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5 From the PAC Chair Affirming Our Commitments, Shaping Our Future By Don Russo, Public Affairs Committee Chair

6 Vancouver Goes Hollywood The Chambers Live Academy Awards Broadcast at Kiggins Theatre

7 Member Spotlight: The Historic Kiggins Theatre

8 Growing Clark County A Look Inside The Columbians 2013 Economic Forecast Breakfast

10 New Members

11 Ribbon Cuttings

13 Renewing Members

15 2013 Business After Hours

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Sunday, February 24th | 4pm VANCOUVEr GOES HOLLYWOODVANCOUVER GOES HOLLYWOOD

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From theChair Kristy WeaverPacific Continental BankChair, Board of DirectorsGreater Vancouver Chamber of Commerce

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Youll find new opportunities to grow your business in 2013 through the Greater Vancouver Chamber of Commerce. (GVCC). Your Chamber is expanding its programs and events this year to help you make money, save money and boost your companys image in the community. We can help you find the resources you need and help you get connected.

We have several new resources coming your way. In April, your Chamber will launch its new Small Business Resource Center at our office on 11th and Broadway, serving as a regional provider for small business government contracts. For the first time in Southwest Washington, your Chamber will have a small business contracts specialist who can work with your company free of charge to help you compete for government contracts. We usually think large federal government contracts are exclusively for big companies, but there are several opportunities for small companies to work with state and local governments as well. Our new resource center is specifically designed to help your business identify and seize such opportunities. There are smart strategies for companies to partner on contract proposals, and your Chambers new resource center can help you build these strategies. Stay tuned for more details as we get closer to our launch date.

We are expanding our Labor and Industries (L&I) program to include healthcare and healthcare-related businesses. For the past several years the Chambers retail and manufacturing businesses have benefited from the Chambers Retro Program, receiving refunds on their L&I premi-ums from Washington State. On average, GVCC manufacturers receive 40 percent on their refunds. Wed love to tell you more about the pro-gram and how your business can take advantage of these potential savings.

In 2013, you are invited to join us for Lunch with Lawmakers, our successful public affairs program which provides an opportunity to meet with our legislators and elected officials. Look for our first Lunch with Lawmakers to start in spring.

Your Chamber is adding a few exciting events in 2013 so you can mingle with your peers and promote your company. Our new-est big event is Vancouver Goes Hollywood! Pacific Continental Bank is proud to spon-sor Vancouver Goes Hollywood, a black tie event on Sunday, February 24, the night of the Academy Awards. Well roll out the red carpet at the historic Kiggins Theatre and have our own party during the Academy Awards broadcast. This inaugural event will liven up the city during these gray winter months!

Your new 2013 Membership Directory will be mailed to your business this month. We distribute the directory throughout South-west Washington. Its a great resource guide when youre looking for a good business to work with a Chamber business.

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Its 104 miles from Vancouver to the Washington State Capitol in Olympia, and a well-traveled road for mem-bers of the Greater Vancouver Chamber of Commerce (GVCC) Public Affairs Committee. For more than 100 years, GVCC has championed the needs of the business community and the citizens of the Southwest Washington region. This year, your Chambers Public Affairs Committee intends to reiterate that crucial responsibility by representing Southwest Washington businesses at the State Legislature; from education and transportation funding to economic development, your Chamber is pay-ing close attention to the issues that matter most to our community.

We discussed those very issues with elected officials at our 2013 Legislative Outlook Breakfast in December. Heres whats on the agenda for this year. Education funding will take center stage most of this legislative session because of the recent McCleary v. State decision, which ruled that the State of Washington failed its constitutional obligation to adequately provide basic education in our public schools. The Washington prescribed a series of remedies that amount to $4 billion in additional school funding. The Washington State Supreme Court prescribed a series of rem-edies that amount to $4 billion in additional school funding.

Given the budget shortfall and the state of the economy, our legislature will be hard pressed to come up with the necessary $1 billion down

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This April is the 76th anniversary of the historic Kiggins Theatre, a downtown Vancouver landmark since its construction in 1936. With its distinctive art deco style, its original KIGGINS marquee lit brightly, and its renovated auditorium and upstairs lounge, its an undeniable fact that this sin-gle-screen movie theater is unlike any other in town. And Kiggins owner, Dan Wyatt, intends to keep it that way.

