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As it celebrates 50 years, a look at Lanes

impact on Eugenes development and business
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David Hauser, CCE

Eugene Chamber
Executive Committee
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Cooperation between Lane Community

College and the Eugene-area community
has created mutual success for students
and businesses. As the college celebrates
50 years, we look at Lanes quantifiable
contribution to the community and Oregons
economic resilience

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opportunities becoming available to ESS. As a result,
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sixty percent of your business would be from repeat guests. This is the case at Eugene Chamber
member Hallmark Resort in Newport, where
employees are trained to do what they feel is
right for the customer, an internal motivator that
guides all guest interactions.
Ric Rabourn, Hallmark Resorts General
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With this in mind, the Hallmark Resort in
Newport and its sister property in Cannon Beach
recently completed extensive upgrades to keep
those longtime visitors coming back and entice
new travelers. Both of the pet-friendly resorts
have heated saltwater pools with spas, saunas and
fitness rooms, as well as ample business amenities.
Efforts do not end with the customer service
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specific needs. The resort has supported several

local organizations recently, including: Habitat
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Good
as gold
In 50 years, Lane Community College
has had the midas touch on Eugenes
business scene and development
By Tracy Ilene Miller

A 50th anniversary is a golden one, and how apropos, as Lane Community

College (LCC) matures into its golden age of economic impact, celebrating
with the community its pivotal role in the revitalization of the City of Eugenes
downtown, the launch of local small businesses and the continued development
of a viable workforce.
Downtown revitalization

Its said that education transforms lives. It also, apparently, has the ability to
transform city centers. What began as a simple brainstorming session between
LCC and the City of Eugene nearly six years ago turned into a citywide collaboration that is credited with being the spark that has brought life and prosperity
back to City of Eugene downtown.
From my perspective, the current revitalization that we see would not be
occurring if LCC had not invested in that downtown project, says Jon Ruiz,
Eugenes city manager.
And began that investment right at the beginning of a recession, no less.
I believe our board was courageous to take that step to say, We are so
embedded in this community that we have a responsibility to partner to make
the downtown community vibrant and use our resources to make it work, says
LCC president Mary Spilde.
From an initial vision of a $9 million bond in 2008, the project grew to
an eventual $53 million development project that brought two new LEED-

Lane Community
College is celebrating
50 years of educating
students like Miranda
Williams and helping
the Eugene-area
economy.

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certified campus buildings to downtown: a
student housing complex, Titan Court, and
an academic building.
This project shows what the community
can do when working together to make it a
reality, Spilde says.
First voters approved the bond in 2008,
and then the Eugene Chamber led an advocacy campaign to the city council to grant
urban renewal financing to the project. City
staff worked tirelessly, and LCC successfully secured additional funding from state,
federal and private sources.
The result of the grand collaboration was
the physical and psychological filling of the
not-so-affectionally piece of property called
The Pit.
LCC built on that hulled out piece of
land at 10th Avenue between Charnelton
and Olive Streets. The new construction
not only physically filled The Pit, the openings prompted what Ruiz calls a four-year
period of unprecedented investment in the
downtown.

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Higher earnings of Lane students expand
the tax base in Oregon by about

$1 invested

For every
at Lane, the average students income

$70 million each year.

increases by $9.20

Developing a workforce, businesses

to sustain and prosper

Weve just experienced the lingering

effects of the worst recession since the
1930s, Ruiz says, but Eugene experienced
more than $200 million of investments in
its downtown. I seriously doubt that much
would have happened without LCC getting
things started.
LCCs commitment brought the realized
promise of thousands of students, faculty

and administrators filling downtown and

spending discretionary dollars at downtown
businesses. It also brought a tide of private
businesses willing to commit to further
development.
Its kind of interesting, from the economic developing point of view, Ruiz says.
Its not just support and structures for
the students, but that LCCs presence has

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It has always been part of the mission

of LCC to be part of the community and
to contribute to the economic viability
of the community, Spilde says. Theres a
practicality to supporting an expanding
employer base when
87 percent of LCC
graduates stay in the
community.
Theres a whole lot
of cooperating going
on between LLC
and our community
to promote the mu- Spilde
tual success of students and businesses. And
with that success comes LCCs quantifiable
contribution to our community and Oregons economic resilience.
One way LCC plays a cooperative, active part in local economic development is
through the Small Business Development
Center (SBDC), where LCC works with
businesses, designing training programs to
meet their needs and supporting the start
up and growth of new businesses. (To read
more, see Small Business Development
Center Helps Local Businesses, p. 12.)
Another way is through the colleges
aptly named Cooperative Education Program, which provides students more than
800 work sites in Lane County for handson training. In turn, those businesses have
access to more than 2,000 LCC students
nearing the end of their academic programs
who are ready to provide serious contributions to their work placements. Not surprisingly, approximately 65 percent of the
employers retain the students following the
completion of these internships.
The cooperative program is nationally
recognized as a model program by the National Commission of Cooperative Education, says Dawn DeWolf, LCC executive
dean, Academic Affairs, Career Technical,

For every dollar state and local

government spends at Lane,
taxpayers see a

return of $2.40
from higher tax receipts
and avoided costs.

