2006 Archives

For the past 11 years, I’ve told myself that when I quit thinking like a broker, I should leave my post as Oregon Real Estate Commissioner.

Traeger Pellet Grills, the largest grill manufacturer west of the Mississippi, is opening a new facility in Wilsonville and officials expect production to begin as early as this month.

In late 2004, the handful of people starting outdoor clothing company Nau faced a tossup. Founder Eric Reynolds, who started the legendary Marmot outdoor brand, wanted the company located in Boulder, Colo., where he lived. CEO Chris Van Dyke, a former Nike exec, wanted it in his hometown of Portland.

Even after 20 years, Harvey Platt still feels like the accidental head of his family’s 53-year-old wholesale electrical supply business.

Late this month, the Boise Wood Products veneer mill in Independence will permanently stop production.

The drumbeat of green business is getting louder. Consider: Green building — suddenly a $7 billion per year national business — has gone mainstream.

A list of Oregon’s elected executive officials as well as U.S. and state legislative representatives.

The increasingly intense winter storms along the Oregon Coast are jacking up the severity of winter erosion.

Is there ever a good time to get the news that 29 jobs will leave your community, taking with them an important corporate citizen?

Like the start of the baseball season each spring, hope also seems to spring eternal at the opening of a new legislative session.