Dans fascination with entertainment began at an early age with comics, music and games. But its movies and films that he describes as his first love. It just so hap-pens that he first fell in love with cinema at Kiggins Theatre.

Some of my most memorable experiences as a child involved sitting in a darkened audito-rium with my eyes glued to the big screen, says Dan. Cinema moved me to the point of wanting to provide that experience for oth-ers, so I began to study the craft and learn what it takes to make movies.

Having decided that filmmaking was his lot in life, Dan pursued the craft, taking produc-tion classes at Columbia River High School, studying broadcast and drama at Washington State University in Pullman, and eventually obtaining his degree in film from Loyola Marymount University.

After nearly a decade working in post-pro-

duction in Los Angeles, however, Dan was drawn back to his roots. As much as I loved living and working in L.A., I longed for com-munity. Its what brought me back, he says.

Back in Vancouver, Dan focused on creating that sense of community that he had missed so much while in Los Angeles. Assuming ownership of what was then called Moxies on Main, Dan transformed the Uptown soda shop into what is now known as Pop Culture.

I saw an opportunity to provide a place for

youth to hang out a market vastly under-served in our community. I wanted to create a fun environment for all ages, Dan explains. So Pop culture was born, expanding the soda shop to a venue that could play host to any idea that was brought in by the commu-nity.

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ABOVE: The Marquee Lounge -- Renovations uncovered a former smoking room located directly behind the theaters KIGGINS marquee that a previous tenant had partitioned off. Today, the restored space serves as an upstairs bar and lounge, where moviegoers gather before and after screenings for a beer or glass of wine.

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Kiggins Theatre

PANEL 1 PANEL 2 PANEL 3

| Where We Live, Work & ShopForecasts on Clark County's housing, real estate, commercial development, and retail industries Moderator: Cami Joner, The Columbian

PANELISTS:

Paul DennisExecutive Director,Camas/Washougal Economic Development Association

Deborah EwingVice President and Managing Broker,Eric Fuller & Associates

Terry WollamResidential Broker,Re/Max Equity Group

Brett BryantMarket Executive Oregon/SW WA, Heritage Bank

| Building Basic IndustriesPanelists look at trade, health care, and key job-producing industries Moderator: Aaron Corvin, The Columbian

PANELISTS:

Todd ColemanExecutive Director,Port of Vancouver

Kelly ParkerPresident & Chief Executive Offi cer,Greater Vancouver Chamber of Commerce

Scott BaileyRegional Labor Economist,Washington State Employment Security Department

Rainy AtkinsChief Operating Offi cer,PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center

| New Areas of PromiseStories of entrepreneurs and growing technical and creative professions Moderator: Gordon Oliver, The Columbian

PANELISTS:

John WhiteVice President, BergerABAM

Steve HixSerial entrepreneur, Founder, Circle Technology & InFocus

Dene GrigarDirector and Associate Professor,Creative Media and Digital Culture Program, Washington State University Vancouver

Alisa PyszkaEconomic Development Division Mgr., City of Vancouver

EVENT SPONSORS IN-KIND SUPPORT

This year, our panels will discuss three aspects of the business community that play a key role in a healthy local economy. Youll have the opportunity to attend two of the following panels:

COST : $50 per seat; $500 for table of ten. rvice, sit down breakfast, and two breakout sessions.

TO REGISTER: online at www.vancouverusa.com or call the Greater Vancouver Chamber of Commerce at 360-694-2588.

STUDENT PROGRAM: SPONSORED BY Educators may register fi ve or more students at no charge. fi rst 50 students/teachers who register; thereafter, a special student rate of $30 applies. Students must be currently enrolled. Register by phone only. Teachers registering fi ve students are free.

EVENT REGISTRATION

Thursday January 24, 2013 7am -11amTHE HILTON VANCOUVER WASHINGTON CONVENTION CENTER

Dr. Randall PozdenaManaging Director

and Senior Economist,ECONorthwest

Washington Perspective

Dr. Thomas PotiowskyChair of Dept. of Economics,

Portland State University, and Director of the Northwest Economic Research Center

Portland Metro Perspective

Scott KeeneyPresident and

Chief Executive Offi cer of nLight

Clark County Perspective

Betsy HenningPresident of AHA!

