Has the green energy bubble burst?
Has the green bubble burst in Oregon or is it just deflating a bit before staging a comeback?
2012 Archives
Tenant trade
Malls and shopping centers adjust leasing strategies to fill vacancies.
Hospital era ends
April marked the end of an era in Ashland. Its standalone medical center, Ashland Community Hospital, agreed to take on a business partner after years of financial struggles.
Sweet smell of success
While on a visit to his cousin’s Beaverton home more than 20 years ago, Steve Bronson caught a whiff of something that flipped on a light bulb in his mind: air fresheners.
Innovation down on the farm
Bill Chambers, president of Stahlbush Island Farms, has a simple explanation for why he has adopted so many innovative technologies and practices in service of sustainable agriculture.
The loan load
As college students borrow more money to finance rising tuition costs, the education bubble may be the next to burst.
Skip Newberry
Skip Newberry became president of the Software Association of Oregon [now Technology Association of Oregon] in September 2011.
The bicycle thief
When Kristine Akins had a second bike stolen in 2010, the veteran entrepreneur didn’t get mad. She got even.
Support for higher education funding
With the budget stretched and funding for higher education dropping, where should funding for Oregon’s public universities rank in the state’s myriad priorities?
The higher education disgrace
The state’s business community has long supported public higher education funding, and put its muscle behind recent reform efforts. Business knows that an educated population is critical to the economic health of Oregon.