Oregon RAIN looks to nurture non-Portland companies


The Oregon Regional Accelerator & Innovation Network hopes to spur economic development in the southern Willamette Valley.

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The Oregon Regional Accelerator & Innovation Network hopes to spur economic development in the southern Willamette Valley.

The Oregon Regional Accelerator & Innovation Network (RAIN) formally started in May and since then the board and its executive director Jim Coonan have been busy gathering resources and convening stakeholders.

RAIN was created last year by the Oregon legislature which committed $3.75 million to the program. That money came with a 1:1 match from the other program stakeholders.

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