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FEATURES
6As downtown continues to grow,
Timbers Motel has become an
increasingly popular destination for
visitors who want a convenient location to
experience Eugene.
9Kelly Services connects workers
seeking employment with Eugene-area
businesses.
17A look at some of the issues the
Chambers Local Government
Affairs Council will be reviewing in the
weeks ahead.
18Leadership of local legislators
helps passage of several
important bills.
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10By nding alignment among
business and community interests,
the Chamber has had a signicant role in
building consensus around many of the most
important local policy decisions in recent
years.
Pictured: Ninkasi Brewing Company chie
fnancial ofcer Nigel Francisco, Summit Bank
senior vice president Bill Whalen, and BRING
executive director Julie Daniel.
Photography byDavid Loveallwww.loveallphoto.com
Art Direction byAsbury Designwww.asburydesign.net
contentsA U G U S T / S E P T E M B E R 2 0 1 3
23 Arts and Business Alliance17 Cha mbers Productions/ KEZI25 Conerly Consulting4 Energy Trust of Oregon27 Eugene Airport21 Evergreen Roong2 Eugene Water & Electric Board13 Harrang Long Gary Rudnick
8 Hershner Hunter, LLP15 Home Federal Bank20 Isler CPA28 Kernutt Stokes21 LCC Small Business
Development Center &Employer Training Services
19 McKenzi e-Willamette MedicalCenter
14 Oregon Community Foundation2 Pacic Continental Bank7 Seneca Jones Timber Company22 Servicemaster Commercial
Cleaning16 Sitttner & Nelson
20 Summit Bank24 TechnaPrint22 University of Oregon
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C H A M B E R @ W O R K
Chamber seminars
enhance networking
eciency
Because the term is used so
oten, it can be dicult to
understand what networking
really means, and harder
yet to do it eectively. The
Eugene Area Chamber o
Commerce defnes networking
as building active business
connections or mutual benef
Networking is a learned skill,
and to help its members
network more eectively,the Chamber implemented a
series o networking seminars
led by Certifed Networking
Proessional K.L. Wells o
Networking Power. Attendee
o these seminars learned
the seven steps o successul
networking and gained the
ability to put their new skills into
action in a real-lie networking
environment.Area manuacturing leaders toured Burley Design to learn about theirdistribution, quality control and engineering processes. The group enjoyed
seeing Burleys acility while learning about their growing brand.
Chamber advocacy results in big investment
The Chamber successully advocated
or Core Campus $44 million, 182-unit
multi-amily housing project proposed
at East Broadway Avenue and Ferry
Street. In June, the Eugene City Council
voted in avor o the partial propert y
tax exemption necessary or the project
to proceed. In addition to continuing
the momentum o investment in
downtown, the Core Campus project
is expected to provide hundreds o
local construction jobs, an additional
economic impact o $80 million,
increase neighboring property values
and bring more residents to downtown.
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Regional manuacturing frms gain support
rom the Eugene Chamber
The Chambers Focus On: Manuacturing series continues to grow and
provide ree educational opportunities to area manuacturing companies.
Most recently, the Chamber hosted a tour o Burley Design, a longstanding
local company that designs and manuactures bicycle trailers. The companys
continued growth highlights the high caliber o our local manuacturing
companies to the domestic and international export community. Burley
shared how their operation vets manuacturing partners, measures success
and dierentiates the company rom their competitors with quality control. For
more inormation on the Chambers upcoming programs or manuacturing
frms, visit www.eugenechamber.com.
Core Campus project w be at East Broadway Avenue and Ferry Str
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S M A L L B U S I N E S S S P O T L I G H T
Growing the TimbersBy Kelsey Malvey
Twenty years ago, Joe Bailey and
his amily opened Timbers Motel in the
heart o downtown Eugene. Through
economic downturns and changes in
the neighborhood, theyve remained
true to their mission to provide visitors
an exceptional Eugene experience.
From the moment you step inside
Timbers Motel, the Baileys treat you
as i you were amily. With the own-
ers behind the counter, visitors can be
assured their stay will be comortable rom the warm Northwest ambiance
o the rooms to the excellent hospitality
o the sta.