Panel Moderator

The Columbians annual Economic Forecast Breakfast provides in-depth Northwest economic and business information tailored specifi cally for the business community in Clark County. This years event includes a keynote panel with a wealth of Northwest-focused economic and business knowledge to share, in the quest to encourage strong economic growth in Clark County.

Following the keynote speakers, participants will have the opportunity to attend two sessions presented by panelists talking about three key areas of the economy that are vital to getting Clark County businesses growing. The panel topics include: Where We Live, Work and Shop; Building Our Basic Industries; and New Areas of Promise.

The Economic Forecast began as a special business feature presented by The Columbian in the mid-1980s. In 1995, a breakfast was added to give panelists a

public forum to present their views prior to the Sunday publication of a special section in The Columbian that includes in-depth information on these topics.

This is the largest presentation of economic information in the greater Portland Metro area, attracting between 400 and 500 regional attendees.

The successful student program, sponsored by BergerABAM, continues to attract high school and college students. Teachers registering fi ve students are free. The fi rst fi the GVCC offi ce at 360-694-2588.

Presented by

Watch The Columbian on Sunday, January 27, 2013 for a special section that includes in-depth articles by each of the panelists.

Business Trends Breakout Sessions SPONSORED BY

CONSTRUCTION | HEALTH EDUCATION | TECHNOLOGY

PRESENTER

Special thanks to the sponsors of the 2013 Economic Forecast:

PANEL 1 PANEL 2 PANEL 3

| Where We Live, Work & ShopForecasts on Clark County's housing, real estate, commercial development, and retail industries Moderator: Cami Joner, The Columbian

PANELISTS:

Paul DennisExecutive Director,Camas/Washougal Economic Development Association

Deborah EwingVice President and Managing Broker,Eric Fuller & Associates

Terry WollamResidential Broker,Re/Max Equity Group

Brett BryantMarket Executive Oregon/SW WA, Heritage Bank

| Building Basic IndustriesPanelists look at trade, health care, and key job-producing industries Moderator: Aaron Corvin, The Columbian

PANELISTS:

Todd ColemanExecutive Director,Port of Vancouver

Kelly ParkerPresident & Chief Executive Offi cer,Greater Vancouver Chamber of Commerce

Scott BaileyRegional Labor Economist,Washington State Employment Security Department

Rainy AtkinsChief Operating Offi cer,PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center

| New Areas of PromiseStories of entrepreneurs and growing technical and creative professions Moderator: Gordon Oliver, The Columbian

PANELISTS:

John WhiteVice President, BergerABAM

Steve HixSerial entrepreneur, Founder, Circle Technology & InFocus

Dene GrigarDirector and Associate Professor,Creative Media and Digital Culture Program, Washington State University Vancouver

Alisa PyszkaEconomic Development Division Mgr., City of Vancouver

EVENT SPONSORS IN-KIND SUPPORT

This year, our panels will discuss three aspects of the business community that play a key role in a healthy local economy. Youll have the opportunity to attend two of the following panels:

COST : $50 per seat; $500 for table of ten. rvice, sit down breakfast, and two breakout sessions.

TO REGISTER: online at www.vancouverusa.com or call the Greater Vancouver Chamber of Commerce at 360-694-2588.

STUDENT PROGRAM: SPONSORED BY Educators may register fi ve or more students at no charge. fi rst 50 students/teachers who register; thereafter, a special student rate of $30 applies. Students must be currently enrolled. Register by phone only. Teachers registering fi ve students are free.

EVENT REGISTRATION

Thursday January 24, 2013 7am -11amTHE HILTON VANCOUVER WASHINGTON CONVENTION CENTER

Dr. Randall PozdenaManaging Director

and Senior Economist,ECONorthwest

Washington Perspective

Dr. Thomas PotiowskyChair of Dept. of Economics,

Portland State University, and Director of the Northwest Economic Research Center

Portland Metro Perspective

Scott KeeneyPresident and

Chief Executive Offi cer of nLight

Clark County Perspective

Betsy HenningPresident of AHA!

Panel Moderator

The Columbians annual Economic Forecast Breakfast provides in-depth Northwest economic and business information tailored specifi cally for the business community in Clark County. This years event includes a keynote panel with a wealth of Northwest-focused economic and business knowledge to share, in the quest to encourage strong economic growth in Clark County.

