The eCon Update, EDCO's monthly email newsletter, not only provides the latest information from around the region, but also explores business and employment trends for Central Oregon, introduces the community's newest businesses, and presents EDCO's marketing efforts.
Below are eCon Update issues for 2007. If you're interested in signing up to receive the newsletter online, please go to our Home page.
Topics include: Cessna Acquisition of Colombia Bodes Well for Region's Aircraft Industry, Ball Janik Advises Employers of New Workplace Regs, Central OR Continues to Power Oregon's Growth, EDCO at MEDICA Trade Show, Crook Co. to Control Prineville Airport, Prineville Freight Depot Expands, Current Residential Real Estate Activity Mirrors 2003, More Affordable Housing on Bend's Horizon, EDCO Seeks Business Support for OSU Eng/Tech Internships, COCC Launches "bizHELP! Directory"
Topics include: Business Week Says Bend is Desirable in "Hot Spots That Have Cooled Lure Savvy Retirees," Deschutes Brewery Hosts HiDEC, Issue & Action Summary from Business Roundtables, Excellent Content at Industry Month Design/Build Workshop, HiDEC's New Website to Serve as Info Hub, PubTalk Moves to THIRD Thursday of Month, Social Security's Online Services Give Employers a Break, Electric Rates to Increase 2.5% in 2008 with New Utility Tax Law, OR Mfg. Contracts but Reigns Top in the West
Topics include: Nominate Who Stands Out in Central OR for EDCO Annual Awards, EDCO Industry Month Lineup, Milken Institute Ranks Bend as Nation's Best Performing Small Metro, OR Workers' Comp to Drop Again, Finalists for BVC Announced, EDCO Attends 2007 Solar Power Tradeshow, Regional Aircraft Industry in Throes of Change, Prineville to Invest in Fiber Optics, BTL Holds Ribbon Cutting at New Prineville Operation
Topics include: Topics include: October Industry Month Line-Up, Avertising a Housing Crisis is Sept COWIB Event Topic, Keith Mfg. Learning Tour a Success, Disney Institute Event is Filling Quickly, OR Business Magazine Road Trip Makes Central OR Stops, Delta Ends 2005 Travel Bank, Non Compete Agreements Won't Apply to Most OR Workers in the Future, COBA & 3EStrategies Team Up, Bend Personal Income Growth Among Top in U.S., Setback for Prineville Railroad
Topics include: Garage to Corporation Dream - Guy Kawasaki Headlines BVC in Oct., Bend Hosts Only Disney Institute Event in Pacific NW This Year, What Do We Do About Housing Costs?, Central OR First Site Outside Willamette Valley to Host League of Oregon Cities Conference, OSU Two Day Entrepreneurship Series, Prineville Infrastructure Demands, Region's Airports Poised to Take Off, PubTalk Convenes in Sept. with Dennis Murphy - Pres. of Hayden Homes
Topics include: BVC Nabs Noted Speaker Guy Kawasaki, Disney Institute Comes to Bend, PV Powered Enters Commercial Market & Teams with Boeing, Heather Richards Takes Reins of Redmond's Downtown Renewal, Sept. PubTalk Features Dennis Murphy of Hayden Homes, Wages Up in Region but Signs Mixed, Migration Trends, New FDIC Resource, Energy Efficiency Incentives Available, Recap of Business Issues from Legislative Wrap
Topics include: Jason Carr to Lead Prineville/Crook Co. Economic Development, Frommer's Best Cities - Bend #56 Among 400 U.S. Metros, RDM Passenger Growth Again Tops NW, Bend-La PineSchool District Earns Upgraded Moody's Bond Rating - $200M Impact, COLA Index Shows Bend Getting More Expensive, Attend Central OR Regional Transit Forum, All-Star Investor Panel at June PubTalk, With Low Unemployment Tri-County Gains Jobs But Mfg Struggles, Governor Grants Funds to Breedlove
Topics include: 2006 Central OR Pay & Benefits Benchmark Study Now Available, Nat'l Business Press - INC. and Forbes Magazines, PCC Schlosser Opens Plant Floor for HiDEC Learning Tour, Redmond Tackles Affordable Housing & Childcare, Madras Impresses with Vision & Momentum, Fed Reserve at Lenders' Roundtable, PV Powered & High Desert Organix Receive Opportunity Grants, Earth20 Pres. Steve Emery Joins State Economic Development Commission, May PubTalk Features Serial Entrepreneur Rene Fritz
Topics include: Locally-Driven Prineville Economic Development Program Moves from Vision to Reality, 1300 Applicants Jam Job Expo 2007, Redmond Airport Earns #2 Spot for Horizon in OR, New Milestones Reached in Redmond's COmmercial Development, New Funding Resources & Expertise Now Available for Oregon's Small Business, National Economy Churns, April PubTalk Features Bill Willits - Entrepreneur and Creator of Sisters' Innovative FivePine Resort, PSU's MBA Program in Central OR
Topics include: Jobs Lost in Jefferson Co. with Seaswirl Plant Closure & Bright Wood Force Reduction, HiDEC Attends OR Mfg Workforce Strategy Kickoff, OR Companies Have Presence at Rec Equipment Tradeshow, EDCO Attends Medical Device & Mfg Tradeshow, Dramatic Update Positions Prineville Airport to Meet Regional General Aviation Needs, Allegiant Air Adds 3rd Weekly Roundtrip to Las Vegas - Before First Flights Begin
Topics include: The Economist Magazine Praises Bend, 2007 Annual EDCO Lunch Features Jack Kaine - Top National Speaker on Negotiation, HiDEC Holds Groundbreaking Kick-Off Meeting, Redmond 2007 Annual Luncheon Features Workforce Specialist Maryann Billington, OR Continues 18-Year Trend of Attracting New Residents, O'Keeffe's Wins Top OSHA Award, Feb PubTalk Features Lance Neibauer - Founder of Lancair, EDCO's Latest Membership Event Draws Record Crowd