Enterprise Magazine Winter 2020

Economic Development in Oregon’s Mid-Willamette Valley

2020:

Unique Challenges + Uncommon Resilience

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Features 4 Local Contractors Come Together to Help the Santiam Canyon 6 SEDCOR Launches Northwest AG Innovation Hub 8

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In this Issue

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SEDCOR Board and Staff

Freres Lumber....................................................................11

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Grand Hotel in Salem.......................................................10

President’s Message by Erik Andersson

16 County News MARION - Interview with Commissioner Colm Willis YAMHILL - Interview with Commissioner Mary Starrett POLK - Interview with Commissioner Craig Pope

22 Insights from the Chemeketa Center for Business & Industry Interview with Celia Núñez

23 Year in Pictures 23 20 Acres. Many Possibilities.

24 Project Oasis Launches

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SEDCOR Staff Erik Andersson

Executive Council Chair Daryl Knox

Members at Large Kevin Cameron

Partner, The Aldrich Group, CPA

Marion County Commissioner

Past Chair

Rich Duncan

Mark Hoyt

President, Rich Duncan Construction Inc.

Secretary/Treasurer & Chair Elect

N. Levin Industrial Real Estate

Partner, Sherman Sherman Johnnie & Hoyt, LLP

Michael Fowler

CEO, Cabinet Door Service

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Nathan Levin Steve Powers

City Manager, City of Salem

Steve VanArsdale

General Manager, Garmin AT, Inc.

Jenni Kistler Director of Operations 503-588-6225 jkistler@sedcor.com

Board of Directors Curt Arthur

Owner, SVN Commercial Advisors

Ricardo Baez

President, Don Pancho Authentic Mexican Foods, Inc.

Rod Lucas

Owner, Turner Lumber, Inc.

Johnny Mack

Executive Dean of Career and Technical Education Chemeketa Community College

Chuck Bennett

Rick Olson

Mayor of Salem

Yamhill County Commissioner

David Briggs

Trial Lawyer, Partner, Saalfeld Griggs PC

Patricia Callihan-Bowman

Kim Parker-Lleranas

Executive Director Willamette Workforce Partnership

James Parr

Owner/Career Coach Express Employment Professionals

CFO, Salem Health

Cathy Clark

Craig Pope

Mayor of Keizer

Alan Costic AIA

President, AC+Co. Architecture

Brent DeHart Amy Doerfler

Secretary/Treasurer, Doerfler Farms, Inc.

James Dooley

President, Larsen Flynn Insurance

Theresa Haskins

Business Market Manager Portland General Electric

Byron Hendricks George Jennings

Counsel to the President, Mountain West Investment Corporation

Jamie Johnk

Economic Development Director, City of Woodburn

Ken Jundt

Regional Manager, Columbia Bank

Michael Keane

Polk County Commissioner

Jim Rasmussen President/CEO, Modern Building Systems, Inc.

Mark Raum

VP Commercial Lending, Umpqua Bank

Conner Reiten

Government Affairs, NW Natural

Tony Schacher

General Manager, Salem Electric

Jenna Steward

Agritourism Manager, Crosby Hop Farm

Randy Stockdale

Foundation Director, Legacy Silverton Medical Center

Dave Takata

FSVP/Commercial Team Lead, Willamette Community Bank

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Alex Paraskevas Rural Innovation Catalyst Polk County Business Retention & Expansion Manager 503-837-1803 alexp@sedcor.com

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Diana Knous

President, The Ulven Companies

Jennifer Larsen Morrow

Marion County Business Retention & Expansion Manager

Scott Snyder

Regional Manager, The Grand Hotel in Salem

Attorney/Shareholder Garrett Hemann Robertson, P.C. Regional Business Manager, Pacific Power

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Dan Ulven

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Colm Willis

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2020: When Resiliency Became Real Everyone at SEDCOR had to do a lot of adapting this year. As we talked about in our last issue, we had to move all of our meetings and events to digital platforms and get very good at communicating via email, text, and video conference.

Much of economic development is about building and maintaining relationships and our Business Retention and Expansion team had to find creative ways to stay close, connected, and available to the businesses and communities we serve.

But the changes we made within our small team was nothing compared to the incredible adjustments made by our members, our partners, and everyone else within the world of traded-sector business in the Willamette Valley.

You had to find ways to keep your doors open, keep orders filled, keep your employees safe, and keep producing quality products while facing one of the most uncertain economic climates in recent history.

Somehow, though, you have succeeded. And we at SEDCOR could not be happier to act as

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supporters, connectors, those who “know a guy" to help you navigate your way through it all.

It would be very easy to dwell on everything that happened this year and put our attention in the negative column of 2020. But we’re going to follow the example of our traded-sector heroes and remain realistically positive. We’re going to spend the pages of this magazine telling stories of resiliency, creativity, and unmatched grit and generosity.

In our feature article, we are going to tell the incredible story of how an entire local industry stepped up (or, as Rich Duncan put it, “leaned in”) to help the communities impacted by this year’s wildfires begin to rebuild, even volunteering time, money, and materials to build the City of Detroit a brand new city hall and community center. We’ll also tell you how a small farm in Yamhill County planted an experimental plot of red wheat to meet the needs of a local food producer and may have forever changed the future of wheat farming in the Willamette Valley.

We even get to share some good news in SEDCOR’s world as we launch our Northwest Ag Innovation Hub and expand the work we’ve been doing in Polk County to bring farmers, processors and technologists together across the entire region we serve.

Don’t get me wrong, this has been a rough year. I’ve spent a lot of time wondering how we’re all going to make it through. But even with the challenges (or perhaps because of them), we’ve seen the true character of our region’s most unique and vital industries. I would be remiss if I didn’t give a special recognition to the SEDCOR team, who have taken on many additional responsibilities this year under difficult circumstances without missing a beat.

