PSU Consultant RFQ for Regional Innovation Hub
Sep 12 2022PSU released a RFQ seeking a consultant to provide a needs assessment for a Regional Innovation Hub for the metro region. PSU received funding from Business Oregon to support this planning process. The hub was identified as a potential action in the recently adopted Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS). GP...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Sept. 9, 2022
Media Contact
Anna Marum
Greater Portland Inc
anna.marum@greaterportlandinc.com
971-339-2012
Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf to highlight importance of public-sector leadership at 2022 Greater Portland Economic Summit
Tickets are still available for the Sept. 21 event.
PORTLAND, Ore. – Greater Portland Inc (GPI) is pleased to announce its annual Greater Portland Economic Summit wil...
Oregon receiving $83M for small business support
Aug 23 2022Business Oregon, the state's economic development agency, is set to receive as much as $83.5 million through the federal State Small Business Credit Initiative Program, or SSBCI. According to The Oregonian, half the grant will go to programs that support early stage innovative companies, including venture capital and venture deb...
TROUTDALE, OREGON – The City of Troutdale Urban Renewal Agency is extending an invitation to visionary developers to submit their qualifications to design an entirely new riverfront district from the ground up at the gateway to the Columbia River Gorge.
The Confluence at Troutdale is a roughly 20-acre site including nearly 1...
Semiconductor Task Force Report Sets the Stage for Unprecedented Expansion in the Industry
Aug 17 2022MEDIA ADVISORY
August 17, 2022
Media Contacts:
Andrew Desmond, andrew@orbusinesscouncil.org, (253) 677-3230
Bart Eberwein, eberweinb@gmail.com, (503) 880-7877
Semiconductor Task Force Report Sets the Stage for Unprecedented Expansion in the Industry
(Hillsboro, OR) – Today, Senator Ron Wyden, Governor Kate Brown, Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici, and Maria Pope, CEO of Portland General Electric, held a press conference t...
President Joe Biden signed a $280 billion bipartisan bill to boost domestic high-tech manufacturing Tuesday, part of his administration’s push to boost U.S. competitiveness over China.
Flanked by scores of lawmakers, union officials, local politicians and business leaders, Biden feted the legislation, a core part of his economic agenda that wil...
COLUMBIA CITY, OREGON – July 28, 2022 – Robotic aircraft systems manufacturer SICDRONE is set to open a new facility in Scappoose by the fourth quarter of 2022. The company signed a license agreement for 6,000 square feet of corporate hangar space at the Scappoose Airport with plans for ...
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"SIQ Basketball, which makes a technology to give amateur and pickup players the same technological insights as the pros, is the latest startup to pick Portland for a headquarters.
CEO Erik Anderson grew up in Los Angeles and went to school at Oregon State University. When he took over the startu...
Study: Oregon's athletic, outdoor, team and recreation ecosystem generates $29 billion per year
Jun 30 2022Portland Business Alliance and Coalition Partners Unveil the Largest Economic Study of Its Kind in the State
The new report showcases how Oregon is winning nationally in the Athletic, Outdoor, Team and Recreation Ecosystem.
CONTACT:
Vanessa Briseño
Senior Director, Strategic Communications, Portland Business Alliance
news@portlandalliance.com or call (503) 224-8684?
The Portland Business Alliance, in partnership wit...
Arc'teryx prides itself on living in—and creating for—the mountain environment. Based in the Coast Mountains of North Vancouver, B.C., since 1989, Arc'teryx now has an additional home, this for footwear. And in Portland, arguably the global capital of performance footwear and only 300 miles from Arc'teryx headquarters.
While Arc'teryx has ha...
In the first episode of our series Groundbreakers: Leaders of the New Economy, Greater Portland Inc CEO Monique Claiborne interviews David Pachter, co-founder and executive chairman of JumpCrew, and author of "Remote Leadership: How to Accelerate Achievement and Create a Community in a Work-From-Home World."
JumpCrew is an outsourced sales an...
The World Athletics Championships are coming to the United States for the first time ever. This extraordinary showcase featuring 2,000 athletes from 200 nations will take center stage at the University of Oregon’s Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon.
