East Side vs. West Side
I thought it was about
Cougars and Huskies... By Melissa Guyott, CMCA, AMS, PCAM of Ponderosa Community Management
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said I would NEVER choose to open a small business, and on more than one occasion, I emphatically stated that I would NEVER move back to Spokane. I’m a Seattle girl, born and in the International District, cheap parking for Seahawks games, and the secret southbound route that easily gets you out of the city on a Friday afternoon.
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I’ve been told I’m a bit of a “know-it-all.” If you know me… you know. I’ve been a part of the Community Association Management universe for over twenty years. I’ve worked in business development for a landscape company, been the HOA liaison for a local homebuilder. I had a pretty high opinion of the industry expertise I’d acquired. I had recently obtained my PCAM credential, loved the company I was working for and honestly, had no plans to
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ever say never” is an overused platitude that gets a lot of traction because it is both so simple and so true. I once
Eastward Ho!
However, the universe is a funny thing. As soon as you say the word, “never” out loud, you’ve set into motion a string of events you cannot plan for. Call it fate, divine intervention or sheer insanity but, on a cold winter day in 2018, still a newlywed, I packed up my groom, dog, two cats and a POD full of stuff and decided to open a management company… in Spokane!
Then the snow began to fall… and it didn’t stop until April.
This know-it-all rolled into her new city full of dreams and big plans. Then the snow began to fall… and it didn’t stop until April. I remember looking across the Spokane Valley
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