2013 Archives

Roger Lee, Executive Director of Economic Development for Central Oregon, shares what he’s reading.

Are wolves good for business?

A scientist, an investor and two entrepreneurs weigh in on Oregon’s fledgling nanotech industry.

Total revenue increases but employment declines slightly as the state’s largest privately held firms mirror the cautious economy nationwide.

The wireless-communications industry thrives on the latest and the greatest; witness the masses who camp out in front of Apple stores every year or so anticipating the newest iPhone. Consumer Cellular, a Tigard-based wireless service and phone provider, is not one of the trendsetters.

For Fred Wahl, the best part of building commercial fishing boats for a living is rolling his finished products, painted and polished, down to the water along the northeast edge of his Reedsport boatyard and seeing them pop half an inch off their cradles for the first time, floating.

The Port of Portland just can’t catch a break. If it’s not a dispute between unions or a grain-terminal lockout, then it’s an ugly kernel of genetically modified wheat prompting countries to halt all exports. In 2012 Portland was the 11th largest container port on the West Coast and one of only three, with Seattle, where traffic fell. And year-to-date through April, every unit and tonnage is down double digits — containers, grain, autos, break bulk — except one. Mineral bulk grew 20%.

Oregon Shakespeare Festival Executive Director Cynthia Rider balances life, work and play.

It can happen here. That’s the mantra of Anne Lundgren, co-owner of Joma Films, a film production company launched three years ago in Ashland.

Readers’ views on health care reform have remained consistent over the past three years.