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Cover story

12The food and beverage

manufacturing industry is thrivingin the Eugene area, posing strong

gains both in employment figures

and in number of businesses. And

projections suggest this is just the beginning.

Pictured on the cover: Whit Hemphill, co-owner of

Wildtime Foods

News

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Shipping services, beverage

distributors, restaurants, cold storage

services, contractors and grocers,

too, all see the impact of food and beverage

manufacturing on their own businesses.

22How local food manufacturers of tea, ice

cream and natural foods are investing in

capital projects and bringing dollars to

Lane County.

Extras

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Updates to the Chamber Members

Directory

Columns/Departments

5Chamber @ Work What the Eugene Chamber is doing to

support and promote businesses in the

Eugene area.

8Four Questions.

Learn about the leaders behind local business

success stories PakTech, Euphoria Chocolate

and Singing Dog Vanilla.

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Business News

Promotions, new hires, and new

members

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Chamber Staff

Katherine Movalson

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Brittany Quick-WarnDirector of Business

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THIS ISSUE

Nigel Francisco, Chair

CFO, Ninkasi Brewing Company

Cathy Worthington, Treasurer

Worthington Business Services

Mandy Jones, Chair-elect

CEO, Oregon Community CreditUnion

Craig Wanichek, Past Chair

President/CEO, Summit Bank

Chris Boone, Vice Chair

Business Advocacy

President, Boone Insurance

Associates

Dana Siebert, Vice Chair

Economic Development

EVP, Green Energy Corp.

Harriet Cherry, Vice Chair

Organizational Development

Principal, PIVOT Architecture

Sarah BennettPrincipal, Bennett Management &

Downtown Athletic Club

Cheryl Boyum

CEO, Cascade Health Solutions

Cale Bruckner

President, Concentric Sky

Jason Lafferty

General Manager,

SnoTemp Cold Storage

Scott Lindstrom

Exec. Vice President,

Jerry’s Home Improvement Center

Jamie Moffitt

VP of FIN/Admin & CFO,

University of Oregon

Ralph Parshall

General Manager,

Mercedes Benz of Eugene

Thomas Pettus-Czar

Owner, The Barn Light

Stephanie Seubert

Partner, Evans, Elder & Brown, Inc.

Mary Spilde

President, Lane Community College

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CHAMBER@WORK

Congratulations to Code3Simulator and Agility Roboticsfor taking home part of the record-breaking $1.2 millionin investor funding at the Willamette Angels Conference,founded in part by the Eugene Area Chamber of Commerce.This year we had record applicants, record investor diversityand record conference attendees, demonstrating that thestart-up community is thriving in the Willamette Valley.

A $300,000 investment went to Code3Simulator, asoftware company that enables cities to optimize fire/EMSservice delivery with data-driven strategies. Agility Robotics,a company that designs and builds robotic solutions fortelepresence, delivery and logistics, received a $100,000investment. Lola’s Fruit Shrubs, a Eugene based startup,won the Launch Stage Competition and $2,500 from PaloAlto Software. Additional “sidecar” investments went to otherfinalists and several past winners also received additionalfunding.

WAC boasts record $1.2 million investor funding

Marc Manley, Carl Niedner, and Chester Ornes ofCode3Simulator accept their $300,000 check at theWillamette Angel Conference.

The 942 Olive building is officiallyopen with 12,800-square-feet of spacedesigned to emphasize innovation,partnerships and opportunities. “This isgoing to be a space where talented youngminds are going to feel free to sculpt theideas of tomorrow, and that’s so excitingto me.” UO President Michael Schill saidin his remarks at the building’s officialribbon cutting.

The building is home to the university’sProduct Design Program, Tyler InventionGreenhouse, and Eugene RegionalAccelerator and Innovation Network

(RAIN). The three occupants have theirown devoted sections, but 942 OliveStreet boasts numerous shared spacesand is intentionally designed to foster

interaction and collaboration betweenstudents, entrepreneurs, researchersand others innovators. It brings thelatest ideas in sustainability and greenchemistry, product design studios andRAIN’s entrepreneurial activities togetherunder one roof in the heart of Eugene’sburgeoning innovation district.

Exposed brick and other originalarchitectural elements from the 1908

building are visible, but the modern space

features labs and design spaces outfittedwith tools such as a 3-D printer and alaser cutter. Two “phone booths” provideprivacy for making cell phone calls andSkype calls, and the building is outfittedwith high-speed internet access courtesyof the downtown fiber project backed by

the City of Eugene and the Eugene Water

& Electric Board.The Olive Street building has been

several years in the works. It was soldto the University of Oregon for $1 in thespring of 2015 by the C ity of Eugenethrough its urban renewal agency, andthe building underwent a $3 million

renovation.

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6 OPEN FOR BUSINESS | EUGENE AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

CHAMBER@WORK

Congratulations to the 28 graduates ofthis year’s Leadership Eugene-SpringfieldProgram. Through monthly, day-long

sessions, they have each broadened theirknowledge and awareness of communityissues and strengthened their personalleadership skills. Seminars range frominfrastructure and public policy to

community history and human services.Trainings include conflict resolution,facilitation and presentation skills.

Each year Leadership Eugene-

Springfield generates knowledgeable,networked, and skilled leaders ready toadvocate and represent the communityas they interact with government

business and non-profits and create apositive local future.

The program runs from October toMay and applications for the 2016-17progam will be available midsummer. For

more information, contact [email protected].

Leadership program graduates 28

Nick Balthrop, Gaydos, Churnside & Balthrop; Amy Beazley, Royal Caribbean; Jenny Bennett, Summit Bank; Scott Chase, TwinRivers Baptist Church; Chelsea Clinton, Oregon Department of Education; Jennifer Connors, EWEB; Jayson Davis, Summit

Bank; Michael Dunne, Pacific Continental Bank; Bob Forester, Barrett Business Services; Emily Gray, Moss Adams; Kyle Hauser,Moss Adams; Matt Hilton, Pacific Continental Bank; Chelsea Holland-Bak, PeaceHealth; Kyle Hughes, KLCC- Lane CommunityCollege; Sean Huntington, SELCO Community Credit Union; Holly Jimenez, Oregon Community Credit Union; Sasha Luftig, LaneTransit District; Lori Mace, SpringWell Health Center/ The Cannery; Nick Nelson, Realty One; Rachelle Nicholas, City of Eugene-Finance; Ashley Petsch, Eugene Symphony Association; Thomas Pettus-Czar, The Barn Light; Joshua Purvis, TechnologyAssociation of Oregon; Sam Roberts, Hutchinson Cox; Valerie Sharr, Junior League of Eugene; Caitlin Vargas, Eugene Mission;Cynthia Vignos, NeuroSpine Institute; and Tara Wibrew, Oregon Contemporary Theatre

Special thanks toHorsepower Productions,Essig Entertainment, OnamiCommercialization, The Inn atDiamond woods, RAIN, SigmaInvestment Management,HP, TRADI, Hershner Hunter,as well as our partner,the Corvallis Chamberof Commerce. Platinumsponsors are shown at right.