The exterior o Timbers is beauti-
ully landscaped and eatures abundant,
colorul hanging baskets and planter
arrangements. The owers make the
place attractive to passersby and guests
alike, says Joe Bailey. Its our way o
beautiying downtown, and it helps set
us apart in the community by giving
the motel a r iendly, homey eel.
The motels 42 guest rooms are
equally comortable and can accom-
modate small or large parties. And, with
a wide range o amenities including
ree wi, complimentary continental
breakast, ree parking and more, guests
dont have to sacrice convenience or
comort while traveling.
O course, one o the Timbers great-est amenities is its location. On the
corner o 10th and Pearl in downtown,
the motel is within walking distance to
some o the citys premier ne and ca-
sual dining, concert and art venues and
the best in local shopping and down-
town events. As downtown continues
to grow and thrive, Timbers Motel is
an increasingly popular destination or
visitors who want the most convenientlocation rom which to experience
Eugenes unique culture and entertain-
ment.
Despite some o the economic
challenges and changes downtown in
the past two decades, Joe Bailey says
his amilys approach to serving guests
hasnt changed.
At the end o the day, hospitality
comes down to giving all o your cus-tomers the best service. Our commit-
ment to our guests is what has helped
our business thrive.
To learn more about Timbers Motel or
to make a reservation, visit http://www.
timbersmotel.net or call (541) 343-3345.
Joe Bailey, owner o The Timbers Motel, says it has a riendly, homey eel.
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Our Legacy is Growing.
Accountability isnt the same as accounting. Vision and values arent itemized assets. Theres no way to graph responsi
community. Leadership doesnt show up on a balance sheet, but it is the bottom line in the quality of the product, in thethe employees, in the respect for future generations of people and resources. The real story of Seneca is in the strong h
hearts of its family owners, including sisters Kathy, Jody and Becky Jones. Count on them to be about more than just bo
Seneca is different than any other timber company in a number of ways.
Three to be exact.
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Kelly Services has been
serving workorce
needs or 56 years
One o the areas workorce solu-
tions leaders, Kelly Services, has been
serving the employment needs o area
businesses and residents throughout
Oregon since 1957. The employment
agency has placed thousands o skilled
candidates with employers in Eugene,
Springeld, Portland, Beaverton, Salem
and Roseburg.
Kelly Services handles the recruit-
ing, screening, hiring and retention o
employees skilled in administrative and
ofce work, customer service and light
industrial, as well as proessional and
technical areas such as law, engineer-
ing, science, inormation technology
and healthcare.
The company oers a wide variety
o tools and resources to help both cus-
tomers and employees in the workplace.
Companies can remain up-to-date on
critical issues acing the global work-
place with Kelly Services new iPad
The Talent Project. For job seeker
company oers the Visual Resum
help applicants enhance their per
brands on social media outlets.
Kelly Services can also hel
seekers connect with companie
are not currently advertising ava
jobs. Tiany Yonge, district manag
the Willamette Valley, says comp
and hiring managers are more lik
reer to their existing relationship
networks when it does come tim
hire.
Getting a oot in the door w
prospective employer is oten the
est part o landing a job, said T
Yonge. Stafng companies are a
able liaison between qualied c
dates and hiring managers.
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Public policy decisions inuence the
social, economic and environmental
issues that dene our society the
economy, healthcare, education,
transportation, housing, energy
and directly and indirectly impact
our everyday choices and actions.
What jobs are available, how we can get rom point A to
point B, and even what medications we take are all deter-
mined by policies created at various levels o government.
Believing that a healthy business environment is an
essential component o a communitys strength and
livability, the Eugene Area Chamber o Commerce has
always acted as the collective voice o business in local
and regional policy discussions to ensure its members
interests are represented. But recognizing that important
public policy issues inevitably involve people and groups
with divergent interests, the Chamber has increasingly
ocused on collaboration to advance solutions capable o
garnering widespread community support.
There will always be a limit to how many people we
can reach alone, said Laura Potter, director o business
advocacy at the Chambe r. But when were able to collabo-
rate with other diverse groups to identiy and work toward
shared interests, were more successul.
By nding alignment among business and community
interests, the Chamber has had a signicant role in build-
ing consensus around many o the most important local
policy decisions in recent years.
