Healthy Businesses
Good Jobs
Strong Communities
Our Region Stands Out
Oregon's Willamette Valley is our home and our team is dedicated to helping it thrive.
We know the land, the people, the obstacles, and the opportunities. We see how everything fits together to create a beautifully intricate value-add economy.
Wine alone supports dozens of industries and thousands of jobs. Here in the Willamette Valley, we can grow over 200 of these specialty crops!Â
We Show Up. We Listen. We Transform Opportunities Into Reality.
When local businesses expand, when they hire new staff, when they become more productive and efficient, we celebrate. When cities thrive and communities prosper, we celebrate. When optimism grows for the future of our whole region, we celebrate.
THE IMPACT IS REAL
Multiplier Effect
Good-Paying Jobs
Traded sector jobs are stable, pay above-average wages, offer competitive benefits, and since many local businesses try to expand within the region, allow employees opportunities to grow within the business.
Stable Tax Revenue
Many county and municipal budgets rely on the taxes generated from traded sector businesses. This tax revenue support vital services like roads, water treatment systems and sewers, public schools, and police and fire services, all of which make our communities safe, livable, and lovely.
Exciting News
3 Tips to Install New Tech in Your Ag Business
AgTech Adoption: Three Tips from Jeff Freeman of Marion Ag Services Tip #1: Know Your Numbers “As anyone in the agriculture business knows, new equipment-even relatively simple and mechanically-based ones-are a significant investment. So, before you make that investment, look very closely at your operation. Dig deep into your numbers. Ask yourself hard questions and…
2023: Willamette Valley Economic Development Outlook
Obstacles Tight Labor Market + Workforce Woes At the time of writing this, the current national unemployment rate is holding steady at 3.7%. In Oregon, the rate stands at 4.1%.  Even with headlines of mass layoffs and hiring freezes, most employers are still struggling to find workers, highly skilled or otherwise. To attract talent,…
McMinnville Based Concrete Climate Moonshot Consortium Wins High Impact Opportunity Project Grant
Business Oregon, through InC – Oregon Innovation Council, awarded Concrete Climate Moonshot Consortium, a project developed by McMinnville-based company Solid Carbon, Oregon State University, municipal partners City of McMinnville and City of Portland, industry partners, two trade associations, and local economic development organization MEDP, $241,936 in High Impact Opportunity Project (HIOP) grant funding. The funds…
SEDCOR + AgLaunch: Pacific Northwest Regional Innovation Cluster
New Pacific Northwest Regional Innovation Cluster to Focus on Food and Agriculture A new Pacific Northwest Regional Innovation Cluster (RIC) funded by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) will focus on growing small businesses and catalyzing innovation and technologies in the agriculture and food sectors. Formation of the new RIC was announced by managing partners …
Region of Innovation: Solid Carbon
The Obstacle John Mead knows concrete. He’s worked with it for years to build his high-end fire tables under the brand of Vesuvian Forge. The positive qualities are obvious: strength, beauty, and versatility. But John Mead and his team at Solid Carbon understand something else about concrete: it is a major contributor to global carbon…
Cybersecurity Educational Forum: 3 Big Takeaways
On Wednesday, October 12th, we hosted our first back-in-person Educational Forum at the Keizer Community Center. The topic: cybersecurity. Cybersecurity and cybercrime are growing concerns for more businesses, nonprofits, and civic organizations. As more valuable data is collected and stored, more cybercriminals find more creative ways to hack, steal, and profit from that data. Our…
How to Build a Career in Blockchain
Blockchain could possibly be one of the most revolutionary technologies to be developed in our lifetime. It has the potential to change the way the world exchanges value, protects assets, tracks goods across supply chains, and executes contracts; that’s just a small sample of the current use cases! Unfortunately, the world of blockchain is confusing…
Who Is A Farmer: Short Doc Video
Let’s dive deep into the world of the independent, family-owned farm. Who Is A Farmer: Molly McCargar of Pearmine Farms “I think people think farming is easy.” Molly McCargar is a fourth-generation farmer at Pearmine Farms in Gervais, Oregon. Gervais is just outside of Salem, in the heart of the Willamette Valley. Pearmine Farms is…
DCI Rebuild Timelapse
After a fire decimated their parts facility, we worked with civic leaders and the team at DCI to move production to an empty retail space. Watch the rebuild below.
The Purlin Mill’s JORNS Machine
What if you could bend steel with just a fingertip? The Jorns JDB Double Bender, a new piece of machinery at the Purlin Mill in Hubbard is the only one operating in all of North America. And yes, it may not give you Superman-like strength to bend steel, but it does allow for an unparalleled…
Uncrate Opportunity: Tap Into Our Vast Network of Trusted Partners
To carry out any project across the finish line involves an expansive and intricate network of passionate people with a shared vision. Since 1982, SEDCOR has built and strengthened positive and productive partnerships with industry leaders, nonprofits, business advocacy groups, community organizations, commodity boards, state and federal agencies, local governments, and more. In a phrase, "We know someone for that!"
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The Greatest Impact is From Within
A majority of our team's time and resources is devoted to helping established businesses in our region expand, invest, and grow.
These local businesses hire and retain a local workforce while maintaining a healthy tax base for cities and towns throughout the region.
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Making The Perfect Match
When businesses want to move and expand in the Mid-Willamette Valley, they connect to our team first.
We help guide them to the sites that best meet their needs. And we work with them as they grow, investing to create new jobs and new tax revenue to fund our essential public services.
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Making The Perfect Match
When businesses want to move and expand in the Mid-Willamette Valley, they connect to our team first.
We help guide them to the sites that best meet their needs. And we work with them as they grow, investing to create new jobs and new tax revenue to fund our essential public services.
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Making Our Region Future-Proof
The world's economy is changing faster than ever. In order to stay competitive, our region's future workforce must be ready for anything.
The next success story is waiting to be found, funded, and nurtured. The future is coming fast and we are getting ready for it now.