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8 OPEN FOR BUSINESS | EUGENE AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

JamieChristopher Sales & Marketing

Operations Manager,

PakTech

PakTech designs and manufactures eco- friendly plastic handles for food and beverages

as well as household and consumer goods.

How did PakTech get started? How

did you land in Eugene?

Jim Borg, our president and founder,started Oregon Precision Industries in1988. He and his family have strongOregon ties. OPI did a lot of injectionmolding projects, mostly focusing on theneeds of industry in and around Eugene.In the 1990s a dairy company came to him

and asked if he could put two milk jugstogether for a new project for a relativelynew store called Costco. Te rest is history.

My wife and I moved to Oregon in2008 and decided we wanted to stay inEugene with our brand new baby boy. Icame to Pakech about five years ago. Wehave found success and growth together,and it is a great company to work with.

What trends are shaping your

industry/business?

Te club stores are not only selling bulk

packaging in large containers, but alsosingle serve containers in a multi-packageformat. We are able to serve both types ofpackaging well, and our ability to design,sell, manufacture and ship from one loca-tion gives us the ability to make changesand be dynamic for our customers andtheir needs.

We started making 100% recyclablecan handles from post-consumer recycled

resin about 5 or 6 years ago. Tey provide98% coverage of the top of the can, and weoffer them in 31 standard colors, makingthe cans look great. We are positioned atthe center of the craft-brewery explosionand its having a positive effect on ourgrowth. Plus, other industries have becomeinterested in our can handles so we expectto see our growth continue.

What about your business is uniquely

Eugene?

We constantly hear surprise when wetell people we manufacture our products inEugene. Most people expect it to be doneoverseas.

Our commitment to customer serviceand quality allows us to keep good manu-facturing jobs right here.

Why would you recommend the

Chamber to a friend?

Pakech has benefited from the train-ing and networking opportunities. Tetraining is afforded to any employee, inany position. From formal networkingevents, to informal conversations withother local companies, our involvementin the Chamber and Chamber eventshas paid dividends. For these reasons, we

would recommend participation to anyEugene company.

FOUR QUESTIONS We asked local businesses to respond to questions that give insight into

their companies and the value of their Eugene Chamber membership.

Jamie Christopher says people are often surprised to hear PakTechmanufactures most of their products in Eugene.


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FOUR QUESTIONS

Bonnie Glass

Co-Owner, Euphoria Chocolate

Euphoria Chocolate Company has been

offering handcrafted artisan chocolates using

locally sourced products since 1980.

How did you get into the chocolate

business?

My husband Van and I became theowners of Euphoria Chocolate in 2014

when the founder was ready to retire. Ithas been an amazing adventure where wehave relied on our interest in all thingsculinary, short stints in the food produc-tion industry and most of all - our loveof chocolate. Euphoria is truly a Eugenecompany. It started here and grew thanksto community support. We want to keepthat spirit alive as we make changes thatallow the company to grow.

What trends are shaping your

industry/business?

Te chocolate industry is at a fascinat-ing point where consumers are actively en-

gaged and driving everything from productsourcing to unique flavors. rying to be“all-things-to-all-people” is a sure way todrive yourself crazy, but we need to stayrelevant to the consumer, too!

Te bean-to-bar movement withinthe chocolate industry appealed to us im-mediately. Te opportunity to be a craftchocolate maker was something we couldnot pass up. Van has spent the last 16months perfecting the process of roastingcocoa beans and turning them into mouth-

watering chocolate worthy of the Euphorianame.

We can’t wait to make this truly artisanproduct available to our customers.

What would you tell someone who is

thinking about opening a business in

Eugene?

Find a networking group and get toknow people in the community! Eugeneis unique and building relationships cansave you a lot of heartache, time and mon-ey. People who have been around a whileknow the business climate, local suppliersand just about anything else you may needto know. Tat kind of an inside track canbe a huge help. Tere are organizations in

Eugene that cover everything – location-specific groups, business-to-businessgroups, industry groups. Find one or two

who are a good fit for your needs and en-gage regularly.

I also think Eugene is unique andamazing community that truly supportsand buys local. As a retailer of locally madeproducts, this kind of customer loyalty isinvaluable.

What element of the Chamber

has been most beneficial to your

company? Te Chamber has been an excellent

resource. In April we attended a trainingthat will help us as we prepare for federallymandated changes in the food productionindustry. Te Chamber bringing the train-ing to Eugene means that more of our staffcan attend and be better educated. I lookforward to more programs like this whichhelp companies and their employees.

Euphoria Chocolate co-owner Bonnie Glass says the opportunity to be a craftchocolate maker was something they could not pass up.


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FOUR QUESTIONS

Marty ParisienCo-founder, Singing Dog Vanilla

Singing Dog Vanilla produces organic pure vanilla extract and

organic vanilla beans and a range of vanilla products distributed all

over the world.

How did your company get started and land in Eugene?

Bill Wiedmann and I founded Singing Dog Vanilla on AprilFool’s Day, 2004 in Kailua, Hawaii. We’d been working togetherthroughout the Pacific assisting farmers with marketing, finance,and productivity improvements.

At the time I was reading a book by Seth Godin called PurpleCow and read, “But vanilla is boring. You can’t build a fast-growingcompany around vanilla.” When I read that I thought, “What agreat idea! Build a company around vanilla” (If you read the wholebook you will see that we took those lines a bit out of context).

About that time Bill was introduced to people from Papua, New

Guinea, that grew vanilla. (We later expanded into Indonesia where most of our growing now takes place.)It became clear that we needed to be on the Mainland to gain

momentum. My wife and I both graduated from UO and lovedthe area. In 2005 we moved Singing Dog Vanilla to Eugene andin 2006 we set up our second office and a bottling plant in SpringCity, Pennsylvania near Bill and his wife.

What might someone be surprised to know about your

company?

People are often surprised that we do our own distribution.

Since we have warehouses on both coasts we are able to get vanillaproducts to customers in three days or less. We are also sold allover Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, aiwan, and Japan.