Pannng for Communty Growth
There is perhaps no better example o a ar-reaching
and thereore potentially contentious public policy
issue than Envision Eugene: a community-based process
developed by the City o Eugene to determi ne the best way
to accommodate growth or the next 20 years.
Bill Whalen, senior vice president o Summit Bank, says
this made it all the more important or the Chamber to
participate.
Envision Eugene has major consequences on all acets
o the community, not least o which are local businesses.
It will determine how eectively were able to accommo-
date a 20 percent increase in our population while main-
taining our unique and h igh standard o living, including a
COLLECTIVE
VOICES
The Chambers
The Chamber is committed to serving as a constructive voice or business
and representing Eugene through a variety o diferent viewpoints
BRING exec
director Jul
Summit Ban
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and Ninkasi
Company chocer Nige
have helped
policy decis
the Chambe
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althy job market, adequate housing and
creational amenities.
Whalen has served on the Chambers
cal Government Aairs Council (LGAC)
nce 2009. Tasked with advising the
hamber board on public policy issues, the
-member group o community leaders
alized it needed to consider the opinions
all o Envision Eugenes constituents to
ake an educated recommendation on
e project.
We realize that we cant work in a
cuum and represent the best interests o
e community, said Whalen. We actively
ach out to groups with diering even
posing views to gain a broader per-
ective and work collaboratively toward a
n-win situation.
For example, in addition to working with
e city planning sta, members o the
anning Commission, city council and the
y manager, LGAC collaborated with 1,000
ends o Oregon, neighborhood represen-
ives and other community leaders.
In the past, the Chambers relationship
with 1,000 Friends was airly contentious.
But when we started working with them, I
think both groups realized that while our
perspectives may be dierent, we share
an interest in ensuring the uture livability
o our city, Whalen said. We were able
to come to the table to identiy and work
toward those common goals so we could
both condently endorse and inuence
the outcome o the project.
The result was an eective plan that
accomplishes some o the Chambers
most important objectives by increasing
our supply o buildable industrial land and
supporting job growth while also preserv-
ing the livability o Eugene. The com-
munitys plan recommendations were
approved by the City Council in June 2012
and city planners are currently developing
an implementation plan.
Revtazng the Rverfront
When EWEB announced its intent
to move operations rom its riverront
property, the Chamber immediately rec-
ognized the sites potential and put its sup-
port behind the plan or redevelopment.
Redevelopment o the EWEB site will
bring needed urban housing to the down-
town core, create a community gathering
place on the river, allow opportunities or
new businesses and add new properties
to the tax rolls that und city services, said
Julie Daniel, executive director o BRING
Recycling.
Based on the concepts potential ben-
ets, the Chamber partnered with the city
and EWEB to recruit a diverse Community
Advisory Team (CAT) in 2008. Chamber
President Dave Hauser and Pat Johnston
co-chaired the CAT and the commit-
tee worked with a design consultant to
develop the master plan. The plan then
moved to the public involvement stage,
and the Chamber recruited members to
ensure that local businesses were able to
contribute their perspectives to the rene-
ment o the plan.
When the master plan was complete,
it moved to the city council or adoption.
e EWEB Master Plan was championed by the Chamber and adopted by the city council in early July.
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To protect the publics investment in the
plan and encourage the council to vote in
its avor, LGAC created an advocacy team
to reach out to other groups and increase
public support.
Our strategy included reaching out to
Chamber members, mounting a public
education campaign and collaborating
with other groups to champion the mas-
ter plan, said Daniel, who has served on
LGAC since 2009 and was one o the ve
advocacy team members.
The committee worked with diverse
groups, including environmental groups
like 1,000 Friends o Oregon and the river
restoration advocates, and asked them
to support the plan. They also created an
educational video and recruited Chamber
and community members to attend coun-cil meetings.
Our goal was to ensure that the groups
all o which had their own unique reasons
to support the EWEB master plan - were
working together, said Daniel. That way,
when the council heard public testimony, it
wasnt just the Chamber pushing or devel-
opment; it was an eclectic mix o commu-
nity interests advocating or a plan that will
signicantly contribute to community-wide
sustainable growth goals.
