A harder road ahead for rural Oregon
IT ISN’T DEBATABLE anymore that the economy is in a heap. Call it what you will, recession or not, but credit is drying up, jobs are disappearing, banks are faltering and housing prices are dropping. more >
Lessons learned from one of The Best
WHAT DOES IT TAKE to make our list of the 100 Best Companies to Work For in Oregon for 12 years — the most of any company, ever — and at the same time twice make Fortune magazine’s national list of best companies? more >
Disconnect, please
IT WAS THE NOTE that said “someone at SMUD” had viewed my profile that finally did it. I don’t even know what SMUD is, but it doesn’t sound good. And now someone there is checking me out? more >
Let the party begin
Bidding adieu to the old and ringing in the new is one of my favorite times of the year. It’s a chance to reflect on what we’ve accomplished at the magazine, the things we still want to do, and then head out to a rip-snorting party. more >
Take poverty personally...
As you hide the presents you bought at the after-Thanksgiving sales, plan your holiday meals or sit together with your family inside a warm house, please remember this: There are 141,000 children in Oregon who live in poverty, with more than one-third of those under age 4. more >
Something old, something new...
One thing became clear to me while standing in a former lumber mill on the outskirts of Burns a few weeks ago on a cold, bright day, learning about a new business that had taken up residence there. more >
The road to somewhere
I wasn’t sure it could get any better than the sparkling day that greeted us in Astoria, the first stop of our rollicking 1,800-mile ride through Oregon. more >
New look, new stuff...
By the time you’ve reached this page, you’ve no doubt started to notice that we’ve made a few changes to Oregon Business. more >
With a little bit of cluck...
I grew up in Ohio, only a generation removed from farm life, and most of my summers were spent visiting relatives who still worked the land. For a city kid, they were glorious weeks of sun-warmed vegetables from the garden and cows with soft noses. more >
The age of negotiation...
As CEO of Doussard Family Industries (DFI), I’ve fielded a lot of questions from other small-business owners about how we’re preparing to deal with our aging workforce. more >
When business and politics mix...
Two news announcements hit my desk as we were finishing up this issue’s special report assessing the future of health care. more >
Our own corps of discovery...
Innovation takes the spotlight this issue, starting with our cover story on the extraordinary discoveries of eight local companies. We are rich, as senior writer Abraham Hyatt finds, with ideas and inventions, some of which have the power to save fish, decode the universe and repair ailing bodies. more >
