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While 2020 has ended, the pandemic and its after-effects have not. How can small businesses endure even more of this pandemic environment? REDI looks to two sources where businesses can turn to for guidance and strength. These are Central Oregon SCORE and SBDC.
Read MoreOne doesn’t need to wait until Oktoberfest to celebrate good “old-world” style sausage any longer. A former Bend food truck company, We’re the Wurst, decided to expand into the world of manufacturing. In its Redmond, Oregon facility, a fine sausage purveyor makes an array of provisions that include: Kielbasa, British bangers, Bockwurst, Chorizo, Linguiça, Moroccan Merguez and more.
Read MoreProclaimed by Mayor George Endicott, the first Friday in October is “National Manufacturing Day” and Redmond Economic Development Incorporated (REDI) recently held its 8th Annual Made in Redmond Tour on October 2nd, 2020
Read MoreRedmond is in Demand
Even in the middle of a pandemic, Redmond is in high demand for industrial property. According to the most recent market report from Compass Commercial Real Estate, out of Redmond’s industrial sector of 1,654,385 square feet total leasable space, there is now just 35,384 SF available for lease, which amounts to a nine month supply at current leasing activity levels.
Read MoreThere is good news for easing the need for childcare in Redmond and Central Oregon.
East Cascades Works is partnering with Better Together to support the expansion of childcare options for school-aged children in support of working parents and guardians. Becca Tatum is leading these efforts to expand schoolage childcare resources across Central Oregon and is currently working with Bend Parks, Boys and Girls Clubs, and Champions (Redmond) to support their current enrollments for roughly 800 kids in K-5...
Read MoreIn March, pilot Paul Hodge and co-pilot Laird Hamilton climbed in the LX7 personal aircraft and flew from Redmond to Anchorage, Alaska, setting a new, all-time “high” in only six hours. Hodge’s average airspeed was nearly 269 mph even with unfavorable winds during the journey. On the return trip home, it only took 5.5 hours with an average speed of 317 mph even breaking his own record.
Read MoreAt the recent REDI Annual Luncheon, renowned Author, Speaker and Strategist, Zach Mercurio, presented a keynote via live webcast with a timely and compelling message. You can wath the video here!
Read MoreWhen you hear the term company culture what does it mean to you? Google defines company culture as a shared set of values, goals, attitudes and practices which characterize an organization.
Read MoreInformation gathered from the Governor’s office tells us that as a percentage of Oregon’s total employment numbers, Deschutes County ranks third in the state impacted by the COVID-19 virus with eight percent of the labor force filing for Unemployment Insurance during the first three weeks after the “Stay at Home, Save Lives” Executive Order. Regional Economist, Damon Runberg, provides insights into the big picture of characteristics of the newly unemployed across the state.
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