The EWEB Master Plan was approved
by the city council in 2010, and the land
use application necessary to implement it
was endorsed by the planning commis-
sion earlier this year and adopted by the
council in early July.
Projects like EWEB depend on wide
support. By bringing diverse perspec-
tives to the table and collaborating with
other groups to nd common ground, the
Chamber is able to eectively champion
projects that benet us all.
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Participating in acilitated processes
like Envision Eugene is an important part
o the Chambers public policy
the Chamber also serves its me
in the much-needed role o
community organizer.
The City Councils vote on
was just such an issue, said N
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the value o a regional tran
system that supports growth, a
transportation is an important
comprehensive approach.
Public transportation is p
important to business, he added
system creates connections residential and business areas
everyone in the community eq
to its resources. And, property
transit routes increase at a h
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d oster additional investment, making
althy, sustainable growth possible.
But even ater years o planning work
d a ederal grant, the projects opponents
ere working to stop the much-needed
mX expansion on West 11 Avenue.
The Chamber, along with many others
higher education, the Oregon League
Conservation Voters, businesses, non-
ot organizations and community
aders saw the need or a strong, col-
ctive voice to advocate or transit, said
ancisco.
Joining together, the Chamber and
her community groups ormed Better
gene-Springeld Transit (BEST) to be
at voice. A 501(c)3 educational nonprot,
STs mission is to advocate or a regional
nsportation system that osters pros-rity, social equity and a healthy natural
vironment.
With its broad base o support, BEST
as able to eectively educate the public
d communicate its position to public
ofcials, said Francisco, who sits on an
advisory committee that advises the BEST
board on behal o business. The vote to
extend EmX to West Eugene passed 7 to 1
in the Council.
The Chamber was instrumental in
orming BEST to ensure that the needs oits membership were adequately repre-
sented in the debate, said Francisco.
A Communty Partner
The Chamber is committed to serving
as a constructive voice or business in
local and regional public policy debates.
Ten years ago, that voice may have been at
odds with organizations like 1,000 Friends
o Oregon or the League o Conservation
Voters. But today the Chamber actively
works with such diverse groups to ensure
the policies that aect our community
benet us all.
The Chamber represents many dier-
ent viewpoints, said Daniel. By bringing
a wide range o interests together, the
Chamber becomes a orce a respected
voice to which political decision-makers
look or assurance that there is broad sup-
port or an issue.
To make sure your voice is heard on
important issues like transportation and
land use planning that aect businesses,contact the Chamber at (541) 484-1314. Visit
the Chamber website at www.eugene-
chamber.com to learn about current public
policy issues.
To learn more
Visit the ollowing sites or more
inormation about the projects
mentioned in this article:
EWEB Master Plan
www.eugeneriverront.com
Envision Eugene
www.envisioneugene.org
Better Eugene-Springfeld Transit
www.EmXyes.org
LGAC reviews and takes
action on policy issues
that impact business
The Chambers Local Government
Aairs Council (LGAC) is a diverse group
o inuential business leaders who meet
weekly to review and take action on public
policy issues that impact business and the
local economy. Here are some o the is-
sues LGAC will be reviewing in the weeks
ahead:
The role of tax incentives in develop -
ment: Downtown redevelopment is a
priority or the Chamber, and we know
property tax incentives have played a role
in recent downtown development. What
should the role o tax incentives be going
orward? Are they necessary to redevel-
opment on certain sites? What impact do
they have on tax income? LGAC will take
up these questions as the Eugene City
Council continues to debate the uture o
tax incentives.
Legislative wrap-up: With the close of
a very busy legislative session, LGAC will
have an update rom J.L. Wilson
ated Oregon Industries. What w
pacts o this session be on local
What was the outcome on issues
members care about? And what
do going into the next legi slative
represent the interests o local bu
City Hall: A cornerstone o
ment, community and our d
City Hall is an important buildin
important site. Will a new City Ha
ute to the vibrancy o downtown
public space be better allocated
city hall site plan? As the City o
moves into the design phase orLGAC will look at the project and
ommendations to ensure the new
serves the needs o the commun
L O C A L G O V E R N M E N T A F F A I R S C O U N C I L
Taking a stand on issues that matterWhat should the role
o tax incentives be
going orward? Are
they necessary to
redevelopment on
certain sites?
