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MCEDD Newsletter May
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Reading this newsletter
is a good thing, having your news included
is even better. Just send us your economic
development news, including activities, events and
anything else of interest in the five county area
by the third week of each month. Send it directly
to Layne at: layne@mcced.org
THANK
YOU!
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Welcome to MCEDD's May newsletter! We have
highlighted regional economic activities that are
of interest to the five counties we serve.
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Hood River Receives $500,000
in Federal EDA Investment
Funds
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On April 21 U.S.
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic
Development Sandy K. Baruah and U.S.
Representative Greg Walden presented a $500,000
Economic Development Administration
(EDA)
investment check to the City of Hood River and the
Port of Hood River, Oregon.
The
investment will help build roadway improvements to
the Port of Hood River that will improve the flow
of commercial traffic, allowing existing
businesses to expand and attract new businesses
and jobs to the region. The investment is expected
to create 62 jobs and spur $13.5 million in
private investment.
EDA is a parent agency
for
MCEDD.
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MCEDD Hires New Executive
Director |
Amanda
Remington stepped into the Executive Director
position on May 1 with the goal to strengthen
MCEDD's role as a regional agency and carry out
the core programs of regional coordination,
technical assistance, and business
assistance.
She
initially joined MCEDD as a project manager to
coordinate the Gorge Technology Alliance, administer Community
Block Grants, cultivate regional clusters and
provide administration for the Oregon Investment
Board.Having gown up on
a small wheat farm in the Gorge and graduated from
Whitman College, she has strong ties to this area
and is committed to the success of community and
economic development efforts in the region.
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EDA Welcomes New Economic
Development Representative
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MCEDD
joins the Economic Development Administration in
welcoming David Porter to their staff as the new
Economic Development Representative for the State
of Oregon.
David
has extensive business and economic development
experience and most recently served as a Business
Development Manager with the Washington State Dept
of Community, Trade and Economic
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Job Opening: Loan Fund
Manager
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MCEDD
is seeking a full-time Loan Fund
Manager. This individual will
manage MCEDD's loan portfolio and explore
opportunities to increase program funding. Closing
date/time: May 23, 5:00
p.m. Additional information is
available at: www.mcedd.org/jobopenings.htm.EOE |
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Gorge Angel
Conference
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Gorge Angel
Investors Conference 2008 Tuesday, September
23, 2008 7:30 am to 2:00 p.m. Hood River Inn (Columbia
Room)
Gorge Angel Investers
Conference hopes to bring together the
Mid-Columbia Gorge's brightest
entrepreneurial talent with qualified Angel
investors. Gorge Angel Investors Network is
working in partnership with the Oregon
Entrepreneurs Network (OEN) and Hood River County
Economic
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Calendar of
Events
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May
2008 Events
- May 12-13 -
Lower John Day Watershed Conference,
Condon, OR
- May 13 -
Hood River, PubTalk, 5:30 - 7:30 pm. For
more information call 541-387-6863.
- May
27 - Gorge Technology Alliance Meeting,
6:30 - 8:30 pm, Columbia Center for the
Arts
June
2008 Events
- June
5-
The Dalles Young Professionals Business Showcase
at Northwest Aluminum Specialties. 5:30 p.m. For
more information, click here.
- June
12 - Oregon Investment
Board meeting, 9 a.m., Port of Hood River.
Includes meeting of the Bi-State Advisory
Council.
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MCEDD's Mission
MCEDD serves
Klickitat, Skamania, Hood River, Wasco, and
Sherman counties. We promote the creation of
family-wage jobs, the diversification of the
economic base, and the growth, development and
retention of business and industry within the
five-county district.
email:
mcedd at
mcedd.org
http://www.mcedd.org
You are
welcome to pass along this newsletter to anyone
who may be interested in regional economic
development news in the Mid-Columbia area.
Past
editions of the newsletter are posted on the MCEDD
website.
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