=
Approximately 12% of students come to
Lane from other areas and generate

$24.4 million
of annual income in Lane County.

and two of our directors have received

national achievement awards.
Its not only that LCC maintains 45
career technical programs to train and
develop the future workers of Lane County
and elsewhere; they do it in concert with
local businesses. Each program has an advisory council, made up businesses, employers, faculty and deans, that meets regularly.
The curricula of the programs are therefore
constantly evolving to serve both students
and businesses.
We are continually looking to our local
employers to improve our curriculum, so
when students complete their programs,
they are prepared to do the job, DeWolf
says. We adjust to make sure the curricula
are current and relevant.
That specific, timely input applies across
all career technical programs, including
health, manufacturing, computer information technology, culinary and more. It

Profiles
in education
Lane Community College manages
its Cooperative Education Program
with strong ties between students
and local businesses, training and
placing graduating students in
internships, which often translates
into locally held jobs. For example,
since 2005, 23 students have
completed one or more internships
with Cascade Health Solutions, and
six were hired as regular, full-time
employees.
Here are two student success stories
from other programs:

Mike Brady, 33

His first time around at Lane

Community College, Mike, a native
Oregonian, earned his two-year
associates degree in 2008. Through
his LCC program, he started as a
drafting intern for Country Coach,
then worked full time for the
company after his 2010 graduation.
When the RV company closed, Mike
headed back to LCC in 2012 for night
classes, retraining in machining. Mike
entered an internship with Northwest
Stamping and Precision in 2013,
started working for the company fulltime in December 2013 and finished
his machining program in winter of
this year.

Jake Reed, 32

Jake had always worked in

restaurants, but when moving from
San Diego to Oregon with his wife, he
managed Target stores instead. He
missed the restaurant business. Jake
went to LCC in 2009, completing
the culinary arts and management
program in 2013, which included an
LCC internship placement at Koho
Bistro in west Eugene.
They helped me get my foot in the
door, to show I was serious about
a career in the kitchen, Jake says.
After completing his internship, Koho
hired him briefly as a dishwasher, and
then moved him up to sous chef this
year.

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Small Business Development Center helps local businesses get their start
Taking the leap from employee to entrepreneur is never
easy, but Eugene may be a better place than most to start.
Eugene is a really amazing place to start a business, said
Larry Kaplowitz, who founded Coconut Bliss with his wife and
help from the Small Business Development Center (SBDC),
a department of Lane Community College. I cant imagine a
more supportive environment to do what we did.
Coconut Bliss started with a $1.50 ice cream maker from
Goodwill and tasting parties in the couples home. By 2009, the
company had $4 million in annual sales.
The Small Business Development Center was the first in
Oregon and was started by Lane in 1983 at the request of the
Oregon legislature and the Small Business Administration.
The SBDC helps businesses get started, operate profitably, and
grow successfully over time.
With business, you always think youve made it but the
challenges keep on coming, said Jim Lindly, the director of
the SBDC. Most businesses are 10 to 20 year projects. It takes
time and boundless energy. We are here to help throughout the
life of a business.
To help with these challenges, the SBDC offers free
advising sessions with professionals who have owned their
own businesses in the past and understand the challenges.
The SBDC works closely with the Eugene and Springfield
Chambers of Commerce, SCORE, and other local economic
development organizations. The college department also offers
classes through the three-year Small Business Management

means the college nimbly responds to shifts

in industries to adjust its programs so they
keep pace with the shifting needs of students and businesses.
Our advisors make sure that people
who leave our programs are prepared,
Spilde says.
But the school also contributes to the
economic stability of the community by
providing workforce development programs
that retrain laid-off and returning workers.
We have had a strong impact during the
recent multiyear recession, with businesses
closing, DeWolf says. We worked with
workforce partnerships and other partners at
employment departments to provide training
through grants to retrain workers and get
people trained into other occupations.