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By Senator Chris Edwards
The 2013 legislative session ad-
journed on July 8, 2013 and I can report
that amidst all the disagreement and
debate that accompanies any Legisla-
tive session, there were very real and
signicant accomplishments. Many
o those accomplishments were over-
shadowed by the inability to reach bi-
partisan agreement on a revenue and
cost control package that would have
stabilized budgets or K-12 schools,
community colleges, mental health
services and other critical public ser-
vice needs. While I am personally dis-
appointed that party politics squashed
the possibility o a bargain between
revenue advocates and cost-control
hawks, there is much o which we
ought to be proud.
The leadership o local Legislators
allowed us to succeed in passing a
number o bills o statewide and local
signicance:
SB 270 established institutional
governing boards or the Univer-
sity o Oregon and other universities
around the state, to increase com-
munity engagement and investment
in institutions o higher education.
Local-level boards will increase com-
munity engagement and philanthropic
investment in institutions o higher
education, creating an opportunity to
hold down the cost o attending college.
Strategic investments in early
childhood development will ensure
that greater numbers o kids are enter-
ing kindergarten ready to learn. We
know that a childs entire school career
trajectory is negatively impacted i they
arent yet ready to learn when starting
kindergarten.
Strategic investments in other criti-
cal education initiatives will also ensure
better education or Oregon students.
Programs o ocus include early read-
ing, Career Technical Education (CTE)
opportunities, STEM (Science Technol-
ogy Engineering and Math) learning,
and educator eectiveness develop-
ment.
Funding was approved for the
Regional Accelerator and Innovation
Network (RAIN), a technology business
accelerator designed to support the
success o commercializing innova-
tive technologies and standing up new
private sector spinos and start-ups.
RAIN will provide a physical space and
a ormalized partnership between UO
and OSU in Eugene and Corvallis so the
best science and engineering minds at
the two universities can collaborate on
developing commercial applications o
new research and technologies that will
invigorate our local economy.
A pair of industrial lands bills, SB
246B and SB 253B, will create a new
ramework or Oregons cities and
counties to access loans and other
unds to cultivate an adequate supply
o development-ready industrial land.
This will help local governments cre-
ate much needed industrial lands to
invigorate local manuacturing and job
growth.
$80 million in funding was ap-
proved to build the Junction City
mental health hospital which will bring
2,300 local construction jobs between
now and 2015. Ater construction is
complete, 500-600 permanent living
wage jobs will have a lasting positive
impact on our local e conomy.
This is just a handul o good things
we accomplished in 2013. Should we
have done more to reign in costs, sta-
bilize revenue and improve education
budgets or the coming decades? Yes,
without a doubt. However, that should
not overshadow how ocused and
successul we were in accomplishing
many other important tasks that were
at hand.
Chris Edwards represents Senate
District 7 in the Oregon State Legislature.
He began his legislative service in 2006
with his election to the Oregon House of
Representatives.
While I am personally disappointed
that party politics squashed the
possibility o a bargain between
revenue advocates and cost-control
hawks, there is much o which we
ought to be proud.Sen. Edwards
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C E L E B R A T E T H E A R E A S L E A D I N G W O M E N
Nominations open or Woman Business Leader o the YeThe Eugene Area Chamber o Commerce is seeking
nominations or the annual Woman Business Leader o the
Year Award. In its sixth year, this award honors a successul
woman business owner or primary manager or her: busi-
ness success; career achievements; and contributions to the
community.
The nomination deadline is October 11. All nalists will be
honored and the winner announced at the award luncheon
to be held on Wednesday, Nov. 14 at the Hilton Eugene &
Conerence Center. The accomplishments o each nalist
will be recognized and highlighted beore and throughout
the event.
Past winners include: Anne Marie Levis, Funk/Levis &
Associates; Jeanne Staton, Staton Companies; Sabrina Par-
sons, Palo Alto Sotware; Shi rley Lyons, Dandelions Flowers
& Gits and Lorraine Kerwood.
For more inormation and to nominate a deserving
woman, ollow the links on the Chambers website homep-
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Jeanne Staton.