Here’s to 2021!

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Local Contractors Come Together to Help the Santiam Canyon Begin to Rebuild

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mmediately after news of the wildfires reached local businesses, many stepped up to hold back the flames from causing further damage. Farms used their trucks to bring much-needed water to reservoirs in the Santiam Canyon.

Bulldozers carved firelines and volunteers with chainsaws cut down trees.

But even after the flames were under control and the smoke cleared, the great need in the Santiam Canyon became even more obvious.

As drivers began using the recently reopened Highway 22 to cross over the pass, they took in otherworldly scenes of dream homes reduced to charred concrete foundations, entire streets and neighborhoods gone, families looking through the rubble to decide how (or even if) they would be able to rebuild what was lost. For many property owners, even surveying their land was made dangerous because high surface temperatures (wildfires can heat the ground up to 800 degrees Celsius) melted basic infrastructure like septic tanks.

As obvious as the damage, the difficulty of the rebuild was just as clear.

Nick Harville, Business Retention and Expansion Manager for Marion County, and the team at SEDCOR quickly put together the Santiam Rebuild Coalition, a collection of businesses, nonprofits, and government officials whose mission is to provide resources to help cities and residents efficiently and safely rebuild.

In the case of one home burning down, the process of rebuilding is relatively simple: a licensed professional would access the property and safely remove any and all hazardous

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material like lead or asbestos. Another contractor would clean the property and prepare it for the general contractor to construct the new structure.

The sheer magnitude of this disaster makes rebuilding much more cumbersome and complicated and raises serious questions for many people in many industries to answer.

Are there enough trusted, certified, and licensed professionals to test the ground for hazardous materials? Do local dumps have the capacity to take what needs to be removed? Will the local roads be able to handle the enormous influx of dump trucks, heavy machinery, and people? Where will the building material be stored so it can be quickly delivered to who needs it most?

The Santiam Rebuild Coalition aims to answer these questions and come up with practical solutions that help Canyon residents first.

On Thursday morning, October 15th, the Stayton High School parking lot was filled with pickup trucks and utility vans.

That morning, over 90 contractors, builders, excavators, electricians, plumbers, material suppliers, and government representatives gathered at the Stayton High School outdoor stadium. They spread themselves out on the wooden bleachers facing the football field, drinking coffee and glaring into the rising sun.

They showed up ready to offer whatever they could to help effectively and efficiently rebuild those areas damaged by this summer's historic wildfires.

The socially-distanced crowd shared best practices, shared challenges, and explored solutions.

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Plans for the rebuilt City of Detroit city hall and community center.

or material) was donated that morning because, he says, “The number just continues to rise all the time. I could say a number, but it will just grow by the time I do.”

“Many marvel at the 50 companies who stepped up in that short time,” says Nick Harville. “Many more are stepping all the time. School districts are offering to provide food for workers.

Companies that make materials are offering discounted, or even free, supplies. This is not just for this project but for homes as well. Others are helping families with the cost of getting plans As organizations like the Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA) have pointed out, disasters like the wildfires offer an opportunity for scammers to prey on desperate families and vulnerable communities. Resources to help residents avoid scams and unsavory business practices are available, but the Santiam Canyon Rebuild Coalition is working on creating a database so Canyon residents can connect directly with someone they can trust.

As one crowd member said, "We want residents to easily get connected to local, reliable contractors who will do the job right."

To close out the event Rich Duncan, owner of Rich Duncan Construction, called on the crowd to “Lean in and offer what you can to accomplish something great. Together, we are going to rebuild Detroit’s fire station and community center.”

Over 50 participants signed two large plywood boards with their company names and resources they would volunteer to the effort. Harville didn’t want to say how much value (in cash, labor,

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SEDCOR LAUNCHES THE NORTHWEST AG INNOVATION HUB In October, SEDCOR was awarded a $469,150 federal grant through the US Economic Development Administration’s Build to Scale Program for a new growercentric initiative called the Northwest Ag Innovation Hub. The Hub is designed to accomplish two main goals: increase the economic competitiveness of the farm and foster an entrepreneurship ecosystem around agriculture and ag-based businesses.

SEDCOR President Erik Andersson believes growers, producers, and processors in the region will greatly benefit from The Hub. He says, “Agriculture in the Mid-Willamette Valley spans over a variety of industries – farming, processing, equipment manufacturing, logistics – and provides a unique opportunity to encourage creative thinking and innovation to solve problems.

This provides SEDCOR with a unique strategy to differentiate us from other economic development organizations in the Pacific Northwest.”

SEDCOR has a strong track record of supporting the ag industry throughout the Mid-Valley Region; the NW Ag Innovation Hub initiative is building on SEDCOR’s experience, along with the past two years of work that Alex Paraskevas, the Polk County Rural Innovation Catalyst, has done to promote ag innovation in the City of Independence and Polk County.

According to Paraskevas, “This project builds on the work we’ve been doing for years in Polk County and Independence.

We got support from the Ford Family Foundation, the City of Independence, and Polk County to launch events like the Ag Innovation Challenge, a design sprint that brought together

technologists from around the world with local farmers to quickly build farmer-led solutions to common problems.”

The Northwest Ag Innovation Hub will be expanding networking, events, and solution-ideation programs throughout the region SEDCOR serves: Polk, Marion, and Yamhill Counties.

SEDCOR and its partners will be creating a regional farmer network to bring together those in the ag supply chain who are excited about innovation in their industry. The Hub will also be hosting regular events (virtual and possibly in-person) to give technologists, software developers, and entrepreneurs a chance to work directly with farmers and bring their technical knowledge to agricultural problems.