Following the keynote speakers, participants will have the opportunity to attend two sessions presented by panelists talking about three key areas of the economy that are vital to getting Clark County businesses growing. The panel topics include: Where We Live, Work and Shop; Building Our Basic Industries; and New Areas of Promise.

The Economic Forecast began as a special business feature presented by The Columbian in the mid-1980s. In 1995, a breakfast was added to give panelists a

public forum to present their views prior to the Sunday publication of a special section in The Columbian that includes in-depth information on these topics.

This is the largest presentation of economic information in the greater Portland Metro area, attracting between 400 and 500 regional attendees.

The successful student program, sponsored by BergerABAM, continues to attract high school and college students. Teachers registering fi ve students are free. The fi rst fi the GVCC offi ce at 360-694-2588.

Presented by

Watch The Columbian on Sunday, January 27, 2013 for a special section that includes in-depth articles by each of the panelists.

Business Trends Breakout Sessions SPONSORED BY

CONSTRUCTION | HEALTH EDUCATION | TECHNOLOGY

PRESENTER

Special thanks to the sponsors of the 2013 Economic Forecast:

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Welcome to the Greater Vancouver Chamber of Commerce - the largest and most active business association in Southwest Washington. We thank you for your investment. Please visit GVCCs online directory at www.vancouverusa.com for more information on the companies below. Help us build a strong and stable local economy do business with Chamber members! New Members

Tara HalkoAllstar Magnetics, LLC6205 NE 63rd St.Vancouver, WA 98661www.allstarmagnetics.com360-693-0213

Jim MorganBrewed NorthWest CoffeeWestfield Vancouver Mall8700 NE Vancouver Mall Dr.Vancouver, WA 98662360-608-8045

Alan HamiltonClark County Food Bank6502 NE 47th Ave.Vancouver, WA 98661www.clarkcountyfoodbank.org360-693-0939

Richard WaltkeCountry Financial Richard Waltke 16821 SE McGillivray Blvd., Ste. 213Vancouver, WA 98683www.countryfinancial.com/richardwaltke360-256-2320

Don UnreinHumane Society for Southwest Washington1100 NE 192nd Ave.Vancouver, WA 98684www.southwesthumane.org360-693-4746

Janet ColemanPacific Northwest Specialty Pharmacy3801 Main St., Ste. AVancouver, WA 98663www.pnsprx.com360-448-7890

Scott CarrollBusiness Outcomes Consulting900 Washington St., Ste. 800Vancouver, WA 98660www.bocnetwork.com360-474-5045

Bill Willis Printing Expressly For You7212 NE 58th St.Vancouver, WA 98662www.pefy.net360-885-2045

Teresa Bonawitz LMPSelf Balance Massage5107 NE 94th Ave., Ste. AVancouver, WA 98662www.selfbalancemassage.com360-773-5073

Jackie AdamsYoga Hot Spot13317 NE 12th Ave.Vancouver, WA 98685509-452-0405

Steve LawrenceThe Bedford13303 SE McGillivray Blvd.Vancouver, WA 98684360-891-6898

Scott EdwardsComputer Guy northwest2809 NW 10th St.Battle Ground, WA 98604www.computerguynw.com360-281-4800

Justin Adamselite Care at Fanno Creek12353 SW Grant Ave.Tigard, OR 97223360-892-2273

Justin Adamselite Care at Oatfield estates4444 SE Oatfield Hill Rd.Milwaukie, OR 97267360-892-2273

Steve WaiteWaite Specialty Machine Works, Inc.1356 Tennant Way Longview, WA 98632www.waitespecialty.com360-577-0777

Greg GradyFarmers insurance Group Greg Grady3925 NE 72nd Ave., Ste. 104Vancouver, WA 98661360-936-7915

Kyle SheeleyRAZ Transportation11655 SW Pacific HwyPortland, OR 97223www.raztrans.com503-684-3322

Rick MitchellFirestone Complete auto Care7511 NE Hwy 99Vancouver, WA 98665www.firestonecompleteautocare.com360-696-1606

Jill CampbellGifford Pinchot task Force9106 NE Hwy. 99, Ste. EVancouver, WA 98665www.gptaskforce.org360-254-1562

Jason R. Hillhomestreet Bank700 Washington St., Ste. 202Vancouver, WA 98660www.homestreet.com360-314-3517