While the World Athletics Championships typically take place in larger cities, Eugene’s uniqu...
A Tigard company that supplies gas and chemical equipment to Oregon semiconductor manufacturers plans to quadruple its factory footprint this year by moving to a new site in Sherwood.
The company, NSI, is moving from two buildings with a combined 15,000 square feet of manufacturing to a newly built, 62,000-square foo...
Greater Portland Inc is proud to present its Q1 Greater Portland Market Insights Report, featuring bi-state regional data on employment, business expansions and industrial and office activity. As the only public-private organization dedicated to recruiting businesses to the entire region, the GPI team is constantly seeking out key community, economi...
By Monique Claiborne, President & CEO, Greater Portland Inc
This op-ed appeared in the Portland Business Journal.
In the last six months, Intel has announced two $20 billion expansions: One at an existing Arizona complex, and one in Ohio, which did not have an existing chip manufacturing presence. If we weren’t concerne...
By Greater Portland Inc.
Get to know the Greater Portland Inc team through a few of our favorite things. You can find staff contact information here.
Brittany Bagent, VP of Strategy
Tenure 2 years
Hometown Cincinnati, Ohio
Favorite Local Attraction Silver Falls State Park
Favorite Local Restaurant La Moule
If you could invite any three people t...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Dec. 9, 2021
Media Contacts
Greater Portland Inc
Anna Marum
anna.marum@greaterportlandinc.com
971-339-2012
Metro
Constantino Khalaf
constantino.khalaf@oregonmetro.gov
503-545-6450
Five-year economic strategy charts new course for Greater Portland region
The strategy from Greater Portland Inc and Metro identifies 44 action items to drive equitable growth. Public- and private-sector leaders are invited to review the actions and partner with a lead organizatio...
AMAZON ANNOUNCES PLANS TO EXPAND OPERATIONS IN CANBY OREGON WITH NEW SORT CENTER
New Amazon facility will create more than 500 jobs in the Canby region with an average starting wage of $18 per hour, comprehensive benefits, and longer-term career opportunities for local residents
Amazon announced today it will open a ne...
For Immediate Release • September 7, 2021
Susie Rantz • 503.415.6054 • susie.rantz@portofportland.com
Port of Portland Welcomes New Marine Service to Terminal 6
Regional businesses and consumers will have more options to move products following pandemic supply chain issues
A year and a half after weekly container service returned to the Port of Portland’...
By Bedrock and Greater Portland Inc
Kofi Bonner is the Chief Executive Officer at Bedrock, where he leads the full-service real estate company’s efforts to build thriving urban centers through transformational development, community partnerships and a commitment to support local small businesses.
Kofi will be the keynote speaker at our Greater Portlan...
Join our team! Greater Portland Inc is hiring a full-time Business Development Representative to serve as a key team member to assist in attracting traded-sector companies to the Greater Portland region.
Business Development Representative
Department: Business Development
Reports to: VP of Business Development
FLSA Status: Exempt
Salary Range: $55,000 - $65,000
Physical Strength: Light (L)
Position summary
The Busines...
City of Wilsonville NEWS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
August 17, 2021
CONTACT: Bill Evans, Communications and Marketing Manager
503-570-1502; evans@ci.wilsonville.or.us
City Council Adopts First WIN Zone to Support Twist Bioscience’s $70 Million Capital Investment in Wilsonville
WILSONVILLE, Ore. — At the August 16, 2021, meeting of the Wilsonville City Council, the Council approved the adoptio...
Twist Bioscience has doubled down on its investment in Greater Portland, exercising its right of first refusal to nearly double its "Factory of the Future" in Wilsonville from 110,000 square feet to 190,000 square feet. The facility, at ParkWorks Industry Center on Southwest Parkway Avenue, will house as many a...
This blog post originally appeared on Clackamas Workforce Partnership's website.
May 9-15 is Economic Development Week – an opportunity to take a moment to highlight local programs that create jobs, advance career opportunities, and increase the quality of life in communities everywhere. Especially now, as our region works together to hel...