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		<title>4/13/12 Spring Orchards of HR County</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 21:48:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[April is the time when fruit growers prepare for one of nature&#8217;s predictable aggravations, cold weather.  Just as the fruit trees are preparing for blooming, cold nights are there to waylay the process.  Depending upon the stage of the buds, critical temperatures can start at anything below 32 degrees.  Many growers have alarms that call [...]]]></description>
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		<title>3/26/12 Annual Blossom Fest a County Tradition</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 17:31:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nothing says spring quite like fruit trees in bloom, and Hood River County celebrates the arrival of spring in style with their annual Blossom Fest. Hood River Valley, which spans the north slope of Mount Hood to the south shore of the Columbia River Gorge, is the largest pear-growing region in Oregon, producing 50% of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>3/20/12 Travel to Learn: Hood River County</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 20:27:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Travel to Learn: Hood River County By: Kerry Cobb When I tell people I live in the Columbia River Gorge, the word I hear most often is &#8220;lucky.&#8221; Anyone who has been to this part of Oregon knows that the scenery here is spectacular—we’re talking jaw-dropping sunrises and sunsets, vast landscapes with fields of wildflowers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2/27/12      Marketing the Gorge Together</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2012 19:57:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the Chamber, we spend a lot of time marketing the Gorge. Part of the Chamber’s directive is to manage the Transient Room Tax (or bed tax) dollars collected by the lodging facilities in Hood River County. We contract with the County and City of Hood River to use this money to market outside the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2/1/12 Sakura Ridge</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:23:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every time my eyes rest on Sakura Ridge’s view of Mt. Hood, I swear I’m never leaving. A storybook market garden dips over the horizon, and I can sometimes hear chickens clucking in the background. I can’t believe I get to visit farms like Sakura Ridge on a routine basis. I am so blessed. Sakura [...]]]></description>
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		<title>11/22 Seasons Greetings</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 22:48:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Hood River Chamber Members, Happy Thanksgiving!   This is a special time of the year to be grateful for all the wonderful things we have and for me as your Chamber President, I have been very fortunate to have Kerry our ED and Nancy, Emily, Mary, Erin and Nicole the Chamber Staff, the Chamber Board, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>10/27 The Value of Networking</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 21:50:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Having just passed my one-year anniversary as the Chamber’s Executive Director, I have spent some time recently reflecting on best practices for how our members can grow their businesses. Over the year I have observed our members as they interact within the community, and the most striking thing to me is the impact that networking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>10/4 No Cost Ways to Get Attention for Your Event</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 16:56:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Marketing Events—No-Cost Ways to Get Attention for Your Event Download Event Marketing Tips One thing we don’t lack for in Hood River is events. It seems there is something going on most every day here in the county. In fact, at the Chamber we have calculated that with fundraisers, sales, contests, openings, and public events, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>8/16 Chamber Ambassadors</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2011 22:07:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our Chamber Ambassadors Chamber events like Business After Hours, Coffee Clatters, ribbon-cuttings—these are vital networking events for many of our members. The goal of these events is to connect members with each other in a fun, relaxed atmosphere where people can take a little time to get to know one another, identify mutually beneficial business [...]]]></description>
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		<title>8/8 Speed Marketing</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2011 20:02:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Let’s Do Some Speed Marketing! I have now had the pleasure of doing Speed Marketing with close to 100 Chamber members. Speed Marketing is a free Chamber member benefit we started offering earlier this year—and the results have been extremely positive—and fun! Here’s how it works: One or two days a month the Chamber offers [...]]]></description>
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