Dan WyattKiggins theatre1011 Main St.Vancouver, WA 98660www.kigginsthreatre.com360-816-0348

Denise Lukinslaw Office of denise J. lukins, PllC10000 NE 7th Ave., Ste. 403Vancouver, WA 98685www.lukinslaw.com360-448-2854

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Ribbon Cuttings

Neighbors Market1707 Main Street

Vancouver, WA 98660

Susan Gregg, State Farm Insurance9120 NE Vancouver Mall Lp., Ste. 210

Vancouver, WA 98662

The Heathman Lodge7801 NE Greenwood Dr.

Vancouver, WA 98662

Charter College17200 SE Mill Plain Blvd., Ste. 100

Vancouver, WA 98683

Self Balance Massage5107 NE 94th Ave., Ste. A

Vancouver, WA 98662

RSV Building Solutions13910 NE 10th Ave.

Vancouver, WA 98685

HomeStreet Bank700 Washington St. Ste. 202

Vancouver, WA 98660

Elements Therapeutic Massage1319 NE 134th St., Ste. 103

Vancouver, WA 98685

Southwest Washington Human Resources Association

Interested in scheduling your own ribbon cutting or ground breaking ceremony?

Contact Darcy Altizerdaltizer@vancouverusa.com

360-567-1051

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1251 Officers Row | Vancouver, WA 98661 | 360.695.2442 | www.vbjusa.com

Start Ups! Innovators! Fastest Growing Businesses!

It is time to answer the CALL FOR ENTRIESto be recognized at the 2013 Business Growth Awards Event!Deadline for entries is Friday March 15, 2013Submit entries at: www.vbjusa.com Click on Events, then Business Growth Awards

SAVE THE DATE!Business Growth Awards Finalists Showcase and ReceptionPearson Air Museum Thursday, April 25, 2013 5-8 pmAdmission $50 includes generous hors doeuvres buffet, beer/wine, entertainment and networking.Pre-registration required www.vbjusa.com

Presented by

Bo Clarkmattress Pro6709 NE 63rd St., Ste.102Vancouver, WA 98661www.mattresspro.net360-718-7622

Jennie TaylorNorthwest Staffing Resources315 W Mill Plain Blvd., Ste. 100Vancouver, WA 98660www.nwstaffing.com 360 695 4900

sBe solutions18307 SE 24th Way Vancouver, WA 98683

Russell Mitchellsouthport agencies, inc.160 E First St., P.O. Box 1879 Kalama, WA 98625 360 673 3033

Bill PetersonWesCO distribution, inc.2345 NW 31st Ave. www.wesco.comPortland, OR 97210503 221 4400

Debbie Mohagen1-800 Flowers - the Flower express10411 NE Fourth Plain Blvd., Ste. 115Vancouver, WA 98662www.theflowerexpressinc.com360-254-0706

Keri Frendt2ndBloom108 W 9th St.Vancouver, WA 98660360-524-2406

alling henning associates415 W 6th St., Ste. 605Vancouver, WA 98660www.aha-writers.com360-750-1680

Leilani Russellleilani nalual russell - silpada Jewelry designs819 NE 132nd Ave.Vancouver, WA 98684www.mysilpada.com/leilani.russell360-910-4878

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Wendy Eglymeals On Wheels PeopleLuepke Senior Center1009 E McLoughlin BlvdVancouver, WA 98663www.mealsonwheelspeople.org360-487-7050

Brown & Kysar, inc.1315 SE Grace Ave., Ste. 201Battle Ground, WA 98604www.bki.cc360-687-3966

John StanleyCascadia Womens Clinic14508 NE 20th Ave., Ste. 300Vancouver, WA 98686www.cascadiawc.com360-433-0022

dr. roof, inc.6806 Hwy 99Vancouver, WA 98665www.drroofinc.com360-852-8884

Drake Delichhomestreet Bank1200 NE 99th St., Ste. 110Vancouver, WA 98665www.homestreet.com360-356-3184

Gail Haskettnorthwest healthcare, inc.7710 NE Vancouver Mall Dr., Ste. CVancouver, WA 98604www.northwesthealthcare.com360-574-5293

Lori GregoryQuechua BenefitP.O. Box 69037Vancouver, WA 98660www.quechuabenefit.org360-991-5318

