Looking Good in the Salmon Creek Neighborhood

The new Applebee’s rises from a dusty lot in Salmon Creek.  Located next to the Billygan’s, it will give neighborhood residents another dining option in this area.
I’ll admit, I still scratch my head when thinking of the company’s decision to build here, when there is another Applebee’s at the very next exit south (99th [...]

Salmon Creek Grocery (circa 1940’s)

For all of our Salmon Creek neighbors, who can tell me where this “Grocery” store is?
A lot has changed over the past 70 years since my family moved into this neighborhood.  It’s hard to imagine this being the main grocery “superstore” for the area, when we now have Fred Meyer’s, Safeway and Albertsons all within [...]

Is 17 Your Lucky Number…?

Not if you are a seller in today’s Clark County real estate market.
No matter how many ways I’ve looked at the recent statistics from the local MLS, well, they ain’t purdy (with apologies to all my English teachers). Average “Months of Inventory” (MOI) now stands at 17 months. OK, so that’s a tad bit different [...]

When you have this kind of money, you can afford to be arrogant

In a shot across the bow to the Clark County Board of Commissioners, WalMart has finalized purchase on a piece of property in Salmon Creek where they intend to put yet another “SuperStore”. Commissioners, in a welcome spurt of common sense, had recently rejected WalMart’s proposed venture for the site.
According to The Columbian, WalMart paid [...]