Article: Clark County, Wash., post 9/11 business recruiting spurt slows to a trickle.

By Gretchen Fehrenbacher, The Columbian, Vancouver, Wash. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Oct. 11--In 2001, as terrorists and a bust economy chewed away at employment in Clark County, members of the Columbia River Economic Development Council decided to ante up.

Team Clark County, a three-year special effort to aggressively recruit new employers here, was launched.

Using additional donated money, the development council went out looking for business at conferences and trade shows throughout the country.

It scored big with the decision by Dollar Tree Stores Inc. to build a $40 million regional distribution center employing more ...

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