Serving the Mid-Columbia region of Oregon and Washington, providing regional economic development and business assistance.Mid–Columbia Economic Development District

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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.

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    Home   ::   Financing   ::   Success Stories

    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:

    Opportunity Connections Advances Employment Opportunities

    Opportunity Connections was started by families and local business people in 1967 as an alternative to institutions for disabled individuals ...
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    Hobbies Become Serious Business with MCEDD Financing: Hood River Hobbies

    In 2011, Zed and Miko Ruhlen purchased Hood River Hobbies with the intention of expanding its offerings and growing the ...
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    Mountain Home Biological Expands in Bingen

    To support the expansion of their business through the purchase of land and the construction of a new facility  Mountain ...
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    Wildland Firefighting Capacity Expands with MCEDD Financing

    August 2013-- Alejandro Rodriguez has been in the wild land firefighting field since 2000. After working for other companies based ...
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    Sweet Lila’s Coffee Cup Receives Small Business Loan

    Heidi Hall received a Mid-Columbia Economic Development District (MCEDD) loan to open a coffee drive thru business. Sweet Lila's Coffee ...
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    MCEDD Loan Supports Minor’s International Wood Design

    Danny Minor of Minor's International Wood Design has been an  independent business for the last nine years, but Danny has ...
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    Draper Girls Country Farm Value Added Processing Expands with MCEDD Support

    Draper Girls Country Farm has been in the family since 1962.  Theresa Draper bought it from her father in 1981 ...
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    Winery Grows with MCEDD Financing

    May 2013 Loan Client Profile: Alexis and Juliet Pouillon opened Domaine Pouillon Winery in 2005 near Lyle, Washington. Their enterprise ...
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    Value Added Food Processing Business Grows at the Port with MCEDD Funds

    April 2013- Columbia PhytoTechnology, a MCEDD loan client since 2011, specializes in powder production, particularly of fruits and vegetables, for ...
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    Boda’s Kitchen: Expanding Local Culinary Business

    Having been passionate about all things food for as long as she can remember, Sirota Johnston dreamed about starting her ...
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    MCEDD

    802 Chenowith Loop Rd,
    The Dalles, OR 97058
    Phone: (541) 296-2266

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