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Meet the Merchant: Rick Holt, Thiel’s Music Center

Can you tell me a little about the business and what you offer?“We are a full-line music retailer. We sell everything… band instruments, brass and woodwind, but guitars are kind of my focus.”How much...

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Box retail and Internet competition: How to win!

I am often asked for my thoughts on the economic impact of our small business community with the opening of the new Walmart in our region, other “Big Box” competition, the amount of business that...

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Family tradition: Grandma’s Corner Restaurant now open in Gearhart

GEARHART — It’s home cooking and hearty servings and there’s a good chance they won’t let you go until you’ve tried the gravy. In March, Grandma’s Corner Restaurant officially opened at 4030 Hwy 101 in...

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New Kids at the Beach: The Whet Spot

SEASIDE — The Whet Spot, a tap room and bottle stop, recently marked their six-month anniversary at 616 S. Holladay Drive. The shop offers a wide variety of beer, wine and cider including 20 taps and...

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New kids at the beach: Westport Winery

SEASIDE — After sampling the Oregon coast market by opening a tasting room in Cannon Beach in 2016, Aberdeen-based Westport Winery soon began searching for a permanent location on the North Oregon...

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Top properties in the Columbia-Pacific Region

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Going big for microgreens: Long Beach resident launches basement business

LONG BEACH — Richard Baumann has big plans for his micro business. In May, Baumann, 54, launched Peninsula Microgreens Farm with the goal of making the mini greens more mainstream.“I’m starting the...

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Clatsop County Property Transactions

Sale Date Sale Price Year Built Acres Address Buyer Seller04/27/18 307,000 1962 9.09 33836 Hwy 101 Business, Astoria Layman Randall Jester & Lethin Properties LLC04/27/18 1,250,000 1987 2.30 33739...

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Pacific County Property Transactions

DATE SALE PRICE ADDRESS BUYER SELLER4/17/18 $28,000 1715 256th Pl, Ocean Park Josh Bryant Pacific County Treasurer Renee Goodin4/17/18 $21,000 1704 200th Ln, Ocean Park Tom Rogers Pacific County...

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Pacific County Building Permits

Date Description Property Owner Price Address3/26 24’x30’ garage M F Holdings LLC $17,647 826 State Rt 101, Chinook3/26 Add garage David Firestone $20,0000 1508 170th Pl, Long Beach3/27 Add garage...

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Cannon Beach Building Permits

DATE NAME ADDRESS VALUE DESPCRIPTION CONTRACTOR5/3 Oyala & Campbell 194-198 N Hemlock St n/a Sign n/a5/8 Fred & Carolyn Pain 234 W Noatak n/a Review Cottage Keepers5/8 Eric & Lisa...

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Long Beach/Ilwaco Building Permits

Date Description Applicant Address Status4/16 Accessory Structure Bob and Barb Robinson 6908 Rochelle Way, Ilwaco Issued4/17 Renovation/Addition Karen Olson 110 NE 7th St, Long Beach Issued4/20...

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Astoria Building Permits

Date, Owner, Address, Valuation, Work Description, Contractor5/1, Barbara Beck, 1661 Grand Ave, $3,927, Replace existing 90% gas furnace with new, P & L Johnson Mechanical Inc5/4, Julia Hesse, 810...

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Well Preserved: Astoria’s Franklin Apartments

ASTORIA — In 2003, Sean Fitzpatrick and his wife, Anne Carpenter, were visiting Astoria. From their window in the Hotel Elliott, they could see the Franklin Apartments. The solid, elegant building...

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New Kids at the Beach: Pandora’s Box

SEASIDE — There are now five stores spread across Oregon and Washington after the latest location officially opened in Seaside in February. Glass pipes and bongs, incense and candles, Kratom and CBD...

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Former riverboat host starts Astoria tour company

As a former host on the riverboat SS Legacy between Lewiston, Idaho, and Astoria, Bob Vinatieri remembers local historians coming aboard to lecture about the region’s history.“It was easy to get people...

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New firm takes over local land surveying

Dale Barrett, a land surveyor who joined HLB & Associates in 1986, has amassed a treasure trove of maps, plans and institutional knowledge from countless North Coast projects dating back to the...

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Fishing family opens Astoria seafood market

While fishing for the California Groundfish Collective in Morro Bay, California, Rob and Tiffani Seitz founded South Bay Wild, an effort to vertically integrate their business to include catching,...

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Business Briefs for July 2018

Geoduck tariffs prompt refundsOLYMPIA — In an unusual example of how a budding “trade war” can affect local economies, the Washington State Department of Natural Resources said it will offer financial...

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Understanding financial projections requested by your lender

Doing financial projections for a business is the same process as creating a household budget. It’s a chance to consider what future sales (revenue) and expenses (costs) will be for your business....

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