Additionally, this program will allow regional farmers into a national farmer network through AgLaunch, a nationwide nonprofit based out of Memphis, Tennessee that connects entrepreneurs with growers and forges farms of the future capable of meeting the demand of growing population.

The Northwest Ag Innovation Hub will work differently.

According to Paraskevas, “One goal would be to combine two worlds--agriculture and technology--and facilitate solutions that would increase efficiency and drive down costs, helping the region’s farms, the vast amount of which are small and familyowned, succeed far into the future.”

He adds, “Through this program, we will be flipping the script on traditional startup and entrepreneurship activities by turning the farm into the business incubator and the farmer into the lead consultant and guide.”

Numerous partners have made the Innovation Hub possible. The Ford Family Foundation, the City of Independence, Polk County, Marion County, Yamhill County, Technology Association of Oregon, Oregon Entrepreneurs Network, AgLaunch, and AgVentures Alliance.

Find more information and sign up for updates about the program at sedcor.com/aghub.

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2020 SEDCOR Annual Awards This year was remarkable for many reasons, too many of them negative. Through the struggles faced, our region’s unique and vital industries have shown incredible resilience, grit and creativity. Those nominated or receiving an award represent only a small number of entities who have done incredible good in the communities served by SEDCOR.

2020 SEDCOR Annual Awards sponsored by Portland General Electric.

Celebrating Those Who Exemplify An Oregon Kind of Energy

By Theresa Haskins Portland General Electric Senior Business Development Manager PGE truly values our long partnership with SEDCOR! The SEDCOR team does amazing work to support this region’s traded sector industries. Together, we understand the importance of keeping manufacturing, logistics, technology, and the agricultural supply chain moving forward. By supporting the SEDCOR Annual Awards, we shine a spotlight on businesses who showcase an Oregon Kind of Energy.

What do I mean by an Oregon Kind of Energy? At PGE it means clean energy. It also means renewable energy and supplying the kind of energy our customers desire.

As you’ll see in the following list of nominated businesses and organizations, 2020 has been a year for bold moves.

Adding to the bold moves of others, PGE has announced a new goal to achieve companywide net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2040. To meet this goal, we will touch every part

of our business. From the power we deliver to customers, to the vehicles we drive. From the materials we purchase, to how we operate our facilities.

I think we can agree that Oregon’s energy is so much more than the fuel we use! It is the creative force that comes up with new products, new processes and new ideas. It is the grit of our workforce and the resiliency of our business leaders. And, it is the collaborative spirit between private businesses, governments and nonprofit partners, in both good and bad times.

This year has made something very clear to me. We will find a way to thrive through any challenge with an Oregon Kind of Energy.

Thank you to SEDCOR for doing so much to support our region’s industry champions, and my thanks to every nominee and award winner for leading and being bold!

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Award Category: Agri-Business of the Year

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WINNER: Marion Ag Service, Inc. Marion Ag Service has been serving farmers, nursery/ greenhouse growers, and wholesale fertilizer resellers since 1976. It employs 115 full-time employees at 5 facilities in the St Paul area. Marion Ag Service provides its customers with agronomic consulting, fertilizers, crop protection, soil amendments, application and transportation, seed processing, sandblasting and equipment painting, sand services, and a full-service retail store for their customer’s feed and agronomic needs.

WINNER: Willamette Workforce Partnership Reason: In partnership, SEDCOR, Marion County and MWVCOG put together an application for state funding of a regional business grant program. Without hesitation, WWP offered to host that grant program. This turned into a multiprogram offering for over $4.9 million dollars. In addition, they also hosted the City of Salem's grant program and others coming through the State and Federal government, with little-to-no administrative funding. They pivoted multiple times to respond to the immediate need of our region - with an ever present mindset of "how can we help?"

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Nominee: Oregon Meadowfoam Growers Reason: In 2020 OMG began planning for the development and expansion of their own extraction facility. Moving that processing from California, where it was contract done, to their own facility in Salem, Oregon. In addition to Natural Plant Products’ crops, our growers cultivate numerous other crops including grass seed, cabbage, lentils, turnips and kale.

WINNER: Commissioner Craig Pope Commissioner Pope has a longstanding history of creative problem solving for his constituents. While the county did not have funding to provide grants to struggling businesses it did use CARES act money to tackle two challenges that have been exacerbated by the pandemic: access to broadband and access to childcare. Both have been priorities for Commissioner Pope for the last number of years and this was the year he was able to finally execute with strategic use of CARES Act funding.

Nominee: Rickreall Dairy Rickreall Dairy is always willing to take time to host a tour, participate in an event, or talk through ideas. They are constantly exploring new products and ideas to make their business more competitive and sustainable; an example to all industries and a leader in applying technology in all areas of agriculture."

Nominee: Ruddenklau Farms Reason: Given an opportunity to partner with a local food manufacturer (Yamasa Corporation USA), the Ruddenklaus researched and identified a varietal of hard red wheat that is viable for growth in the valley. They independently planted a test plot through the winter and spring of 2019-2020 and found the variety to be a successful match of specifications for use at Yamasa.

They are now contracting for 100 acres of supply for Yamasa. Due to their work in research and testing of this varietal, they have opened the door for other local wheat growers to do the same.

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2020 SEDCOR AWARDS continued from page 9 Care Research Partnership. With limitations imposed on childcare providers limiting the number of students, most providers in the county could not reopen. Commissioner Pope pushed for the establishment of an Emergency Child Care Fund of $500,000 to help providers with the costs of the new regulations and allow them to reopen, alleviating some of the burden from parents and allowing them to return to work.

This award recognizes Commissioner Pope as a champion of economic development and his intrepid approaches position the county for long-term recovery and success.

