Mount Hood’s unique economy

More than 100 years since modern commerce began on Oregon’s signature peak, Mount Hood supports millions of dollars worth of tourism, recreation, agriculture, timber and small business. It’s a unique and massive economy under growing pressure from those who make their money from the mountain.

Oregon and SW Washington credit unions

  RANKED BY 12/31/10 SHARES & DEPOSITS RANK NAME ADDRESS / PHONE PRINCIPAL SHARES & DEPOSITS / TOTAL ASSETS MEMBERS / BRANCHES FT EMPLOYEES / CHARTER YEAR 1 OnPoint Community P.O. Box 3750Portland 97208 800.527.3932 Robert Stuart $2.47b$2.84b 213,97120 4111932 2 First Technology P.O. Box 2100Beaverton 97075 503.644.4034 Brooke Van Vleet $1.95b$2.32b 170,85118 3721952 3 … Read more

Building something crazy in Bend

ben-blogGreg Cole and his growing team at Windward Performance recently sawed a hole in the wall of one of the seven hangars they occupy at Bend Municipal Airport to make room for their newest project: a non-motorized glider designed to soar to 90,000 feet above sea level. That would set a new world record for manned, wing borne, sustained level flight.