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Chrs Boone, Boone
insurance Assocates,
was recently recognized
as the 2012 Health Agent
of Year by National
Association of Insurance
and Financial Advisors
(NAIFA) Oregon2012.
www.booneinsuranceassociates.com
Ctzens Bankis pleased to announce Sarah
Haagean as commercial loan ofcer at the
Junction City ofce.
www.citizensEbank.com
CAWOOD recently promoted four of its team
members: Nchoe Hayward, senior account
executive; Mke Brown, web marketing
manager; Pau Adkns, web developer-
designer; and Jen Hagerman, production
manager.
www.cawood.com
Amber Keen has been
promoted to business
support ofcer, laure
Horton has been
promoted to assistant
vice president, eBusiness
product manager andMchee Corona has been
promoted to operations ofcer at Pacc
Contnenta Bank.
www.therightbank.com
B U S I N E S S N E W S
Steve Schua has joined
SystemsWest Engneers,
inc. Schual is a
mechanical engineer
and is, licensed as
alprofessionalrengineer in
Oregon and Hawaii.
www.systemswestengineers.com
Moss Adams, llP is proud to announce the
following new hires: Amanda Ryznar as staff
and Chrs Davs as a senior.
www.mossadams.com
Susaw Bankannounced:that Keey Ffarek
has been promoted to mortgage loan
specialist, and Wam (B) Renhard has been
hired as a commercial loan ofcer for Siuslaw
Banks privateg banking ofce.
www.siuslawbank.com
Geaves Swearngen, llP
is pleased to announce
that Jeffrey S. Sasbury
has joined the rm in an
of counsel role, focusing
his practice on investment
securities arbitration and
litigation, general commercial litigation, estate
planning, business and real estate law.
www.gleaveslaw.com
March of Dmes is pleased
to announce that Chad
Corde, director of business
development for Cascade
Tte, has taken on the role
of Lane County 2014 March
for Babies Chair. Chad has
made the commitment to raise $40,000 in new
revenue as part of the overall goal of $160,000
for next years event.
www.marchodimes.com
The Eugene Assocaton
of REAlTORS announced
Donna Charko, a broker
at Prudenta Rea
Estate Professonas, the
REALTOR of The Year.
www.eugenerealtors.org
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The Eugene Actve 20-
30 Cub has elected the
following ofcers, Meghan
McMahon, Cascade
Title Co., president,
Rogeo Casso, Arnold
Law Ofce, rst vice
president, Kate Workman, Market of Choice,
second vice president, Shannan Odum,
Industrial Source/National Fire Fighter
Corp., past president, Jonathan Nxon, State
Farm Insurance, secretary, Tate Name,
Nationwide Agribusiness, activator; and Jeff
Snger, Umpqua Bank, treasurer. Directors
are: Shreen Brazer, SSA Ofce, Mranda
Hendrcks, Nutrition 4 Life; Jon isaacson,
BELFOR Property Restoration; EmySchaffner, Charles P. Thompson & Associates.
www.eugene2030.org
Staszak Physca Therapy
& Weness Center
welcomes Patrca
lunsford, P.T., D.P.T.,
Cert. M.D.T., D.F.M.T. to its
practice.
www.staszakpt.com
Brad Smth, M.D., a board
certied and licensed
Audiologist, has joined
Gail Leslie, Au.D. and Sandi
Ybarra, Au.D. at Hearng
Assocates.
www.hearingassociates.net
Wes Fargos Business
Banking Group has hired
Mcah Adams as an
assistant vice president
and business relationship
manager in Eugene. In his
new role, Adams provides
nancial services to companies in Oregon and
S.W. Washington with annual sales of up to
$20 million.
www.wellsargo.com
Jennfer Escobedohas been promoted to
assistant vice president,
client service ofcer at
Pacc Contnenta Banks
High Street ofce.
www.therightbank.com
B U S I N E S S N E W S
NEDCO (Neighborhood Economic
Development Corporation) is pleased to
announce the addition of four members
to its Board of Directors: Betsy Hunter,
Housing and Community Services Agency
of Lane County; Chrstan Fox, Pacic Real
Estate Services, Inc.; Ron Kcoyne, Lane
Transit District; and legh Anne Mchae,
University of Oregon graduate student.
