BUSINESS COMMENT
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COAST RIVER BUSINESS JOURNAL
Our Notebook
August 2021 Matt Winters, publisher, and Emily Lindblom, editor
Thank you for your stories and support
Note from Emily Lindblom, editor: It’s been an honor
to write, take photos and videos, edit stories and design pages
for Coast River Business Journal over the past year. After
this issue, however, you will see my byline as a freelance
writer instead of an editor, as I have accepted a diff erent
full-time job in Astoria. It’s been quite a journey chronicling
the joys and challenges of business in the Columbia-Pacifi c
region this year.
Our local businesses have had to face the coronavirus
pandemic and related restrictions, lay off s, employment
challenges, high demand for certain products, supply chain
shortages, shipping issues, a tight real estate market, high
lumber prices — and the list goes on. There have also been
things to celebrate too, like business owners and community
members coming together to support each other and fi nd cre-
ative ways to adapt and survive. The pandemic is certainly
not over, and it will continue to negatively aff ect our busi-
nesses and communities until more people are vaccinated.
I’m so grateful to the members of the business commu-
nity for sharing their stories, to our readers for their support
and to the wonderful EO Media staff members and freelanc-
ers for their hard work every month.
Note from Matt Winters, publisher: Many thanks to
Emily Lindblom for her fi ne work producing and coordinat-
ing content for Coast River Business Journal. She’s an out-
standing journalist, and we look forward to working with
her in a somewhat diff erent capacity. It is one of the plea-
sures of managing CRBJ and other publications that we are
able to become acquainted with such talented young writers.
We’re in the process of selecting someone to continue
the rewarding job of chronicling the joy of business in the
Columbia-Pacifi c region. This is a particularly exciting —
and challenging — time to be in business.
On the positive side, we’re seeing a remarkable incom-
ing tide of new entrepreneurs, along with long-time resi-
dents trying out new paths toward success. Our coast is ben-
efi ting from being a spectacular place within easy reach of
major Pacifi c Northwest population centers, at a time when
we all are experimenting with novel ways to do our jobs.
And on the other hand, it almost goes without saying that
every day brings new dilemmas as we all navigate horren-
dous cycles of COVID-19 infections. It is a time that calls
for fast reaction times and strategic fl exibility.
Please continue sending business story ideas to editor@
crbizjournal.com and we’ll follow up.
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