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This annual event was created for foodies like you! Shake hands with regional food and beverage innovators. Sip, sample, and buy exciting new products before they take over your Instagram feed. Plus, see which food-trepreneurs will receive funding through our incredible partners and the Emerge Initiative investment program hosted yearly by the Oregon Entrepreneurs Network (OEN). Now in its fifth year, OregonAF will host eight entrepreneur education sessions throughout July and August and the OregonAF Marketplace in September for food and beverage vendors to display, share and sell their products.

Programming, such as OregonAF, that brings together makers, investors, retail buyers and consumers are important for the Oregon food and beverage ecosystem. Entrepreneurs are able to share their stories with fellow entrepreneurs and investors, and make industry connections to get products on store shelves or find resources to get to the next step.

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Capitol Auto Group Makes Record-Breaking Donation of $385,000 to United Way of the Mid-Willamette Valley

Capitol Auto Group's (CAG) employee campaign has raised an astounding $385,000 for the United Way of the Mid-Willamette Valley (UWMWV).

their products, a food court, and wine and beer garden. And throughout the event select entrepreneurs will be pitching their products for the chance to receive funding through partners and the Emerge Initiative.

• Oregon Angel Food Marketplace

• September 23rd

• 11am to 4pm

• Chemeketa Community College Ag Innovation Center

Find out more about OregonAF at www.oen.org

De Muniz Resource Center Awarded Workforce Ready Capacity Building Grant

On March 17, local representatives from the United Way visited Capitol's three dealerships (Subaru, Chevrolet/Cadillac, and Toyota) to celebrate this accomplishment. The company has raised over $2.1 million for the charity in the last ten years and $1 million in just the last three years alone.

"We aimed to raise $350,000, and this year's campaign raised $385,000. This is 13% more than the 2022 campaign," said Marketing Director Carrie Casebeer. "Of our 399 employees, 84% participated, and 197 donated $600 or more."

Casebeer awarded Arthur Lyter the "Philanthropic Achievement Award" for top campaign contributions. Over the last ten years, his donations have totaled over $100,000. Lyter serves as the dealership's Variable Operations Director.

Matthew Casebeer, Dealer for Capitol Toyota/Chevrolet, is also the local United Way board chair. The "28 Days of Love" campaign for the UWMWV is employee-driven, happening each February at the Salem, Oregon, auto dealership. "Every department in the dealership, from sales to service, donates through payroll deduction and participation in fundraising activities, and $379,000 came directly from employees," said Matthew Casebeer.

The De Muniz Resource Center is a program of the Mid-Willamette Valley Community Action Agency providing important services to those transitioning back to the community after incarceration. Awarded with a Workforce Ready Capacity Building Grant, as part of Future Ready Oregon, De Muniz is looking to connect with employers in Marion, Polk, and Yamhill Counties – with a focus on manufacturing and technology.

De Muniz is also working closely with SEDCOR’s Business Retention & Expansion Team on this effort. Beyond being the “right thing to do,” we at De Muniz firmly believe that Fair Chance Hiring is good for business and keeps our communities safer. Employees impacted by incarceration are particularly loyal and hardworking. We are eager to begin working with employers to meet their hiring and training needs while also expanding opportunities for our formerly incarcerated neighbors.”

Rhonda Wolf, the CEO of the UWMWV, simply said, "Wow! That is an amazing number. $385,000 this year and over a million dollars in the last three years is an incredible amount."

Wolf added that over the last year, the charity was able to invest seven million dollars in goods and services in the community. She said that Capitol's donations would go to the United Way's new projects:

• Cottages United - Low-Cost Cottage Rentals for Seniors

• SafeSleep United - a Low Barrier Women's Shelter for 40 women

• Taylor's House - a Community Partner Project Shelter for Teens

• Good360's After School Enrichment Academy.

Capitol's 2023 campaign theme was "Year of the Rabbit."

Fundraising activities included boat races on Lake Capitol, a silent auction, and weekly barbecue luncheons.

The Holman Riverfront Park Hotel is the newest hotel in Salem and the newest member of SEDCOR.

According to a recent story by the Statesman Journal...

The seven-story, 127-room hotel rises high in the city, offering riverfront views and adding amenities for people traveling to Salem for work, tourism, family and school, company officials said.

Ashley Rudisill, director of sales for the Holman Hotel, said the location is the first Tapestry Collection by Hilton hotel location in Oregon.

Tapestry Collection by Hilton is composed of hotels that offer "guests unique style and vibrant personality, encouraging them to connect to their destination and enjoy refreshingly uncommon, off-the-beaten-path experiences," company officials said.

In the Salem hotel, many of the rooms have private balconies and views of downtown, greenspace, Riverfront Park or the Willamette River.

The Holman Building, named after Salem businessman and Willamette University trustee Joseph Holman, was the center of government when Oregon became a state in 1859.

The popular Portland bar Pacific Standard is opening its second location inside the hotel.

The hotel bar will have seating for about 80, ranging from a variety of high tops, booths, rail seating and more than 30 seats at the bar.

Bar co-owners and bartenders Jeffrey Morgenthaler and Benjamin Amberg said the Salem bar will have an expanded menu of what is offered in Portland.

Learn more about The Holman Hotel by visiting hilton.com/en/ hotels/slerpup-holman-riverfront-park-hotel-salem/ Learn more about the Pacific Standard by visiting kexhotels.com/eat-drink/pacificstandard