EDITOR’S CORNER

The Columbian B2B magazine is for and about Clark County business people. Our mission with every issue is to provide readers with an interesting and dynamic array of stories and reports that inform and provide a compelling snapshot of the challenges and successes of businesses in our community.

To that end, in this issue we take on the health care industry in three separate pieces: A cover story profiling Lee Domanico, Legacy Health System’s CEO and president; Leading Topic polls Clark County health care executives on the challenges they face in a rapidly shifting market, and in a profile of Jean Rahn, who in the past two years has raised $50 million for the Southwest Washington Medical Center Foundation.

For a change of pace, Columbian business writer Jonathan Nelson delves into the world of golf tournament fund raisers and writer Courtney Sherwood profiles Air Speed, a Washougal Internet service provider. Reporter Cami Joner brings us an interesting profile of the Patel family that recently opened the Battle Ground Best Western Inn as part of its growing regional hotel business.

In this issue, our Clark County Stats ‘n Facts shines the spotlight on Clark Public Utilities, the state’s third largest public utility and among the 25 largest in the nation. And finally, we asked special writer Eric Apalategui to visit with four local retail store owners about what they learned in their first year of business.

We hope that you enjoy this fourth edition of B2B and find the information inside this magazine helpful and interesting. Let us know by e-mailing me, at julia.anderson@columbian.com.

All the best, Julia Anderson
COLUMBIAN BUSINESS EDITOR
julia.anderson@columbian.com