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:

Bend in the Road completed facility exterior photo

Bend in the Road Rehabilitates Hood River Heights Building

Bend in the Road, LLC obtained a MCEDD loan in December 2017 to start up an antiques and collectibles cooperative. ...
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Balch Hotel loan client: exterior of the building

Historic Hotel Ownership Dream Realized

Josiah Dean and Claire Sierra arrived in June 2015 to take over operations of the Balch hotel in Dufur, Oregon ...
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Business Impact Study

Businesses and the economy are benefiting from access to financing through Mid-Columbia Economic Development District (MCEDD), according to a recent ...
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Honald Building Apartment Renovation Project Seeks to Rejuvenate City

Travis Dillard, a Gorge native, and his wife, Jen Dillard, purchased the Honald Building in September of 2016 with the ...
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MCEDD Financing Supports Start-up Alpaca Clothing Company

Woop!Wear is a small alpaca clothing company which started in 2007 with a desire to bring alpaca into the outdoor ...
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Financing Helps Pita Pit Establish in Hood River

Cheramy Rovianek received a loan from MCEDD to open the Pita Pit in Hood River. After having raised and sent ...
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Growth of the Craft Brewery Industry Through MCEDD Financing

Growth of the local craft beer industry has been spurred with investments through MCEDD's loan program. Funding for business start ...
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Financing Helps Renewal Workshop Expand Operations

Nicole Bassett and Jeff Denby, co-founders of The Renewal Workshop, received a $200,000 MCEDD loan in October 2017 to expand their ...
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MCEDD Loans Benefit Urban Renewal Vision

Tom and Holly Wood envisioned creating a community gathering place in The Dalles, Oregon where people could enjoy local foods, ...
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Business Financing Supports New Brewery: Dwinell Country Ales

Dwinell Country Ales, the newest member of the Columbia River Gorge's vibrant beer making community, recently opened the doors to ...
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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.