June 08 – 09, 2012
Comedy on the Coast at Chinook Winds Casino Resort. Tickets $15. Show begins at 8PM.
Ron Wyden
Cleanup starts on highly polluted Portland site
Work is set to begin this week on one of Portland’s worst cleanup jobs, at a former chemical plant that produced DDT and rocket fuel.
Layoffs forecast after tax credit deal fails
Wind energy proponents predict layoffs after Congress fails to extend production tax credit (PTC).
Elemental Technologies wins top awards
Elemental Technologies and its chief executive, Sam Blackman, won top awards at the Tom Holce Entrepreneurship Awards sponsored by the Oregon Entrepreneurship Network.
June 23 – 24, 2012
Summer Kite Festival at D-River State Wayside. Kite-flying demonstrations, kid’s events, kite-making workshops, running of the Bols and more! FMI 541-996-1274, 800-452-2151 or www.oregoncoast.org
Portland company to run NYC bike program
Portland-based Alta Bicycle Share Inc. has been chosen to run a bicycle sharing program in New York City.
SoloPower secures North Portland lease
SoloPower Inc. signed a lease for a 225,250 square-foot building in North Portland for a planned $340 million thin-film solar module plant.
Tofurky maker plans $10M Hood River plant
Turtle Island Foods, maker of Tofurky and other soy-based products, is building a $10 million food processing plant in Hood River.
Southern Oregon farmers practice sustainable grazing
Livestock ranchers in Coos and Curry counties cultivate grass by using sustainable grazing methods.
Xerox offers Wilsonville workers buyout
Xerox Corp. offered a buyout to 120 of its Wilsonville workers as an alternative to their transfer to HCL Technologies, an Indian contractor.