Oregon students were winners on Friday when Governor Kitzhaber announced plans for a new education investment board that would end Oregon’s fragmented approach to education budgeting and delivery. Read more…
DetailsOn January 28th, 2011 the City Club of Portland hosted a forum of Oregon business association leaders including Sandra McDonough of the Portland Business Alliance (PBA), Duncan Wyse, president of…
DetailsThe Oregon Business Plan call for creating mechanisms that allow utilities to earn a return on capital for investments in energy efficiency. Doing is good for consumers, the environment, and…
DetailsOver 140 private and public sector leaders attended a regional jobs summit put on by the Portland Business Alliance last Friday. The meeting was a follow on to theOregon Business…
DetailsLast fall a delegation of leaders from the Portland region visited Detroit on a Green Light Greater Portland “Best Practices” Trip. Check out the final report from the triphere.
The use of biomass will be exempt from the Obama administration’s new greenhouse gas regulations for three years, U.S. EPA announced last week, giving the agency more time to address…
DetailsYesterday the Governor, business leaders, educators and workers publicly launched a new initiative to help Oregon achieve its workforce development goals. TheNational Career Readiness Certificate helps employees gain a competitive…
DetailsThe OBP calls for preventing conversions of industrial lands to other uses. Bend is going through a struggle over this issue right now, as reported on Oregon Public Broadcasting. Read…
DetailsAfter meeting with his volunteer transition teams and the Oregon Business Plan Steering Committee, Governor John Kitzhaber announced seven job creation opportunities to begin working on immediately. Watch the video of the…
DetailsFive years ago, the talk of the Oregon Business Plan Summit was sustainability. Oregon’s green expertise would be its economic driver; its renewable energy industries would be leading the charge.…
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