Vancouver, WA – The 18th annual Youth Achievement Awards celebration is scheduled for Sunday, June 12, and nominations of youth ages 11-19 are being accepted. Up to 300 young people will receive awards.

Vancouver, WA − Clark County Public Health welcomes nominations for the annual Public Health Community Award, which recognizes an individual or organization for outstanding contributions to promoting and protecting community health.

Nominations are due Wednesday, April 6. Forms are available on the Public Health website at www.clark.wa.gov/public-health. Completed forms can be submitted online, by mail or in person. Details are on the form.

Work will improve safety by adding acceleration lanes at Northeast 94th Avenue

Vancouver, WA – Drivers may experience some delays on Padden Parkway as work to improve a section of Northeast 94th Avenue enters a new phase.

FEBRUARY 9, 2016 SPECIAL ELECTION

Vancouver, WA ‒ Ballots are in the mail for the upcoming Feb. 9, 2016 Special Election. For this election, only voters in the Camas School District, Evergreen School District, Green Mountain School District, Hockinson School District, La Center School District, Ridgefield School District and Vancouver School District will receive a ballot.

Vancouver, WA – Clark County’s Green Business Program will host a Morning Blend networking event 8-9 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 21, at Waste Connections of Washington,12115 N.E. 99th St., Suite 1830.  

The Morning Blend event provides an opportunity to network and discuss green business efforts in a relaxed setting. A Waste Connections employee will start the Jan. 21 event with a brief presentation about the company’s recycling program and countywide waste management issues. 

Parks Foundation provides $10,000 grant to help replace aging swing set, monkey bars

Vancouver, WA – New play equipment is available for public use in Stockford Village Neighborhood Park, along Northeast 105th Street just west of Interstate 5.

The 4.2-acre neighborhood park built in 1978 previously offered a swing set and monkey bars. The equipment was outdated and did not comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Parks staff recommended replacement.

Vancouver, WA – Clark County residents can safely dispose of a variety of holiday wastes at the 2016 Green Neighbors Holiday Cleanup. The event will be Saturday, Jan. 23, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Cascade Middle School, 13900 N.E. 18th St.

Clark County residents can drop off block foam, used electronics, artificial Christmas trees, strings of lights and metal-frame lawn ornaments. No other recyclables or wastes will be accepted.

Newly elected County Board Chair Marc Boldt was recently featured in Clark County Focus, a CVTV quarterly news magazine. The show features county councilors discussing current county issues.

Nicholas Shanmac, managing editor of the Vancouver Business Journal conducted the interview. Topics include the new board structure under the county charter, roles of the board and the county manager and the chair’s responsibility as spokesperson for the board.

Vancouver, WA – Historic Clark County is a new, free mobile app that puts local history at your fingertips after you download it to your electronic device. The app was developed by the Clark County Historic Preservation Commission with financing from the Washington Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation, city of Vancouver and Clark County.

The app features:

Hearing on proposed rural zoning corrections also moved to Feb. 16

Vancouver, WA – The Board of County Councilors will hold a public hearing Feb. 16 at 10 a.m. to reconsider the “preferred alternative” for the next growth management plan, at the Public Service Center,1300 Franklin St.

On Nov. 24, the Board adopted a “preferred alternative” for an environmental impact analysis, which must be completed before a plan is adopted. The Feb. 16 hearing could prompt changes in the “preferred alternative.”