We created our own open-source Fair rade Plus+ program,under which we pay market price for their crops and share a per-centage of our sales with our partner farmers that grow our vanilla.

We happily share the use of this mark with other companies that

choose to do the same.

What about your business is uniquely Eugene?

Our offices and warehouses smell amazing. We are next door totwo coffee roasters and a commercial bakery. Not a bad smellingneighborhood.

Our customers and crew in Eugene resonate with our sillyname and perks like employee birthdays as paid holidays. We alsouse made-up names: In our Vanillaverse, people who love vanillaare called Vanillaphiles, my sailboat is named Vanillatude, our talksat stores are called Vanillavents, and our sample packet is called a(…wait for it) MiniVanilli.

What element of the Chamber has been most beneficial to your company?

As an international player in a very specialized market, we haveto pay close attention to regulations and laws all around the world.It’s easy to forget that local measures sometimes have a significantimpact on our company, like Prop 65 in California or a Free radeagreement with Korea. Te most beneficial service that the EugeneChamber of Commerce has provided to us is the monitoring oflocal legislation and regulations that may affect us and then orga-nizing a forum for us to learn more.

Singing Dog Vanilla co-founder Marty Parisien says the most beneficial service the Eugene Chamber of Commerce hasprovided him was the monitoring of local legislation and regulations that affect his business.


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BY CARA ROBERTS MUREZ

PHOTOS BY DAVID LOVEALL

Whether it’s a healthy muesli breakfast, a dish of ice cream, a chilled glassof beer or a mug of hot tea at the end of a long day, it is made here — andshipped all over the country and the world.

Tese foods and drinks are just a few of the many edible products that workers brew, mix and bake at Eugene-Springfield area business.

Food and beverage manufacturing is thriving right now in this community,but it ’s also an industry that has deep roots, with manufacturing of consum-ables dating back many decades in Lane County.

Tanks in part to the fact that food is essential, the local industry wasresilient during the great recession, and has been growing since the recovery

with gains both in employment figures and in number of businesses.Projections suggest this is just the beginning.“We lost a lot of manufacturing during the great recession, but the food

and beverage sector just kind of flattened out and then continued to growright when the recession was over,” said Brian Rooney, regional economist forLane and Douglas counties for the Oregon Employment Department.

It “has had substantial growth since then,” Rooney added.Between 2010 and 2015, the number of businesses that make up Lane

County’s food and beverage sector grew from 125 to 144, according to Or-egon Employment Department figures. Te sector includes businesses thatmanufacture food and beverages, as well as merchant wholesalers of grocery,farm products and distilled spirits, beer and wine.

Jobs in the sector increased by 23 percent during that time frame, from2,907 to 3,572.

Even in 2011, when other manufacturing had not climbed out of therecession, food and beverage manufacturing was building.

Projections made in 2012 were that employment would grow by 13.2 per-

Food farand wide

The Eugene area food and beverage sectorposts strong gains and reaches global markets


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Ninkasi Communications DirectorAli AAsum and Vice President ofOperations Jennifer Olson Morzenstand in front of Ninkasi’s tastingroom in Eugene.


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cent over 10 years in the sector. So far businessis on track to significantly bypass that number,Rooney said.

Growth was a little over 15.6 percent inthe first three years. Tat would represent a 52

percent growth rate overall if the growth con-tinued over the full 10-year period, Rooneysaid.

“It looks like 2015 is going to be the sec-ond strongest growth year since the end of therecession in 2010,” Rooney said.

Looking ahead

Te growing success of the products craftedhere has made this industry something thearea is now known for throughout Oregon, inother states and even internationally.

In recent years, especially, Eugene has

developed an identity as a manufacturer ofquality craft beer, cereals, frozen desserts, teas,snack foods and honey, making it a highlyimportant sector that brings money back intothis community and provides family-wage

jobs. Tis also has set the tone for what it’s liketo live here.

Te Eugene Chamber wants to capitalizeon this opportunity for local businesses.

Te Chamber supports traded-sectorbusinesses, helping them solve issues and take

advantage of the many growth opportunities, with the goal of retaining and creating jobs inthe Eugene-Springfield area.

Te Eugene Chamber along with EWEBand Lane Workforce Partnership identifiedthe Food and Beverage sector as one of theeconomic engines of the community with agreat amount of room for growth potential,more even than the nearly 150 food and bev-erage companies already here and the nearly

3,500 people they employ. Te Chamber is committed to working

with their partners in economic developmento be a leader in developing and implementinga plan to grow the food and beverage manu-

facturing sector in our region.In January 2016, the Eugene Chamber

convened more than 30 food and beverageleaders to discuss barriers and opportunitiesfor growth in Lane County. Te sector identi-fied six top areas where the sector strategiesteam can work to better support the industry.

Te team is working to start, grow andattract more food and beverage companies, tostreamline regulations and permitting, and tosmooth the cost of utilities, said Leigh AnneHogue, director of economic development fothe Chamber of Commerce.

It also is formulating plans for brandingand promoting Lane County, building astronger workforce and increasing collabora-tion within the industry, Hogue added.

SnoTemp Cold Storage

Te success of the industry is on displayat Snoemp Cold Storage in West Eugene

where at any given time the fruits – and vegetables – of many local harvests, as well acases of craft beer created by Eugene brewers

CEO Jason Lafferty’s company, SnoTemp, provides an integral link in the food supply chain, keeping food cold and safe.

Related storiesShipping services, beveragedistributors, restaurants, cold

storage services, contractors andgrocers see the impact of food andbeverage manufacturing. Page 20

Eugene has developed an identityas a manufacturer of quality craftbeer, cereals, frozen desserts, teas,snack foods and honey, making it ahighly important sector that bringsmoney back into this communityand provides family-wage jobs.Page 22


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ice cream mixed a few miles away and granolabaked in ovens in the Whiteaker neighbor-hood, wait in cold and freezing spaces for theirnext destinations.

Here at this family-owned freezing and

storage business, it is possible to see a snap-shot of the vast diversity of Lane County’sfood and beverage manufacturing industry.

Each dome that tops Snoemp’s 235,000square-foot structure represents an expansion,from the original 1957 building to the 8thexpansion in 2014. Te result is over 5 footballfields of space storing everything from rawgoods to finished desserts awaiting shipmentto local grocers and far off locations through-out the United States and the world.

“We are only successful if our customersare successful,” Snoemp CEO Jason Lafferty

said. “It’s been really encouraging to watch thefood and beverage ecosystem build out.”

