Business Community: Economic Development Resources

Business and Employment Resources

Business Utility Zone Gateway – www.buzgate.org
This site will just about answer any of your questions.

Office of Minority, Women, and Emerging Small Business -  www.oregon.gov/OBDD/OMWESB
The Office of Minority, Women, and Emerging Small Business administers the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise, minority Business Enterprise/Women Business Enterprise and Emerging Small Businesses by providing “One Stop” Certification.

Oregon Association of Minority Entrepreneurs - http://oame.org/default.cfm
The Oregon Association of Minority Entrepreneurs is a non-profit, tax exempt organization formed to promote and develop entrepreneurship and economic development for ethnic minorities in Oregon.

Oregon Business Guide -  www.filinginoregon.com
If you are interested in doing business in Oregon, need information on business licensing, want to file a UCC transaction, or become commissioned by notary public, this is where you need to go.

Oregon Employment Department – www.oregon.gov/EMPLOY/index.shtml
The Oregon Employment Department has four core objections.

  • Support economic stability for Oregonians and communities during times of unemployment benefits.
  • Serve business by recruiting and referring the best qualified applicants to jobs, and provide resource to diverse job seekers in support of their employment needs.
  • Develop and distribute quality workforce and economic information to promote informed decision making.
  • Provide access to childcare that is safe, high in quality and affordable.

Gorge Oregon Entrepreneurs Network – www.ommunity.oen.org/community/around_oregon
Connecting businesses to the resources they need to grow via PubTalk and the Gorge Angel Conference.

Oregon Small Business Development Center – http://www.cgcc.cc.or.us/sbdc/
There are twenty Oregon Bizcenters that offer small business owners and entrepreneurs:

  • Free confidential one on one business consulting
  • Books and Software
  • SBDC Client Profiles
  • The latest information on International Trade
  • Small Business Tools
  • Workshops
  • Ideas for inventors

Small Business Administration – http://www.sba.gov/
The SBA strives to maintain and strengthen the nation’s economy by aiding, counseling, assisting and protecting the interest of small businesses and by helping families and businesses recover from natural disasters.

Small Business Resource – http://www.allbusiness.com/
AllBusiness.com is an online media and e-commerce company that operates one of the premier business sites on the Web. The site offers resources including how-to articles, business forms, contracts, and agreements, expert advice, blogs, business news, business directory listings, product comparisons, business guides, a small business association and more.

Business Associations

Columbia Gorge Fruit Growers Association – http://www.cgfg.org/

Hood River Heights Business Assoc. – http://www.heightsbiz.com/

Rotary Club of Hood River – http://www.hoodriverrotary.org/

Columbia Gorge Wine Growers Association – http://www.columbiagorgewine.com/

Government Resources