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Table 2-2. Largest Vancouver Area Employers, 2010Company Location Employees Product/ServiceVancouver School Distrct Vancouver 3,412 Pre K-12 educationEvergreen School District Vancouver 3,224 K-12 educationSouthwest Washington Medical Cntr Vancouver 2,625 HospitalHewlett-Packard Vancouver 1,800 * Inkjet printer R&D andClark County Vancouver, VUGA 1,600 Local governmentFred Meyer Stores Countywide 1,405 Grocery and retailCity of Vancouver Vancouver 1,100 Local governmentBattle Ground School District Battle Ground 1,006 K-12 educationWaferTech Camas 950 Silicon wafer fabricationWells Fargo Vancouver 942 BankS E H America Inc. Vancouver 842 Silicon wafer fabricationLegacy Salmon Creek Vancouver UGA 830 HospitalSafeway Inc. Countywide 775 GroceryVancouver Clinic Vancouver 767 Medical officesClark College Vancouver 748 Higher educationCamas School District Camas 654 K-12th grade educationKaiser Permanente tal Vancouver 624 HospitalDick Hannah Dealerships Vancouver 545 Auto dealershipsGeorgia-Pacific Corp. Camas 501 Pulp and paper manufacturingFrito-Lay Vancouver 500 Potato chipsNorthwest Natural Products Vancouver 437 Dietary supplements and vitaminsColumbia Machine Inc. Vancouver 415 Concrete, palletizing equipmentRS Medical Vancouver 400 Electrical stimulatorsCarlisle Interconnect Vancouver 338 Wire and cable interconnectionsNautilus Inc. Vancouver 300 Fitness EquipmentSources: CREDC, 2009 City of Vancouver Comprehensive Annual Financial Report*2009 datation and warehousing industries near the Portof Portland, Portland Airport, and Swan Island.Approximately 12,000 Oregonians work in ClarkCounty (Washington ESD). Economic activityis also linked, as an estimated 1/3 of retail salespurchases by Clark County residents are made inOregon to take advantage of the lack of a sales tax.Conversely, the absence of income taxes in Washingtonhas also attracted some relocation of higherincome Oregon residents. Portland and southwestWashington are also linked by a range of commoninterests and resources. Both areas are served bythe I-5 and I-205 freeways and bridges, and thePortland International Airport, and the implicationsfor freight transportation as well as personalmobility that these involve. In a global and nationaleconomic setting, both are perceived as parts of asingle region, with opportunities for joint economicdevelopment and branding.Vancouver and the region were particularly impactedby the global recession beginning in 2008. 7%2-4| Economic Development Vancouver Comprehensive Plan 2011-2030
of nonfarms jobs in Clark County were lost, similarto statewide loss rates but worse than the nation.Local jobs continued to be lost after employmentimproved nationally in 2010. Construction and development-relatedindustries were particularly hardhit, as well as lower paying jobs in all sectors of thelocal economy. Table 2-3 shows comparativeeconomic performance indicators.Table 2-3. Local, regional, and state economic performance indicators.Indicator Vancouver Clark City of WashingtonCounty PortlandUnemployment rate(February 2011)Percentage ofresidents belowpoverty (2009)Median householdincomeTaxable Retailsales per capita(2010 Q4)13.4% 12.9% N.A. 9.2%15% 12% 16% 12%$45,701 $56,074 $50,203 $56,548$3,794 $ 2,536 N.A. $3,985Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics; American Community Survey; WashingtonESD and Dept. of Revenue.*2009 dataTable 2-4 shows a breakdown ofgross vacant and underutilized commercialand industrial land in theVancouver area (See Chapter 1, CommunityDevelopment, for more onproposed land uses and developmentcapacity.) The City Vancouver areahas a disproportionate share ofvacant industrial land in ClarkCounty and the larger bi-stateregion. Almost half of the Vancouverindustrial inventory is located in theColumbia Gateway area of the PortEconomic development toolsand programsEconomic development is largely drivenTable 2-4. Gross vacant and underutilized commercial and industrialland for Vancouver and the VUGA for 2011.Land use City of Unincorporated Total VUGAcategory Vancouver Vancouver UGACommercial 579 acres 1,599 acres 2,178 acresby private market conditions, but can beinfluenced by local government in severalways. In addition to providing overallIndustrialTotal2,928 acres3,507 acres1,341 acres2,940 acres4,269 acres6,447 acrespolicy guidance in the ComprehensivePlan, the City of Vancouver strives toSources: CREDC, 2009 City of Vancouver Comprehensive Annual FinancialReport *2009 dataprovide adequate overall land suppliesfor new economic development, to protect industrialor other targeted lands from conversion toother development, and to provide for a timely andcost-effective permitting processes. Vancouver alsosupports economic development through provisionof roads, utilities, and other infrastructure and services,and by maintaining a high quality of life.of Vancouver. Permitting timelines for commercialor industrial developments in the City of Vancouverin 2010 averaged 78 days from receipt of a completeapplication to land use approval decision orpublic hearing. Economic development is alsosupported by business recruitment, creation,expansion and retention, and assistance in theVancouver Comprehensive Plan 2011-2030 Economic Development | 2-5
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