Shoptalk with Sherrie on 11/15/2021

We are nearing the deadline for the SWCA Foundation Scholarships!  Be sure to download the application & submit to Alex Barrett no later than Tuesday, November 30^th!
We are full steam ahead into the final details for this year’s SWCA Holiday Party & Auction presented by Banner Bank. Here are a few ways you can get still get involved:

• Get your tickets or host a table!  The party is on on Friday, December 3^rd at ilani. Tickets are still on sale!
• We are still looking for one of our amazing members to build us something awesome to raffle!  Let us know if you have a unique talent & want to enter our fun member raffle competition to showcase your work.  You could WIN our competition!
• Auction items: we are looking for a few additional items for the silent auction.  Deadline is this Friday!  Wine baskets, excursions, bbq package, or just donate cash & we’ll do the shopping for you!
• Support the event with a Wine Sponsorship ($650)! 
• Donate a dessert or sponsor one for the Dessert Dash!  Have your dessert join the most elite of desserts already procured: Michael Jordan’s Steakhouse chocolate cake, gingerbread cake from Line & Lure, mini cookies from Crumbl, Twinkies 😊, and SO MANY more!

• The Washington State Building Code Council (WSBCC) has moved forward to taking public comment on two proposals which ban natural gas for space and water heating in new and retrofitted commercial buildings.  The meeting will be this Friday November 19^th at 10:00am.  Your testimony is critical! 
• Do you want to know what infrastructure projects might impact your business in Clark County?  Join us at the Clark County Utility Coordinating Commission meeting – the next meeting is on Wednesday December 1st, lunch at 11:30, meeting starts at noon at the Pied Piper Pizza on Fourth Plain.  Contact Ellen with questions and she can get you put onto the list.
• We are looking for members to join our discussion regarding Permitting in Clark County.  SWCA is your advocate, so we need your input!  Please send your stories, share your solutions, and join our workgroup!  Email Sherrie to share or to learn more about how you can get involved!
• SWCA is working with Partners in Careers to help develop our workforce for YOU.  Would you like to be part of the solution?  Give us a ring – we can get you in touch with PIC to help with their efforts!

• Columbia Bank will be hosting a Webinar on Vaccines, Mandates, Remote Work:  the Legal and Legislative Quagmire on December 7^th at 10:00.  Click here to learn more and the register for this event – Thanks for the Information!
• Miller Nash will host a virtual half-day 2021 Employment Law Seminar on Wednesday, December 8 starting at 8:30.  For more information and to register, click here.