At Snoemp, the company provides anintegral link in the food supply chain, keepingfood cold and safe.

Te Lafferty family has owned its freezingand storage businesses in Eugene and Albanysince 1957 and 1974, respectively, unitingthem under the same name in 2010.

Te business employs about 100 people,three-fourths of them in Eugene wheretemperature-controlled warehouse space

ranges from 20 degrees below zero to ambienttemperature.In addition to preservation, the business

offers food and beverage manufacturers inven-tory control and order fulfillment services.

Lafferty has witnessed firsthand the boomin craft brewing and in local frozen dessertmanufacturing. He said he has seen the areatransition from being a good incubator forthese businesses to being a place where theycan mature, as well.

Snoemp has invested in its own future by

adding a second entrance for trucks in 2013and investing more than $1 million in energyefficiency in the past half-dozen years.

“If we didn’t exist, everybody would haveto build their own warehouse,” Lafferty said.

“Te value that we provide is that we takethe whole warehousing and logistics piece fromour customer, and let them focus their capitalon making products and selling products.”

Ninkasi Brewing Company

Eugene’s own Ninkasi Brewing Companyhas experienced that first-hand, using Sno-

emp’s services to keep its beer cold and readyfor customers.

Craft beer’s brewing success during andsince the recession is certainly among the

reasons that the sector is successful.Ninkasi – which started in mid-2006 in

leased space within a Springfield Restaurant –is at the center of that success, producing morethan 100,000 barrels this past year, making i

the 36th largest craft brewer in the country. Te beer manufacturing company, owned

by Jamie Floyd and Nikos Ridge and aptlynamed after the Sumerian goddess of fer-menting, operates in the Whiteaker neigh-borhood. Its extensive space spans a city streetits campus framed by walls in the brewer’ssignature teal-and-black color scheme.

Te company operates a 55-barrel and a90-barrel brewing system, has a tasting roomand tours for beer fans, and runs its own meta

Ninkasi operates a 55-barrel and a 90-barrel brewing system. They employ 109people, a majority of them locally, and sell their beer in 14 states.

The Chamber’s Role

• Sector strategy partnerships• Industrial Lands development

• Expanding Industrial Land

Supplies• Manufacturing workforce

development• Business retention and

expansion• Business advocacy


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shop. Ninkasi employs 109 people, a majorityof them locally, and sells its beer in 14 states.

Its first beer – otal Domination IPA – isstill one of its flagships, but now shares thelimelight with six additional flagships, fiveseasonal beers, special releases each quarter

and a single-batch research and developmentseries that lets the brewers flex their creativegenius while taking the company back to itssmall-scale roots.

“For us it was the right time with that rightbeer and it’s just kind of grown from there,”said Communications Director Ali AAsum.

Ninkasi wants to make great beer and sup-port its community, AAsum said. Te compa-ny works closely with local business, includingSnoemp and printer Shelton urnbull.

“A lot of things that we do here are within the community,” said Jennifer Olson-

Morzenti, vice president of operations forNinkasi. “We’ve tried to stay within that andhelp grow the economy as well.”

“What we bring to the community, along with the other food and beverage (manufac-turers), is the sustainable jobs, the living wagesand working together as a group to continueto support that,” Olson-Morzenti added.

Wildtime Foods

Te thriving industry is great news for localfood manufacturers like Wildtime Foods, whichhas operated in this community for 35 years.

When this natural foods business beganin the early 1980s, the owners sold granoladelivered by bicycle. Tough it has come along way in sophistication and sales, WildtimeFoods has never veered from its hand-madebeginnings.

In the first floor of its two-story space, alsoin the Whiteaker area, not far from carefullyorganized boxes of cashews and tubs of oil,employees pour in grains, nuts and dried fruitsby hand to make products such as its OrganicSwiss Muesli sold in stores under the Griz-zlies Brand.

Many of the granolas, cereals and trailmixes that the company produces are mixedby hand, baked in small ovens and packagedin the same building before being distributedto local stores and shipped to natural foodsgrocers in Manhattan, Vermont and ampa,Florida.

“Tere’s a level of consistency and quality,but there’s also a uniqueness when it comesto texture and appearance and flavor that canbe achieved” through the handmade process,

said Whit Hemphill, who has been co-ownerof the company for about four years withBrad Averill, who bought Wildtime Foodsin 2001.

Wildtime Foods employs about 30 peoplenow, almost doubling its numbers after mov-ing to its new location a year and a half ago.

One of the perks of being an employee is a

food allowance for Grizzlies products, whichcreates an effective quality control at the com-pany, as well.

“If anything changed, we would certainlyhear about it because we have a vocal – in agood way – crew that takes pride in what theymake,” Hemphill said.

Te national movement to eat foodsourced locally, organically or with familiaringredients, has been a boon to natural foodmanufacturers.

Sales of organic food in particular wereup 11 percent in 2014 from the previous yearaccording to the Organic rade Associationnearing a milestone of a 5 percent share of thetotal food market and totaling $39.1 billion insales.

Yet, Hemphill said, his is not a companythat has ever pursued the latest trends.

“We’ve been pioneers in the sense tha we’ve been doing it a long time,” Hemphilsaid, “but at the same time we haven’t had togo out and spend a ton of marketing dollarsto try to get the message into people’s heads.”

Attune Foods

In recent years, many local businesses havereceived national attention and dollars, whichin some cases has led to major capital invest-ments (see related story).

Tese companies include the Peace ce-

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Whit Hemphill, co-owner of Wildtime Foods, says the company employs about 30,almost doubling its numbers after moving to its new location a year and a half ago.


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real line that was a part of local natural foodscompany Golden emple and is now made by

Attune Foods, owned by Post Holdings. Attune Foods, which produces Peace,

Sweet Home Farm, Erewhon, Uncle Sam, At-tune, Willamette Valley and Golden emplebulk brands, makes nearly 50 million poundsof granola annually in Eugene. Te companyemploys 300 people at its Eugene location.

“When I started (15 years ago), we hadone oven and one packaging line,” said ChrisCameron, senior director of supply chain for

Attune Foods. “We now have two ovens, twoextruders and five packaging lines.”

Attune Foods specializes in the naturaland specialty cereal market. Te companysells its products in almost every state, as wellas abroad in places such as South Africa andSingapore.

It also has a commitment to feeding thehungry, donating 1.2 million servings of cerealto school kids, in a collaboration with other

local businesses Grain Millers and GloryBee,since 2006, Cameron said.

Among the reasons for the company’s suc-cess are its location.

