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Employment in South Coast: April 2022
Leisure and Hospitality Shows Largest Job Gain Over the Year
Coos County total payroll employment fell by 70 jobs in April. Job losses were estimated inlocal government education (-90); professional and business services (-30); andtransportation, warehousing, and utilities (-20). General merchandise stores (-20) and local government excluding education and tribal (-20) also shed a few jobs over the month. The…
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A Rapid and Dramatic Shift Toward Less Affordable Housing in Oregon
The COVID-19 pandemic shock resulted in significant impacts to the housing market across the nation. Early lockdowns, a push to more work-from-home, and the large millennial demographic reaching prime family-formation age dramatically increased the number of buyers on the market. The surge in demand led to a shortage of housing…
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Oregon’s Leisure and Hospitality Industry
Leisure and hospitality businesses employed 174,800 workers on average in 2021, up from 162,100 workers in 2020. Of those, roughly one out of nine were employed in accommodations, about the same as in arts, entertainment, and recreation. About three-fourths of leisure and hospitality workers worked in food services and drinking…
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KFDA Awarded $200,000 Revitalization Grant to Support Rehabilitation of the Arcade Hotel
The Klamath Falls Downtown Association (KFDA) announces today that it has received an Oregon Main Street Revitalization Grant (OMSRG) in the amount of $200,000 to support the rehabilitation and reopening of the Arcade Hotel in Downtown Klamath Falls. Forefathers Capital, an investment and development group that includes a Klamath Falls…
Read More2nd Annual Southern Oregon Juneteenth Celebration Comes to Medford June 19
Excitement builds for 2022 Freedom Day Medford, OREGON (June 5, 2022) — On Sunday, June 19, 2022, BASE will host the 2nd Annual Southern Oregon Juneteenth Celebration at Pear Blossom Park in Medford from 11am – 7pm. This family-friendly event will be an outdoor cultural celebration for the entire community…
Read MoreBusiness Incubators
Entrepreneurs thrive working with other entrepreneurs, alongside experienced mentors. Oregon has many incubators and accelerators to get these great business ideas moving forward into reality and revenue. Business Oregon has helped launch and grow several accelerators and incubators in Oregon. Below you’ll find some of these resources, in addition to other…
Read MorePaving the way to Talent’s Long-Term Recovery
Learn more about the CITY OF TALENT URBAN RENEWAL WORK PLAN From https://www.talenturbanrenewal.com/workplan Why is Talent considering an Urban Renewal plan? Talent lost 1/3 of our housing in the Almeda fire, including much of our more affordable housing. We lost 60% of our businesses. Firefighters were needed to respond to…
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Amanda Kotler named senior vice president and chief nursing officer for Asante
To streamline and improve nursing operations across Asante, the health system has created a senior vice president and chief nursing officer role. On May 8, Amanda Kotler, RN, BSN, MBA, stepped into this new position. Kotler began her career at Asante 16 years ago as a nurse in the Heart…
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A Few Words from Jim
May 2022 It’s what you do in Southern Oregon. Raise a Family, Grow a Business and Give Back where you can. Thank you for all the wonderful feedback about last months journal. I’m blown away at how the stories I have published and/or written have impacted you and helped you. …
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Hunter Participates in the Affordable Connectivity Program
The Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) is the FCC’s new program to help low-income households gain access to broadband in order to work, learn, and get healthcare. Replacing the Emergency Broadband Benefit (EBB) program, ACP is the long-term fund for internet affordability provided by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. While ACP…
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Jim Wright was born in Ashland, ran LTM (now Knife River), served on several local non-profit boards and is retiring off The People’s Bank Board after 19 years.
When the zoom interview with Jim Wright started he asked me the first question, which is unusual since I’m the one interviewing him. “I have a question for you. What do you see?” That question took me aback a little. I wasn’t prepared for it. I stared at my screen…
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Douglas County, Oregon Creates $28M Economic Impact with Fiber Each Year
The Fiber Broadband Association (FBA) today announced the first of its Broadband Community Profiles designed to uncover the economic and societal impact that fiber broadband is having on rural communities across North America. The research, conducted by Futuriom Research, shows that Douglas County, Oregon, served by ISP Douglas Fast Net (DFN), has successfully leveraged fiber broadband…
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