Initiative Guide Unveiled, Date for Summit Announced

The Oregon Business Plan Steering Committee unveiled its updated list of policy recommendations for the state and announced that the 3rd Annual Leadership Summit will be held December 6, 2004.

During the last three months, the Oregon Business Plan Steering Committee consulted with the state’s business, elected, and community leaders to refine and update the initiatives from the original Business Plan adopted in January 2003.  Several initiatives in the 2004 Initiative Guide were reorganized and contain additional action items. Click here to view the 2004 Initiative Guide (PDF-690K).

"At the Leadership Summit last December, we praised our many partners, including Oregon’s elected leaders, for the great progress we have made on our economic agenda," said Steering Committee Chair William Thorndike, who is President and CEO of Medford Fabrication. "However, our work is far from over. This year, the business community will pay special attention to revamping public finance, strengthening post-secondary education, and developing industry clusters."

For 2004, the Business Plan policy initiatives are organized into six categories—Public Finance, People, Place, Productivity, Pioneering Innovation, and Branding. Continuing a partnership that began with the first Leadership Summit in December 2002, the Oregon Business Plan Leadership Committee—Senators Ron Wyden and Gordon Smith, Governor Ted Kulongoki, Senate President Peter Courtney, and House Speaker Karen Minnis—will work with the business community to achieve many of the initiative recommendations.

View the Oregon Business Plan 2004 Initiative Guide (PDF-690K)!

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