Becky Pottersperry Van ness900 Main St., Ste. 800Vancouver, WA 98660www.svn.com360-459-4382

Terry Leeterry lee attorney201 NE Park Plaza Dr., Ste. 222Vancouver, WA 98660www.terryleeattorney.com360-891-1100 n

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Thank you to all of our renewing members for continuing your Greater Vancouver Chamber of Commerce membership! We are proud to serve our members through our mission of providing positive business leadership, growing jobs and strengthening the local economy. Renewing Members

1-800-GOT-JUNK? 4 years40 ET 8 Voiture Local No. 99 25 yearsA 1 U Store It 25 yearsAadland Dental 3 yearsABC Accounting Services 4 yearsAcuity Business Services, LLC 3 yearsAmerican Family Insurance Dan True 1 yearAmerican Red Cross 8 yearsAmfit Inc. 2 yearsArthur Murray Dance Studio 2 yearsBNSF Railway 59 yearsCDM Services 2 yearsCDM Services 3 yearsChevron USA 2 yearsCity of Vancouver 29 yearsClark County Skills Center 10 years Clark County Title Company Downtown 8 yearsColumbia Bank 3 yearsCommunity Home Health & Hospice 5 yearsCorwin Beverage Company 73 yearsDavid Horowitz 2 yearsDESIprint 2 years DLC Architecture 2 yearsDuggan, Schlotfeldt & Welch, PLLC 14 yearsEmployers Overload Inc. 27 yearsEnviromet 3 yearsErik Runyan Jewelers 97 yearsEvergreen Habitat for Humanity 2 yearsEvergreen Memorial Gardens 57 yearsFinancial Connections LLC 5 yearsFirst Christian Science Church 2 years and Reading Room Five Star Auto Body 3 years Fort Vancouver National Historic Site 17 yearsFree Clinic of SW Washington 10 yearsGaffney Counseling & Consulting 23 yearsGramor Development 18 yearsHamilton-Mylan Funeral Home Inc. 24 yearsHoliday Inn Express Salmon Creek 12 yearsJohnson Family Trust 2 yearsKadels Cascade Auto Body 29 years Kazoodles, LLC 7 years

Kell Alterman & Runstein LLP 6 yearsKeller Williams Realty 8 yearsKey Bank Downtown 14 yearsLakeside Industries 11 yearsLegacy Salmon Creek Medical Center 8 yearsLegal Shield 1 yearLile North American Moving & Storage 9 yearsLuepke Florist 58 yearsMackins Auto Body 1 year Makoto Japanese Buffet 2 yearsMartel Wealth Advisors Inc 3 yearsMcDonalds of Clark County Mill Plain 4 yearsMerrill Gardens at Orchards Village 2 yearsMitchell Bower Jr., Business Consulting 8 yearsMolly Maid 4 yearsMontague Resources 5 yearsMontague Resources 5 yearsMoss Adams 63 yearsNeighbors Market 2 yearsNew Day Community Dental Clinic 2 yearsNicolettes Catering 5 yearsNorthwest Natural Products 13 yearsNW Association for Blind Athletes 2 yearsNW Injury Law Center Donald Jacobs 9 yearsNW Natural 86 yearsOccupational Medicine 9 years at Urgent Medical Center Olive Garden 24 yearsOregon Live, LLC 2 yearsOTAK, Inc. 16 yearsOxford Suites Hotel 8 yearsPacific Continental Bank 6 yearsPacific Lifestyle Homes Inc 16 yearsPalena Associates Inc. 42 yearsPatrick Lamb Productions 4 yearsPeninsula Glass 11 yearsRand Jeweler 3 yearsRAPCO Industries Inc. 12 yearsRealvest Corporation 37 yearsRegents Bank 7 yearsRiverview Community Bank 37 years

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payment. The business community supports investment in educa-tion; the challenge is how to pay for it. Your chamber will be in-volved in the legislative discussions of how best to come up with $1 billion for public schools. Its too large a sum of money to find in any one revenue source. It will require a combination of revenues. Youll be hearing more about this issue, as we reach out to you for your input throughout the session.