Award Category: Community Service Award WINNER: Solid Form Solid Form is always the first company in line when it comes to giving back to their community. This fall, their team assisted Habitat for Humanity on four various build days. As they say, "Solid Form is committed to redefining right-fit career paths for the next generation of workers." To push their mission forward, they created Rising Together wine, the proceeds of which will be donated to offer scholarships in the skilled trades.

Nominee: Polk County Family and Community Outreach Reason: Polk County FCO has become a premier leadership group for all things community minded. The staff and volunteers that contribute to this agency are resoundingly successful and their energies seem boundless. Their ability to recruit community members in a call to action has never been better exemplified than the extraordinary performance they demonstrated in September as a response to wildfire aid to neighboring Clackamas, Lincoln and Marion counties. FCO spent countless unpaid hours with displaced refugees (human and animal) and support volunteers at the Polk County Fairgrounds to provide emergency sheltering, bedding and food supplies to all who came through the door.

Nominee: Salem Clinic Reason: Salem Clinic has persevered through the COVID-19 pandemic to provide exceptional care to our community. The purchasing team has creatively sourced protective equipment for staff and other needed supplies. The Clinic erected two outdoor urgent care clinics to provide the safest environment for COVID-19 testing, while conserving PPE. The Clinic has provided continuous testing for the community since the beginning of March. Salem Clinic has remained ahead of OHA, CDC and OSHA guidelines for providing a safe work environment for their staff, so that they are ready to address all patient needs. The Clinic’s virus response has also included offering video and telephone visits and online scheduling for patients to access from the safety of their home.

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Nominee: VanNatta Public Relations Reason: VanNatta Public Relations (VPR) is the most established public relations firm in the Willamette Valley. The firm’s founder, Fred VanNatta, helped start SEDCOR and was its first president.

VPR’s current principals, Harvey Gail and Mary Louise VanNatta, have carried on the tradition by strongly supporting the local business community by volunteering and providing support to local businesses and nonprofits. Their activities have assisted in making the Mid-Valley more attractive for companies to locate and thrive. The company and its principals have been nationally recognized for excellence in the field of public relations and association management.

Nominee: Willamette Workforce Partnership Reason: WWP pivoted from its usual work plan to take the lead in delivering over $4.9 million in grant funding from a variety of sources to businesses impacted by the pandemic. The organization partnered with SEDCOR, Marion & Yamhill Counties, City of Salem, SBDC, COG and others to amass the funding from local, state and philanthropic sources.

Nominee: Marion County Reason: At its core, Marion County is a community service provider. On a regular basis the county provides for essential public services such as public safety, public and mental health

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Award Category: Entrepreneur of the Year WINNER: La Familia Cider Company Reason: La Familia has combined cider made with NW apples with the traditional flavors of Mexico and their grandmother's recipe - to make a unique product.

Its distribution has widened from Salem/Portland to statewide.

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Nominee: Parallel 45 Brewing Parallel 45 has been an exercise in perseverance! Opening a new tasting room is hard enough without a pandemic, but Ryan and Greg made it happen even in 2020! Though producing and distributing beer in the area for the last two years, they opened and have created their own fantastic space in downtown Independence this year.

Award Category: Innovative Product WINNER: Tru-Blu Protection™ by WaterShed When PPE was desperately needed in our local hospitals but nearly impossible to find, Russ Monk and his team at WaterShed answered the call by retooling their rainwear factory to make isolation gowns. And when the material supply chain couldn't keep up with demand, they once again got creative and developed their own material.

They have since distributed 500,000 (and counting) Tru-Blu ProtectionTM by WaterShed gowns to Mid-Valley hospital groups.

Nominee: Freres Lumber Reason: Mass Plywood Panel (MPP) is unique in the construction industry. One of a kind facility that was created here in the Canyon

in cooperation with Oregon State University. MPP has world-wide potential in use.

Nominee: Garmin Reason: During the thralls of COVID back in June, Garmin changed their production to manufacture and donate 2000 face shields on their 3D printer to help Salem Health get through the PPE shortage.

Nominee: RP Advanced Mobile Systems Reason: RP Advanced Mobile Systems was founded in 2009 and quickly developed a name for itself in the Special Operations community by designing and developing innovative mobility accessories for tactical ATV/UTV platforms.

In 2020 they truly made a pandemic pivot to their product line with the addition of face shields and various PPE equipment, as well as developing UVC emitting sterilizing products to safeguard against infected touch surfaces. These UVC lights are being used across the country to help keep schools and public spaces safe.

Award Category: Manufacturer of the Year WINNER: Yamasa Corporation USA Yamasa has been a major artisanal sauce manufacturer in the Willamette Valley since 1994, crafting world-famous Asian sauces in their Salem brewery. This year the leadership team made the bold move to experiment with Continued on page 14

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2020 SEDCOR AWARDS continued from page 13 sourcing their wheat locally, with the dual potential benefits of both protecting their supply chain and reducing their carbon footprint. The SEDCOR team connected Yamasa with Ruddenklau Farms, who have already successfully planted and harvested a test plot of high-protein wheat for Yamasa. Based on this initial success, Yamasa plans to continue its partnership with Ruddenklau Farms, further establish itself as a proud, local Willamette Valley brand for today and well into the future.

Nominee: NW Alpine / Kichatna Manufacturing Reason: Bill Amos continues to grow his business which moved from Newberg in 2018 with just over 20 employees, to Marion County - now having over 60 employees. Through the pandemic of 2020, Bill consistently pivoted his company to respond to the needs of the community and our country - making medical gowns and face coverings, and now disposable FDA certified masks. Through all of this change, Bill has added a second shift, hired 20+ new employees and is one of our local manufacturers who does not struggle with attracting or retaining employees. If you ask them what brought them and why they stay, they will answer, "this is my family" and "I am treated well here." Bill tirelessly advocates for US manufacturers and is a voice on a national level, highlighting the need for industry support and local sourcing.

