Volume 5, No. 7
July 2013
Business Kelso Longview
Calendar Tuesday
July 2 – 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Chamber Booth at Go Fourth Celebration Register for Jingle in July run! Lake Sacajawea (Booth 617)
Wednesday
July 3 – 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Chamber Booth at Go Fourth Celebration Register for Jingle in July run! Lake Sacajawea (Booth 617)
Thursday
July 4 Jingle in July 5K Run/Walk Three Rivers Mall 11:30 a.m. start time (Food Court Entrance) Same day registration at mall from 9 to 11 a.m.
Tuesday
July 9 – 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Business After Hours Cowlitz County Title Company $15 in advance/$20 at door Register at: www.kelsolongviewchamber.org
Friday
July 12 – 5 to 7 p.m. 90th Anniversary Celebration Open House Monticello Hotel Free for Members Must register in advance at: www.kelsolongviewchamber.org
Connection Chamber of Commerce
Dave Taylor fondly displays photos of his father, who started Taylor Insurance 50 years ago in the current location.
Insurance agency’s location proves a moving experience By Brenda Sexton For The Kelso-Longview Chamber
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fter having his Taylor Insurance Company in the same building for nearly 27 years, Dave Taylor couldn’t believe he was packing his boxes and moving – again. “We were in the same location all those years and then moved twice in one year,” he lamented. Bad timing. Unfortunate circumstances. Incredible, uplifting story. Just down the road, Taylor spied a place that needed work, but had potential. Looking beyond the hair-cutting stations and sinks of the former beauty salon, he saw an office space that called to him with a quiet comfort. It felt warm, inviting, almost like home, and with the landlord’s promise to gut and renovate, everything was looking up. Taylor was describing the location and space
to his mother when she started asking him specific questions, finally she said, “That’s where your daddy was when we first came to town.” “We got a warm fuzzy feeling,” Taylor said. “I knew that was where I was suppose to be after I talked to my mom. “That was my dad’s first office. I think I knew immediately this was where I was supposed to be. We started to tear up.” Prior to the insurance business, Taylor’s father was in the military. Taylor also did a stint in the service. He was away when the family moved to Longview in the 1960s. When he returned in 1967, his dad had already moved to a different office location. His father died in 2003. “I’m thrilled to death with the office,” he said. “It’s the perfect location.” The office, located at 1417 15th Avenue, Suite 1, in Longview, is finished now and Taylor invites folks to drop in and check it out.