Transportation funding may be at risk because of the pressures to fund education. This year, legislators will also be asked to piece together a transportation package to pay for repairs and mainte-nance on our state roads as well as new projects in Seattle, Spokane, Tacoma and Vancouver. GVCC strongly supports funding for the Columbia River Crossing as a fundamental building block for our future, improving safety, increasing capacity and creating jobs in our community.

Your Chamber will also pro-actively and assertively advocate for legislation that improves our business climate. We will support ex-panding a sales tax rebate for rural counties, including Clark Coun-ty. We will support an improved tax increment financing (TIF) tool for communities. We will actively work on environmental permit-ting issues and administrative rules that stymie local development. We strongly support environmental protections but we must also provide opportunities for business to grow and expand. We thank our local legislators for their strong support on these economic de-velopment issues so critical to our future success.

As the leading advocate for business in the Southwest Washington region, your Chamber works to create and sustain a favorable busi-ness environment in which all businesses can grow and prosper. Our member-driven advocacy efforts help to ensure that businesses have the resources and support needed for job creation, growth and economic development.

Thats why we encourage member businesses and individuals alike to share their opinions on local and state issues impacting business. Youll find a survey in your e-mail inbox this January, asking for your input on these very issues. We need your feedback and wel-come your comments. n

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passion that led him back to Kiggins. Creating a memorable expe-rience for the community became my calling card, which caught the interest of those involved with Kiggins when they were looking for someone to take up the helm following a year-long renovation, Dan explains.

In spring 2012 Dan assumed ownership of theater. Today, Kiggins focus is quality cinematic entertainment, but the theater also serves as a mixed-use venue, hosting, in Dans terms, anything you can dream up. And thats what Dan loves so much about his job. I am not only back home, but as Kiggins captain, I am back in the

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very location that I first became enthralled with cinema, showing movies in the very location I watched them as a kid. It is a dream come true to be able to provide that same experience to others.

Kiggins Theatre has seen a lot of change in its lifetime, but there is just as much excitement in its future waiting to unfurl. This February, Kiggins is partnering with the Chamber to present Vancouver Goes Hollywood a live broadcast of the Academy Awards and so much more. It all starts at 4 p.m. on Sunday, February 24. To join in the fun, purchase your tickets at VancouverUSA.com or call 360-694-2588.

Kiggins Theatre is located at 1011 Main Street in downtown Vancouver, Washington. For more information about Kiggins or for showtimes, call 360-816-0352 or visit www.kigginstheatre.com. Follow Kiggins Theatre at facebookcom/newkigginstheatre, twitter.com/kigginstheatre. n

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OFFICERSChair: Kristy Weaver, Pacific Continental Bank Chair Elect: Don Russo, Schwabe, Williamson & WyattVice Chair: Eric Sawyer, BBSI Preferred PayrollSecretary Treasurer: Winston Asai, Columbia MachineImmediate Past Chair: Tim Schauer, MacKay Sposito

BOARD OF DIRECTORSJonathan Avery, Legacy Salmon Creek Medical CenterJody Campbell, The ColumbianTodd Coleman, Port of Vancouver John Deeder, Evergreen Public SchoolsTamara Fuller, NAI Norris, Beggs & SimpsonJeff Harvey, BurgervilleDave Horowitz, Windermere Real EstateElie Kassab, Prestige DevelopmentAlex McMillan, Optimal Living ExpertWayne Nelson, Clark Public UtilitiesEric Olmsted, On Line Support, Inc. William Pritchard, Pritchard OrthodonticsDon Russo, Schwabe, Williamson & WyattRhona Sen Hoss, WSU VancouverKeith Wallace, Frumenti, Lander & Wallace, P.S.Jeff Woodside, Nutter Corporation

CHAMBER STAFFKelly Parker President/CEO360-567-1050kparker@vancouverusa.com

Darcy Altizer Vice President, Member Services360-567-1051daltizer@vancouverusa.com

Susie Bauder Events Director360-567-1093sbauder@vancouverusa.com

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2013Business After HoursJanuary 29 Audiology Clinic, Bankcard Brokers

February 12 Shop Local - Riverview Community Bank

March 26 Partners in Careers, Riverview Comm. Bank

April 23 No Business After Hours

May 21 Biggs Insurance, Brickstone Ballroom

June 25 Clark County Food Bank

July 23 IDM Apartments

August 27 Glenwood Place

September 24 iQ Credit Union

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