Te Eugene location ensures easy accessto food technologists for testing products forsafety and quality at area universities and inPortland without having to deal with the con-gestion and higher cost of doing business that

would come with being located in Portland,Cameron said.

Catalysts for growth

Eugene is a good place for food and bever-age manufacturers in part because it has closeaccess to a broad range of agricultural productsgrown in the Willamette Valley and along the

West Coast between the Yakima Valley andCalifornia. We also have access to great waterto support the breweries.

Infrastructure, including commercial space,access to energy due to other types of manu-facturing, and proximity to Interstate 5 andrailways have also contributed to the growth,

regional economist Rooney said. Te Food and Beverage Sector Strategy

Project led by the Eugene Area Chamber ofCommerce will continue its focused work inthis sector over the next three to five years,

Hogue said. Te goal is to build upon those strategies

and increase food and beverage sector growth. Tis has the potential to positively affect foodand beverage manufacturers, but also wouldimpact many other related businesses, includ-ing printing, packaging, shipping, advertising,food storage, real estate and construction, and

would create jobs.Food and beverage manufacturing can help

define a community, Rooney said. If the prod-

ucts have a good reputation, that helps withoverall perception of the area. We also have astrong talent base, partially because the talenmoves between businesses in the cluster, gain-ing experience that makes everyone stronger.

Lane County has long had a variety ofgrassroots food manufacturers, and the grow-ing number of these businesses says somethingabout the community itself, said Hemphilfrom Wildtime Foods.

“In terms of the innovation and the differ-ent products that are here and the small busi-nesses,” Hemphill said, “I think that speaka lot to the independent nature of peoplethat move to Eugene and that want to livehere.”

Attune Foodshas receivedboth nationalattention anddollars, saysChris Cameron,senior directorof supply chain.

Lane County 2015 foodand beverage statistics

• 144 food and beveragemanufacturing companies

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When food and beverage manufacturerscreate their products, it is – of course – a criti-cal step in the process.

But it isn’t the only one. Te products need packaging. Tey require

labeling to make their goods stand out onshelves and in coolers.

Shipping services, beverage distributors,restaurants, cold storage services, contractorsand grocers, too, all see the impact of food andbeverage manufacturing on their own busi-nesses.

“Manufacturing in particular has a lot ofsecondary benefits to other industries,” said

Brian Rooney, regional economist for Laneand Douglas counties for the Oregon Em-ployment Department.

Tat includes not only food and beveragemanufacturing but all manufacturing, whichcan provide good-paying jobs. Exports of

products brings money back to the commu-nity, Rooney said. Tis can also help in otherareas, such as demand for housing, goods and

services. Te impact of the industry is even greater

still, said Leigh Anne Hogue, director ofeconomic development for the Eugene AreaChamber of Commerce, when you considerthat all businesses, really, benefit from a suc-cessful industry such as this one.

raded-sector industries set the founda-tion for the entire local economy, Hoguesaid. Tis includes a variety of businessesthat might seem more peripheral, such asbanks, restaurants and insurance companies.

Without the manufacturing jobs, Hogue said,other businesses in the community could notstart or grow because the disposable incomeneeded to buy those goods and services wouldnot be here.

Te food and beverage sector includes gro-

cery, farm product and wine/beer wholesalers. Te annual average employment in 2014

for those food and beverage wholesalers wa

1,214 people, a number that has remainedstable the past couple years, Rooney said.

Printing, in particular, is a type of businessthat has seen a benefit from local food andbeverage manufacturing, especially from thebooming craft brewing industry.

“Printing for most of the past decade or sohas been trending downward because we’reseeing more news and advertising done elec-tronically,” Rooney said.

“But food is one of those things that people want to buy in person as opposed to over theInternet,” he added. “Terefore, we still needsome packaging and labeling.”

Printing and related support servicesdropped from about 800 employees in 2001to a bottom point of 287 in 2011, Rooneysaid. It has had an upturn since then, with 350

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Te company prints labels for boththe wine and beer industries, includingfor more than 60 craft breweries, saidmarketing manager Sarah Evans.

Te business experienced the down-turn in the market, not in publishing butin printing forms and other marketingand sales materials. People became morestrategic about what they would print

versus what they would produce elec-tronically, Evans said.

In the craft beer industry, many brew-eries have their own artists design thelabels, but they choose an outside printerto ensure good printing quality and helptheir products stand out, Evans said.

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ing a player in food packaging overallis people who understand that theirproduct needs to have, their labels andtheir packaging need to have, the samequality that represents their product,”Evans said.

SPARKS demand for real estate

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East West ea Company, Oregon IceCream Co., and GloryBee all have expansionprojects in the works. Each expects these sig-nificant capital investments will be worthwhileover the long term.

“Tere’s a lot of growth opportunity,”explained Eric Eddings, president and CEOfor Oregon Ice Cream, including double-digitgrowth nationally in natural and conventional

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Oregon Ice Cream is investing between$8 million and $10 million in its Eugene icecream plant to increase production volume

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Oregon Ice Cream was established as afamily business 78 years ago, first under the

name Dutch Girl Ice Cream. Over the years,the company changed hands a couple of times,most recently in 2014 when it was purchasedby Branch Brook Holdings, based in New

Jersey.

Tough headquarters for Oregon IceCream are in Camas, Wash., the manufactur-ing plant is located in Eugene.

Te company employs 125 to 160 people,depending on the season, making ice creamsfor food service and retail customers, as well asco-packing ice cream bars for other companies,

including illamook, Yasso and Coconut Bliss.Its own brands are Alden’s Organic, Julie’s

Organic and Cascade Glacier ice creams.

Te company is demolishing part of itsexisting plant and adding on an 8,000 squarefoot new structure. It also is retrofitting exist-ing buildings.

“So we’re bringing in a combination of newconstruction as well as significant investmenin new equipment,” Eddings said.

Eddings said the investment will addtechnology that should draw more highlyskilled- and highly-compensated, labor.

Oregon Ice Cream has made it a point touse local businesses on the expansion, Eddingssaid, including local contractor Ryan TomaConstruction, SSW Engineers and KnifeRiver.

“o be able to use the local vendors. Ta just stimulates the local economy in general,Eddings said. “It’s a win-win for everybody.”

East West Tea Company

East West ea Company, which make Yogi eas, is in the planning stages for itexpected new 175,000 square foot tea factory

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locations, and would enable them to doubletea production, Khalsa said.

Te company, which operates in the UnitedStates and Europe, makes about 60 percent ofits tea in Springfield.

