Success Stories

Since inception of the business assistance program, MCEDD has made over 230 loans to businesses totaling over $14 million. MCEDD loan client businesses have created or retained over 2,100 jobs. MCEDD funds have also leveraged just over $12 million in additional public funding and over $30 million of private capital. Learn more about the businesses we support and their contributions to the local economy:

New, Flexible Small Business Lending Resources Now Available

Entrepreneurs, start-up businesses and existing businesses now have access to additional flexible lending resources through the Oregon and Washington Investment ...
Read More

New Program Supports Business Loan Requests up to $40,000

The flexible small business lending resources offered through Mid-Columbia Economic Development District (MCEDD) have been recently refreshed to provide easier ...
Read More

Pharaoh’s Family Farm Brings New Product to Market

Pharaoh’s Family Farm received its first MCEDD loan in 2020 to introduce its organic washed dairy compost, DairyGrow, to the ...
Read More

Local Prize-Fighter Carson Frei Opens Mixed Martial Arts Studio

GRIT (an acronym that stands for Grueling Resolve and Innovative Techniques) is planned to be a mixed martial arts studio ...
Read More

Cafe Genevieve’s to Open in Goldendale in January 2022!

Café Genevieve’s will be opening in Goldendale in January 2022 as a breakfast and lunch café with a coffee house ...
Read More

Hood View Services Auto Glass Repair Adds Towing Service

Hood View Services, LLC is a mobile windshield repair service serving Hood River and the surrounding area. The company was ...
Read More

MCEDD Business Loan Helps Tibbetts Well Drilling Expand Services

Tibbetts Well Drilling, LLC is a family-owned business located outside of Dufur, Oregon. Jim Tibbets started his company in August ...
Read More

MCEDD Projects Win 2021 AliceAnn Wohlbruck Impact Awards!

OIB Videography Project- coordinated by Ami Beaver The Mid-Columbia Economic Development District (MCEDD) has developed a series of videos to ...
Read More

Custom Fabric Supply and Boutique Shop Expands

Ashley and Brandie Marzillo started Harper's Unicorn in February of 2020. Because both Ashley and Brandi love to be creative, ...
Read More

Big Buddha Yoga Studio Opens in Hood River

Chelsey Moss found her way to yoga by way of a doctor’s recommendation after a breast cancer diagnosis in her ...
Read More

Mid Columbia Economic Development District strives to promote the creation of family-wage jobs, the diversification of the economic base, and the growth, development and retention of business and industry in Hood River, Wasco, Sherman, Klickitat and Skamania Counties

MCEDD is organized as a government non-profit in Oregon as an ORS-190 and in Washington through RCW 39.34.010.