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Today marks highest number of COVID-19 cases in Oregon

October 8, 2020

October 8, 2020 Over the past few weeks, Oregon has seen a steady rise in daily cases. Sadly, today we see the highest number of COVID-19 cases reported in Oregon. During a media briefing today, Deputy State Health Officer and State Epidemiologist Dr. Tom Jeanne said that cases have been caused by infections…

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Lithia Motors Adds Another $55 Million in Revenue to Growing Network

October 8, 2020

MEDFORD, Ore. – Lithia Motors, Inc. (NYSE: LAD)announced today (Release: 10/6/2020 7:00:00 AM) the purchase of Latham Ford serving the Albany, NY, metropolitan area. “We are pleased to add Latham Ford to the Lithia Family, further strengthening our ability to serve our communities in the Northeastern United States,” said Bryan DeBoer,…

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Lithia Announces Upsizing and Pricing of Senior Notes Offering

October 8, 2020

MEDFORD, Ore. – Lithia Motors, Inc. (NYSE: LAD) today (Release: 9/30/2020 10:44:00 PM) announced the pricing of its public offering (the “Offering”) of 3,181,819 shares of its Class A common stock (the “common stock”) at a price to the public of $220.00 per share. In addition, the underwriters have been granted…

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Lithia Announces Pricing of Public Offering of Common Stock

October 8, 2020

MEDFORD, Ore. – Lithia Motors, Inc. (NYSE: LAD) today (Release: 9/30/2020 10:46:00 PM) announced the pricing of its public offering (the “Offering”) of 3,181,819 shares of its Class A common stock (the “common stock”) at a price to the public of $220.00 per share. In addition, the underwriters have been granted…

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Money Magazine’s “Best Small Business Loans of 2020”

October 7, 2020

Raúl Menéndez from Money magazine reached out to the Southern Oregon Business Journal to let us know a couple of things. Money Magazine appreciates us and what we do. “Raúl with Money here. As we both know, many business owners are still facing economic hardships due to the pandemic. It’s very encouraging…

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Additional COVID-19 Emergency Business Grants Available Now

October 6, 2020

Medford, Oregon – Southern Oregon Regional Economic Development, Inc. (SOREDI) is pleased to announce that additional COVID-19 Emergency Business Grants are available now throughout Jackson and Josephine Counties. Time is limited for the deployment of an additional $250,000 in the region and businesses are urged to apply today. SOREDI will…

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A Few Words from Jim

October 6, 2020

October, 2020 If you go look at the cover you will notice two things.  Burned out neighborhoods. The fires that swept through Southern Oregon destroyed over 2,300 homes and hundreds of businesses in their paths.  Without much of a warning. Gone. The state was on fire. There were fires burning…

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Remembering Ron Fox, Learning from Paradise California, Inspired by Sid & Karen DeBoer

October 6, 2020

I put out a post asking for photos of the fire with permission to re-print and I was blown away at the response. After watching how the Akpan’s live streamed as they fought a losing battle against the fire to an audience of 10, I realized that everything is different…

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Social Media as the News Source

October 2, 2020

Over the next few pages, you will see photos shared online (I got permission to re-share them here) from artists and photographers and just normal everyday people with iPhones. This account of the disaster from the beginning to weeks after, offers a raw insight into the tragedy. We are the…

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Creative Therapy

October 1, 2020

Between travels with my brushes, sharing the power of art and creative therapy in foreign lands, I jump in my VW bus and head up the West Coast visiting family and dear friends. On my drive north this time around, I receive a call. Fires are ripping through southern Oregon…

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“Talent and Phoenix are gone Jim”

October 1, 2020

I live in Ashland and was working when the fires broke out, from my home office, as were all my employees at Project A, because of COVID and we are programmers and engineers, so working from home is easy. I first found out about the fire via a Facebook alert.…

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Project A launches DonationConnection.org to help donation center managers get the word out on what they need daily.

October 1, 2020

After seeing posts from people that were looking to help by shopping for what was needed, and asking for lists of what to buy, and where to take it, and seeing posts by donation centers that were set up around the valley, and seeing emails from friends trying to help…

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