications company, Strategies 360, was helping set up a new municipality. Later that week, he was in Seattle, where his client, Oak View Group, won permission to redevelop Key Arena into a venue suitable for a National Hockey League team.
During the week, Dotzauer, wearing his signature cowboy hat and boots, was also in downtown Vancouver, where Strategies 360, which has a presence in 12 states and Washington, D.C., has opened another office. This one is of personal significance for Dotzauer.
Learn more about Strategies 360.
The city of Vancouver is in the midst of a deal to buy nearly 12 acres of the Town Plaza property in the central part of the city with hopes of injecting new life into the area.
The Town Plaza, formerly known as Tower Mall, was put up for sale through a private auction and listed as distressed property. The city plans to spend $5 million to purchase the site. The transaction is set to close June 28.
Read more about plans for the site.
