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September 18, 2025
Diners eat at a parklet at Mesa in downtown Camas in 2020. (Kelly Moyer/The Columbian files)

Camas eyes bringing back popular parklets

The city of Camas is exploring the possibility of bringing back parklets, three years after rescinding the operating permits for the open-air eating spaces introduced during the COVID-19 pandemic.

August 21, 2025
An industrial park sits along Interstate 5  in Ridgefield. The Discovery Corridor, first designated in 1999, continues to grow slowly. (Taylor Balkom/The Columbian)

Why haven’t more found Discovery Corridor?

North Clark County’s Discovery Corridor has a ways to go to fulfill the dreams of those who first imagined the roughly 12-mile stretch as a driver of job creation.