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Colm Willis Interview Marion County Commissioner SEDCOR: What have been the unique challenges faced by Marion County in 2020?

Colm Willis: This has been a really incredible year. There are some of these challenges, I think, sort of started last year and rolled into this year. Obviously, the shutdown of the economy as a result of COVID was a major challenge. Not that only Marion County was the only community that faced that challenge, but was a huge challenge to our economy and to people's livelihoods here. But what compounded that was we had NORPAC go bankrupt, and the sale of NORPAC. That was a big disruption to our farmers.

Marion County is the number one ag producing county in the State of Oregon. So especially for our row-crop farmers, that was a big, big disruption to them, and to all the people that rely on farming for their livelihoods. Then we had those devastating wildfires that tore through the Santiam Canyon. They really hit our community in a way that we hadn't seen before, at least in anybody's living memory.

SEDCOR: How has Marion County faced those challenges?

Willis: I know that we're special. We're special because we really pulled together, I think in a way that we're not seeing around the country. Right now we're seeing a lot of division across the country. A lot of people pointing fingers at the folks across the street from them or across town from them saying it's their fault. And we've seen the opposite here in Marion County. I mean, through all of this, I've really seen people come together like never before.

Certainly the fire response has just been astonishing. It doesn't matter whether you're from the Canyon or not from the Canyon, we've had people from Salem and Woodburn and North County, South County, everybody pitching in to help the people who are displaced by those fires. And they've continued to. So really impressive there.

And I would say the same thing is true with our COVID response.

Our community has really come together and just said, we're going to pull together on this. We want to be safe, we want to be healthy, and we want common sense solutions that allow our businesses to continue to grow and thrive at the same time.

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SEDCOR: How have you seen the traded-sector react to these challenges?

Willis: I think there are three major areas for the folks I've been talking to to overcome.

One is just the regulatory uncertainty. With COVID came a whole bunch of new regulations.

And they were changing sort of week to week or month to month. I think the OSHA rules just got finalized this week. But they've been talking about them for four months. And so trying to plan for that and navigate that I think has been difficult for traded sector partners.

Second is the labor market. COVID really disrupted the labor market and Congress's response, and the stimulus really changed the labor market. And so you had a lot of our trade sector partners struggling to hire people figuring out ways tdo keep their facilities running and their production running.

Third, COVID also disrupted supply chains and distribution because different countries have different travel restrictions. I know that some of our traded sector folks have had to navigate that as well.

SEDCOR: What makes you hopeful for the future?

Willis: The response that I've seen from the community, and especially from SEDCOR members. The traded sector industries are the ones that really provide your economic backbone for your community and how they conduct themselves, in the way that they either care or don't care about your local community, really says a lot about your future. And what I've seen over the last year from the processors, the farmers, the wood products, the manufacturers, they've been all in and supporting Marion County and our community during this really difficult year.

So it just gives me a lot of hope for the future that going forward, no matter what the challenges are, we'll be able to pull together and overcome them.

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Mary Starrett Interview Yamhill County Commissioner SEDCOR: How has the challenges of 2020 specifically impacted communities in Yamhill County?

Mary Starrett: They’ve impacted us here just as they have statewide and in other states across the county.

I'm appreciative of the fact that we have a very cohesive community in Yamhill County and people in our community stepped up to help businesses and individuals who were facing immediate challenges due to the lockdown.But there were just some things that couldn't fix the fact that businesses were lost.

I think about one particular business in town, a very, very successful restaurant and catering business that employed a number of people. Now they are out of business simply because of the restrictions on the number of people they could serve while catering, which was really the substance of their business. So it's unfortunate that we saw a restaurant and a catering business and upwards of 10 or 13 jobs completely disappear.

We've also seen the societal implications; children and adults who’ve committed suicide. We also are seeing a serious increase in the number of opioid overdoses and people who have relapsed from drug and alcohol recovery. So we have seen some significant issues as the result of the shutdown. Our churches are shuttered or significantly in jeopardy of losing the ability to stay open going forward, schools are essentially closed…

What I do believe is that this community has been able to pivot, made themselves able to sustain to the best of their ability, but it is not sustainable long term.

SEDCOR: On the topic of pivoting, what are some ways that those traded sector have pivoted to keep jobs and to keep doors open and lights on?

Starrett: Interestingly enough, we've seen some of our manufacturing companies able to quickly retool and to provide PPE (personal protective equipment) which was in short supply since the March closure. We've also seen them acknowledge that our workforce does not have sufficient childcare options because the schools are closed and that means a lot of people haven't been able to return to work. We're working on a project called Project Oasis which will use funding from DCI’s private foundation, as well as county- dispersed grant funds. Again, this is to address the fact that kids not being in school has significantly impacted our workforce.

SEDCOR: What lessons have we all learned from 2020 that we can take into the new year?

Starrett: Starrett: 2020 has shown that we need to be ready to adapt to various scenarios. We've seen a number of them this year, like the wildfires. We've had government mandates in the workplace, “temporary” OSHA rules are no longer temporary. So that's affecting employers as they carry their businesses forward.

I think the lessons learned are that we need to be really clear with our state government that businesses need to be at the table.

We've not seen businesses at the table leading up to any of these executive orders and mandates. So we're looking at, for instance, the Oregon Restaurant Association or manufacturing sectors being able to say we need a seat at the table and we need our State legislators to be receptive and responsive to our concerns.

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Craig Pope Interview Polk County Commissioner SEDCOR: What are the unique challenges that Polk County has faced this year?

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Pope: 2020 has been filled with lots of challenges. The one that has resonated across the planet is COVID-19.

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Additionally, the historic wildfires.

