Oregon Investment Board
Protecting
and supporting the economy of the
Columbia River Gorge.
515 East 2nd
Street •
The Dalles, Oregon •
97058
phone: (541) 296-2266 •
fax: (541) 296-3283
Press Releases
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07/22/09: OIB Releases Annual Report for 2009 The report describes the use of OIB funds and how they have leveraged other assistance for the benefit of Oregon’s communities in the National Scenic Area. Updated annually, the report includes information about grants and loans made by the OIB since its first awards in 1990. ...[read full article]
07/21/09: Patti Smith Appointed to OIB Patti Smith has been appointed to the Columbia River Gorge Oregon Investment Board by Governor Kulongoski. She fills a Multnomah County position on the seven member volunteer board. Patti is a former State Legislator for District 52 ...[read full article]
03/12/09: OIB Funds Gorge Technology Alliance Columbia River Gorge Technology Alliance (GTA) was awarded $9,300 in February. The funds will be used to develop a sustainablity for the GTA...[read full article]
01/27/09: OIB Funds Gorge Angel Conference and Farmer's Conservation Alliance Hood River County was awarded a $2,500 grant to be used to support the 2009 Gorge Angle Conference, an educational, investment and networking event for angel investors and early-stage entrepreneurs. A grant of $5,000 was awarded to the Farmer's Conservation Alliance to help secure additional funding form the Oregon Investment Board, United States Department of Agriculture, and Oregon Department of Energy. These funds will help produce the "Navigator" project, a guide discussing resource efficiency, energy generation and resources available for businesses and consumers. . .[read full article]
09/23/08: OIB Funds Columbia Gorge Center Marketing Plan Columbia Gorge Center was awarded a $8,570 Oregon Investment Board grant to support development of a marketing plan for a number of their existing and new products.. [read full article]
09/23/08: Main Street Mosier Receive OIB Funding Main Street Mosier a $5,500 Oregon Investment Board grant to fund a household survey as part of "Re-establish a Rural Community that Works for Residents and Visitors in the 21st Century". The survey will be as part of an interactive community planning process. [read full article]
09/23/08: Oregon Solutions Process for Columbia Gorge Discovery Center Wasco County received $7,000 in grant funds as matching funds for a concurrent application to Oregon Solutions. Funds will be used to facilitate governance restructuring, provide funding for meetings, facilitators, and consultants and other ancillary expenses. [read full article]
07/15/08: Farmer's Conservation Alliance and Bambinos Receive OIB Funding The Farmer's Conservation Alliance received a $5,000 Oreogn Investment Board grant to develop and distribute the "Navigator," a resource guide to energy efficiency. The OIB also awarded $10,000 in grant funds and $100,000 in loan funds to Hood River Learning Center, dba Bambinos. [read full article]
03/18/08: OIB funds Mosier Wastewater Treatment Plant Upgrade The Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area Oregon Investment Board awarded $25,000 in grant funds and $25,000 in loan funds to the City of
10/01/07: $28,190 in OIB funds Awarded The Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area Oregon Investment Board awarded grants totaling $28,190 in September. Funding was provided to North Wasco County School District #21, Gorge Artists, and the Columbia Gorge Center. [read full article]
6/06/07: $10,00 OIB grant Awarded to Columbia Arts The Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area Oregon Investment Board awarded $10,000 to Columbia Arts to support local and regional advertising for the second season of Columbia Center for the Arts. [read full article]
1/11/07: $63,500 in OIB funds Awarded The Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area Oregon Investment Board awarded grants totaling $63,500 in January. Funding was provided to Columbia Gorge Community College, Mid-Columbia Economic Development District, and The Dalles Area Chamber of Commerce. [read full article]
11/09/06: Hood River Waterfront Community Park Association receives grant funds for Fundraising Campaign The Hood River Waterfront Community Park Association was awarded a $10,000 grant from the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area Oregon Investment Board to support a fundraising campaign for the Hood River Waterfront Park. Through this fundraising campaign, the Waterfront Association plans to raise $1 million by the fall of 2007 to begin construction on a waterfront park. [read full article]
3/07/06: Columbia Gorge Winegrowers Association awarded $10,000 to help fund a marketing campaign The Columbia Gorge Winegrowers Association was awarded a $10,000 grant from the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area Oregon Investment Board to help fund a marketing campaign to reach tourists and media outside the region as well as making the visitor’s experience in the region more enjoyable. [read full article]
3/07/06: Gorge Technology Alliance Awarded $15,000 to Support Web Portal The Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area Oregon Investment Board (OIB) has awarded a $15,000 grant to build a web portal taht will strenghten the local customer base, create avenues to improve the local supply chain, and to build a workforce base. [read full article]
3/01/05: Mt. Hood Cycling Classic & Hood River Saturday Market Recieve Grants The Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area Oregon Investment Board (OIB) has awarded a $10,000 grant to Epic Events, dba Mt. Hood Cycling Classic to be used towards the marketing of the Mt. Hood Hood Cycling Classic. [read full article]
8/12/04: MCEDD & Winegrowers Receive $5,000
The Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area Oregon Investment Board (OIB) has awarded a $5,000 grant to the Mid-Columbia Economic Development District to provide match for the University of Oregon Resource Assistance to Rural Environments (RARE) program for a MCEDD RARE participant project. [read full article]
5/13/04: $10,000 Grant Awarded to City of Mosier
The Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area Oregon Investment Board (OIB) has awarded a $10,000 grant to the City of Mosier to be used towards the development of a Wastewater Facility Plan. [read full article[
3/11/04: $10,000 Grants Awarded to Gorge Games & Waterpark Feasibility Study
The Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area Oregon Investment Board (OIB) has awarded two $10,000 grants to Limitless Events and Marketing of Hood River. One grant will be used for marketing the 2004 Gorge Games...The other $10,000 grant will be used to conduct a feasibility study for a large Waterpark/Theme Park development in The Dalles. [read full article]
6/25/04: Port of The Dalles Receives Approval from OIB
Bill Lyons, Chairman of the Oregon Investment Board announced today that the Board gave preliminary approval to the Port of The Dalles for a $200,000 loan and a $20,000 grant at its June 12, 2003 meeting. These funds will be part of the financing for a $607,000 project to ready 21 one to two acre lots for industrial development by adding utility infrastructure and roads. [read full article]
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515 East Second Street • The Dalles, OR 97058
phone: (541) 296-2266 • fax: (541) 296-3283