2007 News Archive
December 14, 2007: County
Timber Payments Saga Continues
A bi-partisan deal struck last week fell apart Thursday in the United
States Senate. Read The Oregonian story here
or check with the Association of Oregon Counties (AOC)
for the latest information.
December 10, 2007: Ecosystems
Services Council Forms in Oregon.
At last week's Summit Bill Gaffi and Allen Alley discussed Oregon's
opportunity to gain environmental and economic benefits from the buying and
selling of ecosystems services. Oregon leaders took a step toward
building the capacity for this work by forming a national Ecosystems Services
Council. Read
more.
December 3, 2007: Business Plan Chair Steve Pratt
Sounds Off in the Daily Journal of
Commerce
Today at the Oregon Convention Center, business and political leaders from
around the state will kick off the next five years of the Oregon Business Plan
at the sixth Oregon Leadership Summit. Read more
November 27, 2007: 2008
Oregon Business Plan Policy Playbook and Initiative Guide and Cluster Resource
Guides Available Online.
Read the latest proposals from the Oregon Business Plan Steering Committee
as well as summaries of key Oregon Industry Clusters and their top priorities.
2008
Policy Playbook and Initiative Guide
2008
Cluster Resource Guide
November 25, 2007: Nob Hill
Business Association Endorses Oregon Business Plan.
In November, the Nob Hill Business Association voted unanimously to support
the Oregon Business Plan. The Nob Hill Business Association is a local
group dedicated to fostering business relationships that benefit our
community. Read more about the association here.
March 22,
2007: Study
shows that lack of investment in transportation infrastructure could cost
Oregon's economy as much as $1.6 billion annually and 16, 000 jobs by
2025.
Several Business Groups team up on a study that shows
the impact of not acting to upgrade our ailing transportation
infrastructure. Read
the study. Read
the press release.
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Oregon
InC Presents Innovation Plan
The Oregon Innovation Council (Oregon InC) today
presented the state Innovation Plan and urged Oregon's Governor and state
legislature to adopt an economic stimulus package of up to $40 million to be
invested by 2009. The Council's "roadmap" is designed to
create business and employment opportunities throughout the state.
The package supports growth strategies embraced by innovation-driven
industries, such as food processing, manufacturing, alternative energy, and
key industrial research centers.
David Chen of OVP Venture Partners and Chair of the Oregon Innovation
Council, sits on the Oregon Business Plan Steering Committee. The Steering Committee
will review the Innovation Plan and intends to include it's recommendations
in the Oregon Business Plan.
Chen, along with Oregon InC Co-Chair Stuart Cohen, presented the Plan to
the Governor today at Gunderson, a railroad-car and barge fabricator located
in Northwest Portland.
Chen said that the Plan was the result of ten months of intensive outreach,
hearings, proposal deliberations and prioritizations. He also described
the Plan as "a roadmap for Oregon to apply and align our indigenous
advantages, the research in our universities, the initiatives in our industry
clusters, and public investments to target new market opportunities that have
the potential to create jobs and opportunity in every corner of the
state."
The Plan's Executive Summary can be viewed at the Oregon InC website (www.oregoninc.org)
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