www.nedcocdc.org
The Pape Group announces the following
new hires: Maressa Surrett, marketing
coordinator/web and social media specialist
for Pap Machinery; Amber Poston, graphic
designer and marketing coordinator for
Pap Kenworth; Cay Dea, marketing
coordinator for Pap Machinery and Mchae
Rchardson, marketing coordinator for Pap
Material Handling.
www.pape.com
Busness News
Artwork by 13 local school childre
selected for the 2014 RecycleArt C
a free calendar produced by BRiN
the past 26 years. The calendar a
students understanding of the 4-
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Rethink
from participation in BRINGs eduprograms. Ten thousand copies o
calendar will be printed and hand
beginning in November. Cover art
Brady Gates, Crow Middle/High S
www.bringrecyling.org
B U S I N E S S N E W S
R. Jon Hofmeister
MBA 05President, Perpetua Power
Source Technologies
Seed money from the University Venture Development
Fund helped Jon Hofmeister lead Perpetua Power Source
Technologies to a multimillion-dollar investment. The UVDFalso funds education based on real-world experiences, as
well as translational research, helping to bring research
discoveries to market and to grow our next generation of
Oregon entrepreneurs. You can ensure that the UVDF will be
here to power the next generation. Your gift may qualify for a
60 percent Oregon income tax credit.
y
Poweringthe Next
Generation
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ectc Edge Racng was voted
e Best Race Website of 2012 by
nOregon. The site features a
ndard layout for each event making
easy to look up race information.
ww.ElecticEdgeRacing.com
e 86-year-old Eugene Actve 20-30
ub received many top awards at
e 2013 Active 20-30 Club national
nvention, including: outstanding club;
e top rated club in the country for
ger-sized clubs; outstanding member
esl McLean); and outstanding
esident (Michelle Christensen).
ww.eugene2030.org
tterson Physical Therapy & Wellness
nter has changed its name to
aszak Physca Therapy & Weness
nter and has moved to 488 E. 11th
e. ste. 150A. In addition, they have a
w website, www. staszakpt.com
Kudos
es Fargo Bank donated $10,000
NEDCO (Neighborhood Economic
velopment Corporation). The gift will
ow 20 local residents to take a class
to learn how to buy their rst homen.
www.wellsargo.com ,
www.nedcocdc.org
The Cow Creek Umpqua indan
Foundaton (CCUIF) recently awarded
grants to: Famy Reef Nursery,
$10,000; Food for lane County,
$10,000; Pear Buck Preschoo, $7,500;
and SheterCare, $10,000.
Kenda Auto Group wrapped up
its 2012-2013 Drive for Education
program, during which they donated
more than $175,000 to the 4J and
Bethel School Districts and individual
schools within those districts. Visit
www.kendallgivesback.com for more
information.
In partnership, Nnkas Brewng
Company and Sterng Bankdonated
$37,500 to local non-prots and
organizations throughout the Eugenearea this year. Six local organizations
received $6,250 each to help provide
needed support for advancing
each organizations mission in the
community. Those organizations
are: Food For Lane County; Junior
Achievement; Long Tom Watershed
Council; McKenzie River Trust and The
Berggren Demonstration Farm; Oregon
Cultural Trust; and United Way of Lane
County Day of Action Initiative.
www.ninkasibrewing.com
www.bankwithsterling.com
New Members
When you join the Eugene Area
Chamber of Commerce, you become
part of a vibrant and prosperous
community of creative entrepreneurs,
forward-thinking innovators and
visionary business leaders. Were
pleased to welcome these new
members who have chosen to t ake
advantage of the Chambers tools,
resources and expansive network to
grow their businesses:
APi, inc.
