Emerging Leader: July 2022
Name: Alex Ferry Title (Include Company): State Farm Insurance Agent How do you define leadership? Someone who is disciplined in their craft that influences others around them without trying. They lead by example in a humble manner that encourages an environment of servant-based leadership. Leadership also characterizes someone who prioritizes …
Salem Coffee Roasters Lifts Up Other Coffee Growers Around the World
Local Business is Blowing Up!
SALEM- Rose City Balloons started as a passion and turned into a business for entrepreneur Betsy Vega.
Technically, her creativity and business began in 2007 when she began decorating her kids’ birthdays. Her son wanted a Spongebob theme for his seventh birthday and so her passion was born.
At the time, Vega had a full-time job at a cancer center in …
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Change of Use is the New Theme in Commercial
Salem Is the 9th Most Dependent Midsize U.S. Metro on Small Businesses
You can see in a new report from Smartest Dollar looking at which U.S. locations are most dependent on small businesses, despite representing 99.9% of all businesses in the country and generating nearly half U.S. annual GDP, the role of small businesses in the economy has been on a decline for several decades. In the late 1980s, small businesses employed 54.…
Oregon’s Latest Stab at Single Payer Health Care
Be Bold, Be Aware.
Nonprofit Organization: Be Bold Street Ministries International Overdose Awareness Day Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022 In the United States drug overdose has continued to skyrocket; From Dec. 2020 to Dec. 2021, the AMA reported more than 107,000 deaths in our nation due to this crisis. With the drug Fentanyl driving this epidemic, record highs …
Salem Chamber of Commerce Business of the Year Awards
SALEM OR: The Salem Chamber of Commerce Business of the Year awards took place earlier this week. Walking into the convention center downtown you would have never guessed this was the first time they had done this since 2017. People flooded under the Willamette Valley Bank banner coming together over a meal and remembrance of the prosperous community we find…