Since inception of the business assistance program, MCEDD has made over 300 loans to businesses totaling over $21 million. MCEDD loan client businesses have created or retained almost 2,500 jobs. MCEDD funds have also leveraged just over $17 million in additional public funding and over $44 million of private capital. Ready to apply? Click here or read the stories below to learn more about the businesses we support and their contributions to the local economy.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
Invictus Global Services
Invictus Global Services provides personnel to support service contracts for aviation operations and maintenance services around the globe. In order ...
Uncle Tony’s Pizza in Goldendale Purchases the Hudson Building to Expand
Anthony Wang launched Uncle Tony's Pizza as a take-and-bake pizza shop in 2013. Located at 111 N Columbus Avenue in ...