First and foremost, I want to stay focused on the lives of the people who lost their homes or properties or lives, but also to all of the citizens that had no part in the fire, but suffered long-term consequences of smoke.

Plus, the challenges of politics in a presidential election year, and all of the challenges of funding and policy decisions that are made at state government level, and just the anxiety that people have faced in 2020.

SEDCOR: How have you seen people in your County come up with some creative solutions to these problems?

Pope: It is apparent that in the three-county region SEDCOR represents there were a number of entrepreneurial efforts made for small business and traded-sector businesses to switch gears to respond to COVID. It’s been quite fascinating to watch the businesses that saw opportunity to be involved, most specifically with PPE. I think that the true entrepreneurs out there are always looking for an opportunity to shift their thinking and their energies into any current market with a demand.

But generally speaking, I saw across our county people were just trying to find a way in 2020 to live a normal life the best they possibly can.

I’ve also noted that citizens tried to be more focused on shopping locally. I've seen more effort from citizens to step up and engage themselves with their local businesses, maybe more than

We also had a response in Polk County to assist with the Canyon fires morphing into assistance for the fires out of Otis and out of Clackamas County. We opened up our fairgrounds and staffed it with lots and lots of volunteers, people who just came from everywhere to help fire displace victims, fire displaced animals, and help out all of the folks at the fairground with donations and general assistance. It was just astounding to see the hundreds and hundreds of people that came forward.

SEDCOR: What makes you excited for the future?

Pope: This pandemic has made people realize the blessings that we probably ought to appreciate more clearly. It is important that everybody realize we can't do this if we don't all do it together. So I think that that's one of the things that I'm optimistic about that people are going to realize that our ability to enjoy our freedoms are fragile in the face of something as threatening as this virus and major wildfires.

In spite of everything, we still have a really robust economy.

We've been very fortunate to have a strong economy with the opportunity for people to change jobs if they've realized that their current path at the beginning of the year wasn’t right. They have opportunities to get better education, better work placement, and better job opportunities.

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INSIGHTS FROM THE CHEMEKETA CENTER FOR BUSINESS & INDUSTRY

Interview with Celia Núñez SEDCOR: How did the challenges of 2020 present themselves in your organization?

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Celia Núñez: Knowing that COVID was new for all of us, it put us in a reactionary place. Thankfully, where we were as an organization--both in Customized Training and the Small Business Development Center--we had already, for the sake of remaining relevant in our offerings, started to have online advising, classes, and meetings as an option.

So when everything had to be in an online platform, the transformation of making that change was not as difficult as it could have been.

There were definitely some logistical issues and there was a lot of learning since it was, of course, the only venue we had. But it proved to be a good choice for us early on to have it as an offering or an option for people to connect with us.

SEDCOR: On the topic of resiliency and adaptation, how have you kind of seen the small business community that you serve make those changes and adapt the best they could?

Núñez: From what I've seen and from what our advisors have reported is that business owners, first and foremost, this year has really made them adapt. From a social media perspective or to having a website or to thinking through their marketing strategies or how they offer their services or products to their client base.

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We've been able to help our clients really think through the changes they need to make. What are the transformational steps they need to take in order to not just exist, but to sustain? And I think early on, a lot of businesses were really trying to come forth with the recovery and resiliency and really trying to kind of discover, OK, how do we need to change? What do we need to do? How are we going to continue?

It's actually been very interesting to see that we have had a lot of folks come to us and say, “You know, this business model didn't work.

But I'm interested in maybe now looking at this business model.” So we actually have a lot of startups, really innovative folks that are taking the opportunity to create new business models, services, and products.

SEDCOR: So what lessons from this year will you be able to take into 2021?

Núñez: I would have to say that we learned as an organization how to reinvent ourselves; how we offer our services, how we work with folks, what are the training, what types of advising topics do we need to offer. So that we not only remain relevant as an organization, but really show up and are helpful to the businesses so that they're able to succeed.

So it's required a big learning curve for us, but it has been very rewarding. We look forward to changing with the times.

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Top to bottom, left to right: SEDCOR visits TopWire Hop Project; Kurt Schrader sees PPE production at WaterShed; Parallel 45 Brewing opens in Independence; Curt Arthur speaks at groundbreaking; pre-Covid smiles of Yamhill County start-up grant recipients; Wilco loads up to deliver needed goods for wildfire relief.

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20 ACRES. MANY POSSIBILITIES.

By Michael Dallas Miller

We all came to see a plot of wheat.

The plot is much smaller--only 20 acres--than any plot we drove past from our offices in Salem. Honestly, it doesn’t look like much.

But this wheat we came to see could be a key to opening an entire new market to growers in the Willamette Valley and help a local food producer transform the way they source a major component of their internationally-known product.

We stood in a circle, safely distanced, our masks up, and recapped the story of how we all got here.

Koji Shiraiwa, CEO of Yamasa (one of the world’s largest producers of soy sauce and other Asian food products) was interested in a different, more efficient way to source the wheat they used to make soy sauce in their Salem plant. Shiraiwa says, “When I joined Yamasa last year, I found the company had been sourcing raw materials from eastern US or Canada. Knowing the high transportation cost and the occasional disruption of supply due to winter weather, I started to think, what can we be doing better?”

He knew wheat could be grown in Oregon, but at that point no farmer grew wheat with enough protein content for their finelytuned brewing process. So, Koji reached out to Abisha Stone, the Yamhill County Business Retention and Expansion Manager for SEDCOR. “I decided to reach out to SEDCOR to see if we can find a way to purchase local wheat.”

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Abisha stands with us now and explains the importance of connecting local producers with local growers to come up with something new, something exciting, something that works.