Yogi was once part of the Golden emple

company, making cereals starting in the 1970s. Te company began making tea in this com-munity in the early 1990s. Te cereal partof the business was sold in 2010. East West

ea Company is owned by the Sikh Dharmareligious community.

Yogi makes about 60 varieties of tea. Itemploys 129 people, with 111 of them in theEugene/Springfield area.

Te capital investment project is expectedto cost between $15 and $20 million.

“We see a lot of potential and a lot ofgrowth,” Singh.

GloryBee

GloryBee, which was founded in 1975 byDick and Pat uranski in Eugene, is ready togrow, too, said RaeJean Wilson, a member ofthe next generation in the family business.

Te company is ever cautious to not grow

more quickly than the market can support, said Wilson, who is senior executive vice president.

Currently GloryBee has almost 115,000square feet of space divided between two build-ings on North Seneca Road and Airport Road.

A plan to purchase a 30-acree site in WestEugene with a 68,000 square foot building

is still pending, Wilson said. Te company would plan to keep its Airport Road facility,the larger of its current two, and renovate thenew acquisition into a 70,000 square footproduction facility.

GloryBee is both an ingredient supplier,providing honey and liquid sweeteners for

other companies’ finished products and amanufacturer of its own Aunt Patty’s andGloryBee branded products.

Te company employs 200 people. Tat’a significant increase, about 55 people, morethan they employed just four years ago, Wil-son said.

“We believe that our industry will juscontinue to grow,” Wilson said.

“We’re excited for the other food andbeverage companies in our community,” sheadded. “We’re excited that we can really alpartner and work together to continue tomake this a great place to thrive.”

Key capital investmentsCaptial investments by the food and beverage industry in Lane County

COMPANY INVESTMENT SQUARE FOOTAGE

Oregon Ice Cream $8-$10 million 8,000

East West $15-$20 million 175,000

Glory Bee Undisclosed 70,000


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Science Factory named PeggyWhalen as the firstDevelopment Directorin its organization’shistory. She has

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experience, including serving on boardsand in executive leadership positionsprimarily in social and human services.

Lee Tracy joined theMeadow OutdoorAdvertising sales teamas the new Regional

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an experienced outdoor sales person with15 years of experience selling billboardadvertising space.

Michael Barclay joined Ward Insurance as an Account Executive in the Eugeneoffice. Michael handles Personal,Commercial, as well as Employee Benefitsinsurance.

Jon Kloor is the new Community AffairsManager with NW Natural.

Shannon Pimm joinedKym Housley-FarmersInsurance in JunctionCity as an Agency

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Technology firm Lunar Logic promotedJames Keil to General Sales Manager.

Heidi Shayla, previously a Digital ContentCreator at the firm, was promoted toMarketing Project Manager. She has morethan 15 years’ experience writing onlinecontent. Zane Miller will be transitioningto Front End Engineer. And Nolan Price

was promoted to Senior Engineer. A UOgraduate, Nolan has worked for the firmfor four years.

Damien Sands joined OregonCommunity Foundation as ProgramOfficer for the southern Willamette Valleyand south coast regions. He will be OCF’sscholarship program representative andthe primary contact for nonprofit grantseekers.

April Hodgson was promoted toAssistant Vice President and Commercial

Loan Officer at the Junction City branch ofCitizens Bank. She has worked 18 yearsat the bank.

Jayne McLaws and Joe Carmichael werepromoted to Assistant Vice Presidentpositions at Pacific Continental Bank. Jayne formerly was a loan review officer,and Joe was a commercial banking officer.

Kathryn Gaines was named OregonPrograms Director for DanceAbilityInternational . She has more than 10years’ experience with nonprofits, and has

aided in the state expansion of communityengagement in DanceAbility International.

Matthew Garrisonjoined the State FarmInsurance - KirkMartin team as aSalesperson. Matt is aUO graduate.

Tim Cling was namedSenior Director ofBusiness Operationsat ShelterCare, a

nonprofit humanservices agency. He

has more than 30 years of experience

in new business acquisition, operationalorganization, financial negotiations,personnel management and accountdevelopment.

King Estate Winery added two winemarketing leaders to the company’sexecutive team. Isaac Herrera is VicePresident of e-Commerce and DigitalMarketing and Ryan Johnson is Directorof Brand Marketing. Both are veterans ofthe California wine industry.

Jim Deane joined

Innovation PartnershipServices (IPS) at

University of Oregon as Associate Director.Deane comes to IPS

with 12 years of experience working at fourmajor research universities and a federallaboratory. He oversees the IPS businessdevelopment program for the sciencesand he is responsible for technologylicensing, spin-outs, and inter-institutionalagreements.

Journey Tree Financial added JasonNelson-Elting, JD and Irina Pack,MBA to their team. Jason attendedthe University of Oregon for both hisundergraduate degree and law school.He has served as a financial advisor,counselor and small-business coachfor large corporations, non-profits andentrepreneurs. Irina brings with her over a

decade of experience in the field of financein various roles in both institutionalinvestment consulting and corporatefinance settings. Her background includesinvestment analysis and research,financial modeling, and qualitative andquantitative due diligence.

Travel Lane County hired Aubree

Nash as Director of Finance andOperations; Andy Vobora as VicePresident of Stakeholder Relations; Joey

Jewell as Director of Sports Sales andDevelopment; Jessica Shefferman isDirector of Event Operations; Angie Riley as Digital Marketing Manager; HayleyRadick as Member and Partner ServicesCoordinator; Katie McGuigan as TourismCoordinator; and Wyatt Pace and

Thomas Moser as Adventure Specialists.

Josh Francis joined the EugeneSymphony as Marketing Coordinator.

Josh is also working part timeas the department’s Events andCommunications Coordinator.

Kudos

Kari Westlund, President and CEO ofTravel Lane County, has been appointed

to a two-year term on the U.S. TravelAssociation Board of Directors. She will

begin in March as an at-large member.

Kids FIRST Center, a local nonprofitchild abuse intervention center, namedofficers to its board of Directors. J. IngridKessler (Emergency Veterinary Hospital)is President. Pam Morris, (NYLIFESecurities/New York Life Insurance Co.)is Vice President. Erik Reichers (BannerBank) is Treasurer. And Chris Parra(Bethel School District) is Secretary.

PeaceHealth Sacred Heart MedicalCenter, University District was namedone of eight health care patient safetyleaders by the Oregon Patient SafetyCommission. The facility was recognizedfor its commitment to gathering the most

comprehensive data on patient care andsharing best practices on patient safety.