program, employee training for larger area firms, and specific

workshops to help business owners.
The SBDC has worked with many of the areas most iconic
brands, including Molecular Probes, Euphoria Chocolate, Pacific Yurts, Tobys Tofu Palace, Hirons, BRING, and Ninkasi.
Many of these companies continue to participate and provide
guidance to newer business owners currently going through
SBDC programs. Collaboration and establishing connections
with existing business leaders is critical to the success of many
small businesses.
Taking the classes I learned that, yes, you can do to this,
and there are resources to help you out. You are not alone, said
Kaplowitz. That was really empowering.
The Lane SBDC has been a leader statewide in establishing
programs to help small businesses, and it continues to be one
of the largest centers in Oregon. The Oregon State Business
Development Center Network is headquartered at Lane in the
Wildish Building in Eugene and coordinates activity among
the 19 Small Business Development Centers throughout the
state.
Im proud that Lane has had such a strong leadership role
helping local businesses, said Lindly. What we are doing here
is clearly working well, with many of the businesses we work
with continuing to grow and thrive.
The Lane SBDC is located at the Lane Downtown Eugene
Campus, 101 W. 10th Ave., Ste 304, phone 541-463-6200, or
visit lanesbdc.com.

Climbing higher

In the United States, 46 percent of

undergraduates attend a community college and 62 percent of students who have
a bachelors degree have attended a community college at some point.
We are the place that the first generation, the poorest students in our county, get
to go to college, Spilde says. We provide
a high-quality education at lower cost. In
programs such as nursing, and the one- and
two-year certificate programs that can lead
graduates directly to work, for many people
thats the lever that gets them above poverty.
So, LCC helps the range of students in
Lane County to success, from young high
school graduates to older students returning

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to school for one reason or another. In fact,

the average age of LCC student is 32. (To
get a sense of how older students train and
then get to work in our community, read the
sidebar, Profiles in education.)
Either out of the workforce or out of
high school, we help students so they are
not marginalized, Spilde says. We believe
strongly in a developmental education.
Future economic impact

LCC will continue to have an impact on

downtown revitalization, as it considers the
reuse of its older building at 11th Avenue,
and the continued growth of its downtown
campus.
As for the next 50 years, LCC is currently in its strategic planning phase, giving

thought to what comes next. A strong focus

on developing entrepreneurship through
the SBDC and workforce development
programs, and doing so in partnership with
community business leaders, including the
Eugene Chamber thats what LCCs
future plans include, to ensure it continues
to meet the needs of the community, Spilde
says.
Were thinking seriously about what
happens next and how we can create a vibrant economy and healthy community, and
well do so as a good partner, Spilde says.
We continue to build on our partnerships,
figuring how the college can contribute.
Thats important to us.
Weve always been innovative with our
programs, DeWolf says. This will continue
in the future, as we work strategically with
local, state and national partners, including business and other partners, to look at
trends.
Like the return of the construction
market, which is on the rise, and how that

98% of Lane students

remain in Oregon
and contribute to economic growth

98%

Theres a practicality
to supporting an
expanding employer
base when 87 percent
of LCC graduates stay
in the community.

2%
will affect the programs curriculum. And
the continued, evolving support of jobs in
the expanding health care and information
technology fields. Plus, the obvious focus
on the colleges centers of excellence, its
nationally recognized niche programs, such
as the hospitality and culinary program.
We are the only two-year accredited hospitality and culinary program in

Mary Spilde
Lane Community College President

the Northwest, Spilde says. When the

accreditors were here, they said we were also
the most sustainable. Students grow what
they cook.
LCC will continue to look at how to
promote this highly recognized program
and expand it, as well as programs that
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facturing, strong and vital areas of expansion

for Lane County, including beer fermentation
and distillation.
If you think of the amazing food grown
here, and think how we can take those
foods and turn them into high-quality and
high-value products, if we have capacity for
people to come in and be creative and help
them with entrepreneurship, the packaging
and business, we could really help jumpstart
that piece of the economy and take advantage
of all the bounty we have here, based on the
organic and sustainability principles and local
growing, Spilde says.
Thats a big project we are working on. The
value is we are going to build on our strengths
of the business development program already
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create jobs, but also create an economy that
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Measure 20-222 worth investment

