Camas-Washougal Post-Record

February 6, 2020

Rochelle Ramos (center) and John Henriksen, owners of Lunchmoney Indoor Skate Park, observe the form of Ramos' son, Timothy, on Jan. 23, in Washougal. (Doug Flanagan/Post-Record)

Indoor skate park to open in Washougal

Washougal resident Rochelle Ramos has noticed a change in her son, Timothy, since he took up skateboarding six months ago.

January 23, 2020

Camas resident Stacie Blomdahl (left) and her daughter, Katie O'Daniel, of La Center, launched Skip the Trip Delivery, a food delivery business serving Camas-Washougal, in October 2019. (Contributed photo courtesy of Katie O'Daniel)

New business lets hungry customers ‘skip the trip’

In 2019, La Center resident and Washougal native Katie O’Daniel began to seriously think about her career options. For the past few years she had been a stay-at-home mom, but with her son about to start kindergarten, O’Daniel, who had previously been a nursing assistant and hospice worker, decided she wanted to join the workforce again.

January 9, 2020

(Post-Record file photo) Ryon Morrison left a 20-year career in aviation to start a delicatessen in downtown Washougal. Taberna NW opened for business in November 2019, but is struggling to remain viable during the statewide COVID-19 social-distancing measures, which have closed all in-person dining at Washington's restaurants and bars.

New restaurant gives Washougal a taste of the East Coast

For the first 20 years of his adult life, Ryon Morrison had what many would consider to be some pretty cool jobs.

January 2, 2020

Sheryl Obegi, Tommy Kelly and Karen Gibson show off some of the Camas football shirts available at Obegi and Gibson's new business, Papermaker Pride. Kelly, a senior at Camas High School, is working at the new downtown Camas business as part of his senior project on marketing research. (Photos by Kelly Moyer/Post-Record)

New business lets fans celebrate Camas

Fans of Camas hoping to wear their hometown pride on their sleeve won’t have to look too far, thanks to the opening of a new business, Papermaker Pride, in downtown Camas.

December 26, 2019

Contributed photo courtesy of the Port of Camas-Washougal
Former Camas Mayor Paul Dennis led the Camas-Washougal Economic Development Association (CWEDA) from 2011 to 2019. The economic development group is set to disband in mid-2020.

Local economic development group to disband, faces audit

The Camas-Washougal Economic Development Association (CWEDA), which formed in 2011 to help promote business growth in Camas-Washougal, will no longer exist as of June 2020. The cities of Camas and…

December 19, 2019

Anna Davis (second from right) instructs (from left to right) Isabella Pritchard, Lucy Hoff, Kayleigh Purdin, Lorelai Fortman and Maelynn O'Bryant at A Place to Create in November. (Doug Flanagan/Post-Record)

‘Place to Create’ woos local crafters

While growing up on her family’s nursery in Portland, Anna Davis was raised with a particular set of values. She learned that money alone wouldn’t make her happy. She learned the importance of pursuing her passions. And she learned that she loved to do things her way.

December 12, 2019

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