Abisha says, “We are so blessed to live in one of the most fertile regions on the continent. Oregon is known for being a high quality, high value, value-add food production state. I think it’s because our growers are smart and our food manufacturers are savvy. When they partner on projects that have mutual benefit, great things happen.”

Bruce and Helle Ruddenklau take us to the field. An excited brown lab follows us, ducking in and out of the tall grass and splashing in the fresh puddles along the road. This is their farm.

They grew the twenty acres of wheat because they wanted to see if they could supply what Yamasa needed. They say, “Raising wheat is not out of the ordinary, but raising hard red spring wheat is not a common practice around here. We weren't really sure if we could meet the high protein requirement in our climate. We had a field set aside for a specialty seed crop. We figured it was worth seeing if we could even grow it to meet [Yamasa’s] spec.”

Their experiment turned out to be a success. Yamasa needed wheat with 11% protein. This field of wheat contained 15% protein.

Both the team from Yamasa and the Ruddenklaus understand the unique benefit when growers can connect and work directly with food processors. As Koji put it, “It was great to find that we can source wheat from local farms. We are not planning to take over our competitor but rather planning to build a strong foothold

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Kojiro Shiraiwa, CEO of Yamasa, checks out grain storage at the Ruddenklau's farm.

in the local market by emphasizing our high-quality soy sauce using local ingredients. Surprisingly, not many Oregonians know Yamasa is local. My wish is to increase Yamasa's brand awareness in the Northwest.”

And from the Ruddenklaus perspective, “There is a direct connection between the processors and the grower, when the processor can visit the fields and see the wheat being grown. As a grower, we get a higher price by working directly with the end user. From their side, they get to use that direct connection in their marketing and they have more control over quality.”

The experiment won’t end with these twenty acres. Yamasa, the Ruddenklaus, and other local farmers could benefit from a new market opening up in high-protein, red spring wheat grown in the Willamette Valley. Helle and Bruce say, “It opens up another wheat class for us to grow. We have a better chance of grass control in spring wheat over winter wheat, so there is an agronomic advantage in that regard. If it can continue to be reliably grown here, then Yamasa might increase their local purchasing so other area growers can participate.”

Abisha sees the benefits reaching even farther than that.

“When community members buy locally made goods, they keep their money in the community; the same applies to businesses – when they source from local suppliers, that money stays in our local economy and has a multiplier effect – supporting the creation of jobs, local infrastructure through the increased tax base, and ultimately more local goods are made.”

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Project Oasis Launches in Yamhill County The project brings together multiple partners to help provide childcare and keep and attract a quality workforce.

Could you explain in detail what 'Project Oasis' is?

Project Oasis seeks to provide affordable, safe, localized, dynamic, community-centered childcare, cohort-style distance learning for wage-earning working families and underserved persons in Yamhill County. We are striving to develop a replicable model that can be used in other communities to assist in meeting similar needs.

How did your company get involved? Did you create it in coordination with others?

The initiative started as a workforce development program by DCI to help retain employees who were struggling with childcare solutions. Additionally DCI aimed to attract a labor force that wanted to return to work, but could not due to lack of childcare options or stuck navigating distant learning requirements due to Covid-19. The initiative pivoted to a community project when the founder of DCI, John Spencer, learned that the childcare struggles experience by DCI employees were shared by the Oregon state at large. Upon this discovery, he and his wife discussed engaging their philanthropic entities to assist the community with a more holistic solution that benefited both DCI and the community at large.

There is a lot of public material on the subject, but The Ford Foundation recently published an article that sums up the topic fairly well: https://www.tfff.org/community-vitality/ fall-2020-issue-2/not-enough-care-oregon-child-care-desert

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Because childcare is such a hot topic at present, we were quickly able to coordinate efforts from a variety of talented & connected resources, including SEDCOR, Newberg City Economic Department, Newberg School District, Little Bird Childcare, BRIC Architecture, and Gladstone, OR community members who created inspiring solutions to similar problems.

DCI formed a partnership with several other foundations I believe. Who are they and what is their involvement?

DCI, in conjunction with the Spencer Family Foundation and Project Bloom, aim to develop a childcare and community access facility which, at its core, will provide affordable childcare options for working parents, primarily in the Newberg, Dundee, McMinnville region who currently struggle to find safe, legal, geographically convenient options. DCI is owned by John and Janelle Spencer. The Spencer Family Foundation and Project Bloom non-profits are the family’s philanthropic vehicles to giving back to communities in need of support.

Our goal is to partner with additional sponsors who will participate in the corporate program, sponsoring employee childcare slots to support their workforce development platforms.

These slots will occupy no more than 40% of the total capacity.

The remaining 60% capacity will be made available to the public.

We are pursuing a tiered cost structure and participant criteria to ensure that historically underserved persons, ERDC (Employment Related Daycare for low income) program recipients, and our local wage workers receive priority access to these services.

Childcare programming will be managed by our local, licensed service partner, Little Bird Childcare.

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Is there a big need amongst your employees for childcare? Or Newberg in general? Where will the facilities be located?

Approximately 10%-13% of DCI’s workforce struggle with sustainable childcare solutions. Moreover are the challenges faced by the labor force DCI is trying to attract, but cannot apply for a position because they cannot find a reliable childcare solution.

Not unlike other rural Oregon counties, Yamhill County has been identified as a “childcare desert”. COVID-19 has brought even more devastating impacts as many small service providers shut their doors permanently amidst growing concerns and regulations related to this global pandemic.

“Even before COVID-19 arrived on the scene, Yamhill County was considered a childcare desert. According to a 2019 study out of OSU, only 16% of our children age 0-5 had access to a regulated childcare slot. Now, over 4,000 children from kindergarten through 5th grade are also in need of care while our schools are engaged in distance learning. The need is great – and we need to work together to find solutions, both for family wellbeing and for the economic viability of our community.”

