BUSINESS NEWS
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Editor’s Notebook
Coast River Business Journal
October 2020 Emily Lindblom
Check out this month’s videos online
A
s a multimedia journalist, I look forward
to creating more videos to bring you
closer to the stories of local businesses in
an engaging way. For this edition of the
business journal, you can see two videos
at crbizjournal.com.
One goes with this month’s Meet the
Merchant question and answer profile, which is about father and
son Scott and Andrew Thompson of Blackberry Bog Farm. As my
birthday is on Halloween, I’ve always been a huge fan of the holiday
and all the festive things that go with it, especially pumpkins and
sweet treats. For the adorable Highland cows at Blackberry Bog
Farm, pumpkins are a sweet treat, and it was so fun to watch as the
Thompsons smashed a pumpkin on the ground and hand-fed pieces
of it to the cows. Check it out in the video.
The other video goes with the Boat of the Month feature, which
highlights Arrow No. 2, a former pilot boat that now takes visitors
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on historic tours of the waterfront. I was lucky enough to tag along
on a ride, take in the gorgeous views from the Columbia River and
watch as a friend of the captain threw recreational crab traps into
the water. As we made our way along the river, the September Boat
of the Month, Pilot Boat Astoria, passed by and showed off with a
360-degree turn as I filmed and waved hello. It really does seem
like a giant jet ski.
But as much as I love the videos and other digital content, I also
appreciate the feeling of flipping the pages of the paper itself. This
month, the business journal covers a variety of pertinent issues.
Thankfully the record-setting wildfires and smoky days of mid-
September are mostly a memory, but we look back on how the
smoke and fires affected our local businesses, and explore how
business owners could potentially plan for future fire seasons. The
trend of remote working during COVID-19 is bringing an influx of
new residents to the coast, exacerbating the already-tight housing
market.
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Meanwhile, the Wauna Mill in Clatskanie has been busy
producing bath tissue and paper towels — hot commodities during
COVID — to be purchased in local markets and big box stores here
and all around the West Coast.
As much as I love the videos
and other digital content, I also
appreciate the feeling of flipping the
pages of the paper itself.
I’m honored to be the new editor of Coast River Business
Journal and I’m excited to share the stories of our local businesses
here on the North Coast and Long Beach Peninsula. Please feel free
to reach out to me with business-related announcements and story
ideas at editor@crbizjournal.com. I hope you all have a wonderful
October and a happy Halloween!
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