www.apioregon.com
Aqua Serene
www.aquaserene.com
Ask The Bug Man
www.askthebugmanoregon.com
U S I N E S S N E W S B U S I N E S S N E W S
Aurora innovatons
www.aurorainnovations.com
b2 Wne Bar/Eugene Wne Cears
www.b2winebar.com
Bee Soree
www.thebellesorelle.com
BJs Restaurant and Brewhouse
www.bjsrestaurants.com
Bucke
www.buckle.com
Caught-in-The-Act Productons
www.jaredthedj.com
Chvata Orthodontcs
www.eugenebraces.com
Custom Wndow Ceanng
(541) 554-2677
Duchn-Steee Consutng
www.duchinsteeleconsulting.com
Duers ATA Marta Arts
www.duersataoregon.com
Edgewood Anma Cnc
www.edgewoodanimalclinic.com
Eugene Dsc Gof
www.eugenediscgol.com
Famy Protecton & Defense
www.amilyprotection.us
Farmers insurance - Kym Housey
www.armersagent.com/khousley
Fnshlne Software llC
www.punchlist.net
Heron Meadows Apartments
www.heronmeadowsapts.com
insurance Word - Thomas Devereux
(541) 914-5325
internatona Ftness Sport
www.internationalftness.com
Jl Jones & Assocates, inc.
www.jljaa.com
lJ Tree Care
www.JJ-TreeCare.com
lovng Care Senor Referra Servce
www.senior-care-reerrals.com
mac tonc
www.mactonic.com
The Mattress Company
www.loveyournewbed.com
Mchae Stephenson insurance Agency,
inc.
www.armersinsurance.com
New Paradgms llC
www.newparadigmsllc.com
Ove Grand
www.olivegrand.com
Patnum-Age Merchant Servces
www.platinum-age.com
Reax The Back
www.relaxtheback.com/stores/eugene
Rent a Nurse llC
www.RentANurse.us
Rock internatona, inc.
www.rockintgroup.com
Second To None Tree Care
(541) 746-1976
Steee Group insurance Agency
www.steelegroup.ino
Stear industra Suppy, inc.
www.stellarindustrial.com
Sykes Enterprses, inc.
www.sykes.com
Wendy Gregory Photography - The
Studo
www.wendygregoryphotography.com
Western Oregon Weness Chropractc
- WOW Chropractc
(541) 653-8444
Wamettans inc. - Wamettans
Famy Cothng Optona RV Resort
www.willamettans.com
For updates on the Eugene Chamber
and its members, remember to checkout the Chamber on Facebook,
www.facebook.com/EugeneChamber.
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F O O D F O R T H O U G H T | B Y D A V E H A U S E R
Results-driven valuesemphasize collaboration
I learned very early in my proessional career that clearly
dening your belies and guiding principles is important to
any successul venture. Taking ownership o your values
and dening whats important to you creates a system that
will guide you through rough waters. I you dont dene
your values, someone else will, and you may nd yoursel
moving in a direction you dont like.
For an organization as large and di-
verse as the Eugene Cha mber, a strong
set o guiding principles is crucial to
helping us achieve our
important mission o
promoting a healthy lo-
cal economy. The values
adopted by our elected
board are:
Resuts The Eugene
Chamber will produce
tangible accomplish-
ments with clear links to
economic and com-
munity benets.
Regionalism When
one part o the region succeeds eco-
nomically, it benets the entire county.
The Eugene Chamber will support and
lead eorts to enhance the regions economic health.
Community The local community and economy are
inextricably linked each one inuencing the other. The
Eugene Chamber will work to understand diverse perspec-
tives around economic development issues within the
community in our eorts to produce positive results.
Communication The Chamber will champion the
contributions o a vital economy to our quality o lie and
actively educate the business community on issues and
opportunities important to its success.
Agnment The Chamber will identiy areas o com-
mon ground among various stakeholders and work to
leverage them into mutually benecial results consistent
with our mission.
Coaboratve leadershp The
Chamber will serve as a acilitator and
leader, helping build clear pathways
to action, realize opportunities, solve
problems and address
emerging economic
issues in a collaborative
way.
This issue o Open or
Business ocuses on the
Chambers eorts to seek
alignment, build trust
and develop collaborative
relationships to advance
important projects in the
community. Henry Ford
once said, I everyone is
moving orward together, then
success takes care o itsel. From
increasing available industrial lands
to revital- izing downtown, our partnerships with other
diverse groups have helped us achieve more together than
we could have alone.
Dave Hauser is the president of the Eugene Area
Chamber of Commerce, an 1 ,100-member community-
based organization dedicated to promoting a healthy local
economy
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