Vantage · Founder
When the club at the top of the tower closed, Seattle lost the room where its leaders found each other. So I built the layer between the rooms.
The Columbia Tower Club closed at the end of April 2026 after 41 years. I had been its General Manager. Vantage is an introduction network, not another club competing with the ones left: a free calendar of every event in the city, a directory, an app, and members who pay for the introductions.
- July 23, 2026
- Launched at an invitation-only event, 75 confirmed guests
- 780
- Free public directory listings at launch, including 101 BIPOC-owned businesses, 124 nonprofits and 57 restaurants
- App Store
- A full iOS app, built by me, free, and you do not need to be a member
- Carmen Best
- Founding Civic Anchor. Former Chief of Police, Seattle
Vantage launch, Harbor Steps, Seattle
As seen on Studio 13 Live, FOX 13 Seattle
How Vantage connects local leaders and Seattle businesses
After the Columbia Tower Club closed, Seattle leaders lost the place they used to find each other. Former Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best and I went on to talk about what we built to replace it.
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Why it is on this site at all
It has its own house. This is the doorbell.
Vantage has its own site, its own membership, and its own board of advisors. What belongs here is the part that is mine: I founded it, I host the rooms, and I built the technology, the web platform and the iOS app in the App Store, with my own hands. The operating standard came out of the same fifteen years as everything else on this site.