– Jennifer Richter, Early Learning Program Manager – Yamhill CCC

The State of Oregon has identified childcare as one of the top priorities for economic recovery, allowing working parents to return to their jobs and provide for their families. Issues with distance learning structures for school aged children, still too young to be home alone, have exacerbated the need for childcare and are challenging parents to identify alternate care options for

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this unprecedented time in our nation’s history. Additional stresses on family structures have family support program partners concerned about how they can deliver services to families who are no longer congregating at schools and other community spaces.

This leaves them looking for new access points to deliver vital services to families in need.

Ultimately, this is a problem that needs to be addressed cooperatively, with employers, day care operators, local government and economic development leaders leveraging resources to provide affordable, quality childcare options for the Yamhill County workforce.

Project Oasis is actively assessing spaces in the Newberg community to house the child care facility.

Where is your funding coming from?

Startup capital is being generated from a series of donations, grants and loans via DCI, The Spencer Family, Yamhill County, and the City of Newberg. This combination of contributions was designed at the onset of the program as the breakthrough to the childcare desert issue. Individually, the efforts of private, public and non-profit cannot create a corrective plan, but together we can create repeatable product that becomes mirrored around the State by similar initiatives. The sustainability of the operation is propped up by the fees from the childcare facility, rental of community space, new partners and/or sponsors.

How many children will you be able to support?

The goal is 150, but the space and child care requirements will dictate whether we need to fluctuate from that target.

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private collaboration with Alyrica Networks Inc. to invest $1

they installed the solar aerators in the pond, they built an on-land

million of Coronavirus Relief Funds (CRF) to improve unserved

ADA accessible fishing location and, most recently, they built a

and underserved citizens across rural Polk County and meet the

floating ADA accessible fishing dock so that those with walking or

goal of 95% service access by December 30th, 2020. The project is

standing limitations could fish while on the water!

on track and all indicators are that the project will finish on time and with hundreds of new services.

Nominee: Dalke Construction Reason: This calendar year Dalke has worked so hard on public areas. They assisted the Gilbert House and are now doing the soon-to-be historical Gerry Frank Amphitheater at Salem Waterfront park with the support of the Salem Rotary. Special project with joint efforts. Special company to Salem.

Reason: DCI (local manufacturer) initiated Project Oasis -

Nominee: Marin Arreola, Advanced Economic Solutions

community benefit project. quickly they identified a childcare

Reason: Marin leads Salem Capitol Connections , a community of partners promoting economic opportunities for Oregon small businesses. His ability to bring together entrepreneurs to provide business-to-business opportunities, government contract information and other programming continues to be valuable

Nominee: Project Oasis a project aimed at providing much needed childcare and distance learning support for the City of Newberg. This began as a workforce development project and quickly shifted to a service provider (Littlebird Childcare) In dual path, the Yamhill County Board of Commissioners were conducting a childcare needs assessment which ultimately highlighted exactly what the need was. After hearing about Project Oasis, the BOC committed $400k in Cares Act funding toward the project to help it get off

resources for the region.

the ground even sooner, serving the region's distance learning

Nominee: McMinnville Downtown Association

City of Newberg (city council) in the amount of $115k. the city is

Reason: Through their innovative "Dine Out(Side)" initiative, the McMinnville Downtown Association in conjunction with the City of McMinnville worked together to expand the footprint of food and beverage businesses on historic 3rd Street. Twenty-two establishments participated jointly to create a "European" dining experience July through early October. The program has been credited with saving this vibrant downtown industry allowing them to create dining space in a socially distanced manner. The MDA spearheaded the coordination of multiple governmental agencies including the city, Yamhill County Public Health and the Oregon Liquor Control Commission to accomplish the feat. The MDA and City were recently recognized for their efforts by the McMinnville Economic Development Council for their efforts.

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and childcare needs. Project Oasis was then supported by the also considering additional support mechanisms for childcare, including a moratorium on SDC's for childcare facilities. This is now a two-stage project with a legacy component to serve the City of Newberg and Yamhill County with local, legal, affordable childcare with a 20+ year plan. The Newberg School District has now signed on as a partner. This is a true public-private partnership that is sure to have lasting positive impacts in the community.

Nominee: WaterShed Rain Gear When PPE was in need locally but near impossible to find, WaterShed answered the call by retooling their production floor to make Isolation gowns. They have since distributed 500,000 (and counting) gowns to mid-valley hospital groups!

2020: Unique Challenges + Uncommon Resilience

A WAY TO HELP SANTIAM CANYON Wildfire Relief Fund The Santiam Canyon Wildfire Relief Fund established by Santiam Hospital’s Service Integration Team (SIT), provides immediate and long-term relief to individuals and families affected by the wildfires that ravaged the Santiam Canyon this September. All donations are tax-deductible.

Immediate and long term support available

MONETARY DONATIONS: Santiam Canyon Wildfire Relief Fund c/o Santiam SIT of Santiam Hospital 1401 N 10th Ave · Stayton, OR 97383 Or online at: SantiamHospital.org

If you have been impacted call or email:

WHERE DO I DONATE? • SIT Mobile: 101 Center Street Suite A, Sublimity Monday–Friday 10am to 4pm • Immaculate Conception Church Office (Main Doors): 1077 N 6th Ave., Stayton · Monday-Friday 8am to 4pm • Cascade School District: 10226 Marion Road SE, Turner Monday–Friday 7:30-3:30 • 13th Street Nursery: 1298 13th Street SE, Salem Tues.–Sat. 9:00am-6:00pm or Sunday 10:00am-4:00pm

sitmobile@santiamhospital.org

For more information on what donation items are needed or how to volunteer, please visit us at: facebook.com/SCWRfund or santiamcanyonwildfirerelieffund.org

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