PeaceHealth Sacred Heart MedicalCenter at RiverBend has been verifiedas a level two trauma center by theAmerican College of Surgeons Committeeon Trauma. The hospital was evaluated

by a team specializing in patient traumacare in areas that included commitment,readiness, resources, policies,performance improvement and injuryprevention.

George M. Sutton RV is celebratingits 20th anniversary. The family-ownedbusiness was founded in 1996 by GeorgeSutton III and his father, George Sutton

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Scott McGillivray joined the Lane ArtsCouncil Board of Directors. He is ChiefInformation Officer at Pacific ContinentalBank.

David Lindelien, Lane Transit District RiskManager, was named safety professional

of the year by the Oregon OccupationalSafety and Health Administration. LTDalso received an award from OSHA foroutstanding safety and health program.

Liz Kelly and Mary Reilly of “Liz &Reilly — The Mix Chix” on KMGE-FM Mix94.5 received an award from the OregonAssociation of Broadcasters for bestmorning show in the state. Bill Barrett,Tim Fox and Tracy Berry of KKNU-FMNew Country 93.3 received an associationaward for best radio on-air personality orteam in the state. The stations are owned by

McKenzie River Broadcasting.

Ninkasi Brewing Co. received the Patrick RMurphy Leadership Award from the OregonManufacturing Extension Partnership. The

award recognizes outstanding leadership inOregon manufacturing companies.

Susan Blane was named Director ofCommunity Benefit and Advocacyfor PeaceHealth Oregon Network.She formerly was Director of MarketDevelopment in Oregon for PeaceHealth.

Sarah Barker, Staffing Manager at ElwoodStaffing received the Certified StaffingProfessional designation from the AmericanStaffing Association.

Café Yumm! issued its Benefit CompanyReport on Earth Day. The report sharescompany improvements during 2015 towardhealthy food, healthy people, and healthyenvironments.

OPB produced a feature story showcasingDanceAbility International and ArtisticDirector Alito Alessi’s work with mixed

abilities as the basis of creating a newunderstanding of dance. DanceAbility alsorelocated to the Heron Building at 576 OliveStreet to accommodate recent growth.

U.S. Bank was recognized by theEthisphere Institute as a 2016 World’s MostEthical Company. This marks the secondconsecutive year U.S. Bank earned thisrecognition.

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United Way of Lane County announcedits 12th annual Volunteer of the Year awardwinner. The Eugene Police Department Chaplain Team was chosen as 2016Volunteer of the Year. The team, comprisedof Brett Gilchrist, Steve Hill, and RichCarroll, provide guidance, counseling,

and comfort to department members,their families, and the citizens of Eugene.Awards by category include Health andWell Being: Cheris Kramarae, CascadeHealth Solutions-Hospice; Educationand Schools: Naoko Manabe, FirstPlace Family Center; Youth and ChildrenServices: Max Skorodinsky, Ophelia’sPlace; Arts and Culture: Dona Clarke,Willamette Jazz Society;

Crescent Park Senior Living wasrecognized in SeniorAdvisor.com’s annual2016 Best of Senior Living awards program.

Noble Estate opened a patio with anoutdoor bar and extended hours at theirurban tasting room on Gimpl Hill Road.

Lane Community College received ascholarship grant from the Goldman SachsGives Community College Fund. Lane willreceive $100,000 to match funds pledgedby college donors. The grant was given toonly nine colleges nationwide and Lane wasthe only recipient in Oregon.

KLCC reporter Angela Kellner received

a regional Edward R. Murrow Award in thewriting category from the Radio TelevisionDigital News Association. Her story,“Oregon Medical Cannabis: One Family’sSearch for Seizure Relief,” will be enteredin the national Edward R. Murrow Awardcompetition.

Northwest Christian University’s Centerfor Leadership & Ethics honored Ada Lee,

Market of Choice, and Holt International at this year’s An Evening of Tribute,recognizing the contributions of ethics andleadership within our community.

UAE-based environmental services provider,Bee’ah, selected Eugene’s Bulk HandlingSystems to design, engineer, manufactureand install a major retrofit to the company’sSharjah Material Recycling Facility.McKenzie Commercial Contractors wasnamed one of the “100 Best Companies toWork for in Oregon,” compiled by OregonBusiness magazine. The company rankedeighth in the state in the small companiescategory.

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Dr. Kiya Movassaghi was re-elected toserve a three-yearterm on the Boardof The AmericanSociety of Aesthetic

Plastic Surgery (ASAPS) as a Member at

Large. ASAPS is the leading professionalorganization devoted entirely to aestheticplastic surgery and cosmetic medicineof the face and body comprised of over2,600 board-certified plastic surgeons.

Civic and Community: MeghanMcMahon, Eugene Active 20-30 Club;Youth Volunteer: Alondra Duran, City ofEugene Teen Court; Senior Volunteer:Stephen John, OR Judicial Dept. CitizenReview Board.

The Lane Dental Society elected 2016

Officers and Directors: President, SonjaSproul, Sonja Sproul Dentistry; President-Elect, Andrew Dow, Eugene Periodontics& Implant Dentistry; Secretary-Treasurer,Elizabeth Vivona Dow, Eugene Dental

Group; and Members-at-Large, DanielFredrickson, Junction City FamilyDentistry; Thomas Houston, ThomasE. Houston, DMD; Carly Peterschmidt,White Bird Dental Clinic and Dentistry atthe Ten; and Amy McDaniel, DMD.

Robert Dow, DMD and TheodoreJohnson, DMD have each received the

Glen L. Purdy Distinguished Dentist Awardfrom the Lane County Dental Society.The award is presented to dentists whoexemplify professional excellence andintegrity, and recognized for long-standingservice to their patients and community.

The Regional Accelerator andInnovation Network will receive $45,000from the Oregon Entrepreneurs Network

growth catalyst initiative, which supportsentrepreneurial outreach efforts acrossthe state. The funds will support RAINVenture Catalyst Caroline Cummings.

Pacific Continental Bank ranked 33rdin the large company category as one ofthe “100 Best Companies to Work for inOregon.” The rating is the highest of anybank in that category.

The intensive care unit at McKenzie-Willamette Medical Center in Springfieldreceived a silver Beacon Award forExcellence from the American Associationof Critical-Care Nurses. The nationalthree-year award recognizes continuouslearning and effective systems for

achieving optimal patient care.

Sarah Subias became a shareholderwith the law firm Watkinson LairdRubenstein. She is a University ofOregon School of Law graduate andearned degrees at Michigan StateUniversity and University of Chicago. Her

practice focuses on estate planning andadministration.

