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Ashland Chamber launches new eCommerce site for all Brick and Mortar stores in Ashland
Like the rest of us, the Ashland Chamber of Commerce has been hard at work pivoting to stay alive while continuing to reach out and help Ashland’s small business economy in every way it can, since the shutdowns started in March. Thanks to a Grant from Business Oregon, and a…
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Employees from every department in Jackson County were part of the Fire Response and Running of the Evacuation Center at the Expo.
I wrote an article last month about the expo staff and what they did after the fire to stand up an evacuation center. Because I am on the fair board, it blew me away how a small team could react to crisis during a pandemic shut down and I wanted…
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10 Rural Community Projects Get a Boost from Business Oregon
Rural entrepreneurs, from Eastern Oregon to the coast, are awarded tens of thousands in funding RURAL OREGON – Business Oregon announced investments in ten rural community projects throughout the state under the Rural Opportunities Initiative (ROI). The ROI is an initiative that works with communities to cultivate local environments that…
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Working from Home on the Decline, and Outlook for Downtowns
Working from home has been a key economic response to the pandemic. As detailed before, about 1 in 3 workers are theoretically work remotely. We know that number was higher earlier this year as working from home wasn’t so much about optimal business operations as it was to stop the…
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Thank you Congressman Greg Walden for your service to our state and for being so nice.
I sat down, virtually via Zoom, with Congressman Greg Walden, a year to the day after he declared that he would not seek re-election to thank him for his service and ask him a few questions about what it has been like for him during the last year in office.…
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The Staff at the Jackson County Expo are some of the unsung heroes in the Almeda Fire.
When Helen Funk arrived at the expo on September 8, she knew it was mowing day. Since COVID shutdown the expo in March, she had laid off maintenance staff and the job of grounds upkeep fell to her. She learned how to safely drive the tractor and mow the lawns.…
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Ashland community launches new site to attract the next generation of workers and employers to town
When the pandemic sent us all working from home, many of the high tech workers in the big cities realized that they could work from anywhere and many started looking. A group of folks came together in Ashland to create a video series that told the story of living and…
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Fire Information Website Launched to Help Rogue Valley Residents Rebuild
A new website for official wildfire recovery information is now available at RogueValleyRebuilds.org. Aimed at those affected by the Almeda and Obenchain fires, it brings together information from multiple organizations involved in the rebuilding effort. “Recovering from these fires is a regional challenge. The County and affected Cities can’t do it…
Read MorePEOPLE’S BANK AND ITS EMPLOYEES TO DONATE MORE THAN $1.2 MILLION TOWARD LOCAL FIRE RELIEF
MEDFORD, OR – People’s Bank of Commerce and its board of directors have unanimously approved a donation of more than $1.2 million towards fire relief efforts in Southern Oregon. Over $200 thousand of the contribution will come from a generous gift from the bank’s 100 employees, who are donating bonuses they…
Read MoreBusiness Not As Usual: The Most Important Thing to Do Now to Prepare for an Uncertain Future
By Chris Cook, Capiche Now’s the time to plan for the new normal as we inch back into business. Expectations are different. And your modus operandi had better be different if you want to attract, recapture and retain customers. Even if you have a strategic plan in place, there’s no doubt it…
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Yelp Economic Average Uncovers a Drop in Total Business Closures and a Rise in Permanent Closures During the Second Quarter
By Julianne RoweSenior Manager, Corporate and Product Communications | Yelp, Inc. Yelp Inc. (NYSE: YELP), the company that connects people with great local businesses, released second quarter data for the Yelp Economic Average (YEA) report, a benchmark of local economic strength in the U.S., which has been adapted to reveal the dramatic impact COVID-19…
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