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.
Let’s Dream Big Beverage Company Becomes Reality with Financing
Bruce and Carrie Nissen came to Stevenson, WA with big ideas. They had run a cider company in Colfax, CA ...
MCEDD Finances Equipment to Help Business Move from R/D to Product
In 2006, Jacqueline Alexander purchased a pear orchard located at 3993 Highway 35, Hood River. Her business Morale Orchards, LLC ...
Good Medicine Expands Tea Wholesale Business with Financing
In July of 2013, Nikol Clark and Randy Goetz purchased the commercial property at 1029 May Street in Hood River, ...
Family Business Dream Becomes 20+ Year Business Reality: CARS
What started as a way to get their classic cars restored and out of their driveway, turned into a business ...
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. ...
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 ...
Business Impact Study
Businesses and the economy are benefiting from access to financing through Mid-Columbia Economic Development District (MCEDD), according to a recent ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...