Eugene Civic Alliance has selectedChambers Construction as thecontractor for the Civic Park project.

Chambers will work with the architectsfor the project, Robertson/SherwoodArchitects pc, of Eugene, and SkylabArchitecture, of Portland to design thenew Civic Park recreational facility.

Seneca Jones Timber Company plantedits 36,000,000th tree as part of theirsustainable yield policy, never cuttingmore than they grow.

PIVOT Architecture is celebrating 60

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Garten Services, Inc.Ms. Kristi Kokes4731 Pacic Ave. ste E Eugene, OR 97402(541) 8681550FAX: (541) [email protected] Maintenance

Shredding ServiceRecycling ServicesJanitor Service

Grant’s Hearing Center Inc.Mrs. Rosey Gording1020 Green Acres Rd. ste 8Eugene, OR 97408(541) 3444442FAX: (541) [email protected] Aids & Assistive Devices

Green Valley Groupdba Wildtime FoodsMr. Whit Hemphill1061 W. 2nd Ave.Eugene, OR 97402(541) 7471654FAX: (541) [email protected]

www.grizzliesbrand.comFood Products

Growth CollaborativeMs. Valerie Stilwell MSCS345 W. 13th Ave. ste 1Eugene, OR 97401(541) [email protected] Consultants

Home2 Suites by Hilton EugeneDowntown University AreaMrs. Kelly Wilken

102 W. 11th Ave.Eugene, OR 97401(541) 3423000FAX: (541) 3437777kelly.wilken@hilton.comwww.eugenedowntownuniver-sityarea.homes2suitesbyhilton.comHotels & Motels

Ideal Steel, Inc.Mr. Paul Duquette90693 Link Rd.Eugene, OR 974029647(541) 6890901

FAX: (541) 6896181(800) [email protected] Distributors and Ware-houses

International FitnessMs. Skye Preussner1009 Green Acres Rd.Eugene, OR 97401(541) [email protected] www.internationaltness.com Fitness Centers/Health Clubs

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Kensei DesignMr. Chris Patterson1022 4th St.Springeld, OR 97477 (541) [email protected]

www.kenseidesign.comGraphic Designers

Lucy VinisMs. Lucy Vinis1805 W. 34th Ave.Eugene, OR 97405(541) [email protected]

M.R. Tree ServiceMr. Mike Rose570 Davis St.

Eugene, OR 97402(541) 6897266FAX: (541) [email protected] Service

Metro Planning, Inc.Mr. Jed C. Truett AICP370 Q St.Springeld, OR 97477 (541) 3029830

[email protected] Land Use

Net Visibility Group, Inc.Ms. Cherie Gregory1325 Railroad Blvd.Eugene, OR 97402(541) 4853545FAX: (541) 3575591support@netvisibilitygroup.comwww.netvisibilitygroup.comInternet Marketing & Advertising

Northwest Community CreditUnionMr. John Iglesias3660 Gateway St.Springeld, OR 97477 (800) 4529515www.nwcu.comCredit Unions

Northwest Community CreditUnionMs. Teri Landrum3701 W. 11th Ave., 974020169PO Box 10607Eugene, OR 97440

(541) 6862934FAX: (541) 3438717(800) 4529515www.nwcu.comCredit Unions

OMT MortgageMr. Blake Ramstead2644 Suzanne Way, ste 110Eugene, OR 97408(541) [email protected] Estate Loans & Contracts

Oregon Pacic Bank Ms. Ellen Huntington975 Oak St. ste 625Eugene, OR 97401(541) [email protected] Services

Oregon Resource GuideSally Santamouro3854 Lancaster Dr.Eugene, OR 97404(541) 3351912FAX: (541) 6895431

sally@oregonresourceguide.comwww.oregonresourceguide.comAdvertising Directory & Guide

Oregon RAINMs. Caroline Cummings11659 SW Military Rd.Portland, OR 97219(541) [email protected] Services

Oregon Wine LabMr. Mark Nicholl488 Lincoln St., 97401PO Box 50851Eugene, OR 97405(541) [email protected]

Pacic Ofce Automation Mr. Phil Burns201 W. 8th Ave.Eugene, OR 97401(541) 7479396FAX: (541) 7479454

[email protected] www.pacicofce.com Copiers & Supplies

Page VentureMr. Holden Page44 W. 7th Ave.Eugene, OR 97401(320) [email protected] Web Site Developers

Parkside ApartmentsMs. Cindy Kintzley

4075 Aerial WayEugene, OR 974029759(541) 6890868FAX: (541) [email protected]

Planned Parenthood of South- western OregonMs. Lisa Gardner AICP3579 Franklin Blvd.Eugene, OR 97403(541) 2461011FAX: (541) [email protected]

www.ppsworegon.orgAssociationsHealth & Wellness

Riverwalk ApartmentsMary Bellafronto470 Alexander Lp.Eugene, OR 97401(541) 3574146RiverwalkManager@bpmapts.comwww.LiveRiverwalk.comApartments

Riverhouse on the DeschutesMr. Erick Trachsel3075 N. Business 97Bend, OR 97703(541) 9122494FAX: (541) [email protected] & Motels

Shane Samy DMD PCShane Samy DMD, FAGD2233 Willamette St. Bldg #DEugene, OR 97405(541) 6862931FAX: (541) 6864500

[email protected]

Sarver WineryMs. Erin Sarver24600 Mayola Ln.Eugene, OR 97402(541) 9352979FAX: (541) [email protected]

The Schroeder Consultancy

Mr. Dan SchroederPO Box 183Eugene, OR 97440(541) 3577241dan@theschroederconsultancy.comwww.theschroederconsultancy.comBusiness Consultants

ShangriLaMs. Ronda Perkins2001 Franklin Blvd.Eugene, OR 97403(541) 3441121FAX: (541) [email protected]

www.shangrilaoregon.orgHuman Services Organizations

Thomas (Tom) MoyerTom Moyer3984 Torrington Ave.Eugene, OR 97404(530) [email protected] Consultants & Services

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AirportConnector is providing public transit service to the

Eugene Airport via LTD’s Route 95. This new service is taking

community members to work, class, and flights every weekday.

It is provided through a partnership between Lane Transit

District, Lane Community College, and the Eugene Airport.

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Anticipating the road

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At Kernutt Stokes, we know that making informed

decisions is critical for financial success. John Mlynczyk,and the team at Kernutt Stokes, can be your guide. Our

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Contact Kernutt Stokes to see what possibilities we can

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