Joe Sosky's (joesosky) Blog

A Soldier, Sailor, Marine, Airman is someone who, at one point in their life, wrote a blank check made payable to the United States of America for an amount up to, and including, their life. I would like to pay my respects to all who have served our country.  My father was a career soldier in the...

 This is the 2nd of a series that looks at the relationship of grocery anchored centers and the retailers located within the center. The main nationally ranked players located in Clark County are: Wal-Mart Trader Joes Whole Foods Albertsons Safeway Fred Meyer (Kroger's) Costco WinCo Foods   Groce...

This is the first of several blogs I plan to write on the relationship of retail tenants and grocery anchor tenants.  As we look around our local communities, a common theme in retail buildings is For Lease signs in the windows.  We see more retail vacancy today then we did two years ago.  Nation...

Many school districts have created a foundation to raise money and award grants to help support and fund academic programs within their schools.  The Evergreen School District Foundation held their GALA fund raiser Saturday evening at the Vancouver Hilton.  It was an evening to raise money for ki...

There is a bill (HR 5249) proposed by House of Representatives Ed Perlmutter and Mike Coffman to provide small banks with assets of less than $10 billion to amortize their commercial real estate losses over a 7 year period.  It is known as the ‘Capital Access for Main Street Act of 2010'.  This i...

The Amboy Territorial Days are just around the corner, July 9, 10 and 11.  This annual event is a time for local folks to share in a prideful gathering.  Visitors from the city get to participate in old time fun.  The 2010 Amboy Territorial Day's Court Logging competition that includes: Double Bu...

It appears that the state of the residential market has had some time to work on the mental aspect of the homeowner.  Well, what do you mean by that statement Joe?  I mean that this new normal that we are experiencing is not going away for some time, probably several years from all that I read an...

An article in Vancouver's Columbian Newspaper recapped Clark County's Jobless Rate for April.  These numbers were provided by Scott Bailey, Regional Labor Economist for the Washington State Security Division.  Clark County added 500 new jobs which reflected an improvement in our over all jobless ...

Wishing you a very special Mother's Day to all you moms out there.  Hopefully it will be a memorable day of fun and rest with your family.  Did you know that Anna Jarvis, of Grafton, West Virginia, is credited with conceiving and launching the idea that resulted in the creation of a national day ...

Hewlett Packard employees have donated funds and teamed with Sodexo to procure, prepare, and deliver breakfasts during the two weeks of Advanced Placement testing for 400 students at Heritage High School in the Evergreen School District. A special thank you to Ron Gompertz of HP and Sodexo Manage...