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Dose of Reality Needed to Face State's Economy

Posted by: Administrator Account on 12/11/2010
With Thanksgiving over and having been appropriately mindful of all that for which we should be thankful, it's time to redirect our attention to something more troubling.

A week from Monday at the Portland Convention Center the eighth almost-annual Oregon Business Plan Summit will meet to discuss and deliberate on how to move forward in creating Oregon's economy of the future.

 Read more from Jack Roberts collumn in the Oregonian 12.2.10
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