Levy will allow district
to maintain class sizes,
keep students for a
full school year
Few will challenge that a quality
public K-12 education system is critical
to the health of a community. Recognizing, also, that well-funded schools with
strong community support are essential
criteria for companies making expansion or relocation decisions and that
an education system that adequately
prepares students for the workforce and
higher education opportunities helps
to keep a community competitive in
business growth and development, the
Eugene Area Chamber of Commerce
has endorsed Measure 20-222, a local
option levy to provide additional funding to the 4J school district.
Eugene residents value a quality education system. Under Oregon law a local
option levy is the only tool the school
district has to allow the community to
increase funding specifically for local
school operations. Since 2000, Eugene
School District residents have voted to
provide supplemental funding to local
schools through passage and renewal
of the local option school levy. The law
calls for a sunset after five years, leaving
the latest version of the levy set to expire
next June.
This November, Eugene residents
will be asked again to renew this important option levy for 4J schools with a yes
vote on Measure 20-222.
The local option levy is a property
tax that provides about $8 million per
year for local 4J school operations. The
results of the additional investment in
local schools provided by the levy are
clear. It allows for the district to main-

What Is The Value Of

$8 Million For Our Schools?
80 Teachers

16 School Days
S

$8 million is the equivalent of about

80 teachers or 16 school days

tain class sizes, keep students in classes

for a full school year and to provide the
rich course offerings for their students.
Without the levy, the school district
would need to reduce its operating
budget by about 5 percent, which would
be equivalent to about 80 teaching positions or 16 school days.
Renewal of the levy will not increase
tax rates. It is a continuation of the same
tax rate residents have been paying to
help provide tangible resources to the
Eugene School District since 2000.
As local schools struggle to maintain
high-quality operations with less than
adequate state funding, Eugene residents can step up once again by investing local dollars in local schools to help
them meet the challenge.
Please consider voting yes on Measure 20-222 for the continued success of
local schools.

Renewal of the levy

will not increase
tax rates. It is a
continuation of
the same tax rate
residents have been
paying to help provide
tangible resources to
the Eugene School
District since 2000.

Join us on October 15 at our main campus

to help celebrate 50 years of student success!
Building 19 4:00 p.m.
(Special tours and program demonstrations start at 2 p.m.)

Eugene Area
Chamber of
Commerce

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Promotions/
New Hires
Photos appear left to right from top.

PIVOT Architecture
has promoted Liza
Lewellen, Theresa
Maurer, and John
Stapleton to
Associates. They
each approach design from their own
perspectives, but all share their drive
to get things right. PIVOT Architecture
is a firm of creative problem solvers
with expertise in architecture, planning,
and interior design that specialize in
commercial, institutional, and industrial
design for a wide spectrum of public and
private clients.
www.pivotarchitecture.com

BUSINESSNEWS
Bank of the Cascades,
an Oregon-based
bank with $2.5 billion
in assets, announced
the hiring of David
Eldred as Senior Vice
President of Marketing. Eldred is a Eugene
resident and previously served as Senior
Vice President, Director of Marketing and
Product Development at Home Federal
Bank, which Bank of the Cascades
formally acquired last month.
www.botc.com

Court Appointed Special Advocates

(CASA), providing a powerful voice for
abused kids, announces the election
of new Board officers: Roger Cox,
President, Selectemp Employment
Services; Sharri da Silva, Vice
President, PeaceHealth; John Stacy,
Past President, U.S. Bank; and Ted
Utley, Secretary/Treasurer, Summit
Funding. CASA has also elected three
new members to its Board of Directors:
Brian Burns, Moss Adams; Jeff Singer,
Umpqua Bank; and Anne Sharman,
Community Volunteer.

Wayne Clark has joined KPD Insurance

Inc.s Workers Compensation team as a
Claims Analyst in their Advantage Health
unit. Prior to coming on with KPD, Wayne
spent the last 10 years of his career with
SAIF Corporation. In addition Lindsay
Wichmann has joined the KPD team in
the Property & Casualty Department as a
Customer Service Representative Associate.

Local marketing and

advertising agency,
bell+funk, announces
Liz Martin as Account
Executive. Prior to
joining bell+funk,
Martin started her career in 2009 in
the non-profit sector. Martin worked for
several nonprofits, including the Boys
& Girls Club, Peaceful Paths Domestic
Abuse Network, and CREATE! where she
specialized in program development,
fundraising, communications, event
planning and public relations.
www.bellandfunk.com

kpdinsurance.com

Luvaas Cobb is
pleased to announce
Andrew M.J. Pinchin
has joined the law
firm as an Associate
Attorney. Mr. Pinchin,
a 2013 University of Oregon School of
Law graduate, will focus his practice in
the areas of Estate Planning, Probate and
Trust Administration, Business Law and
Transactions, and Personal Injury.

The Board of Directors

of the Eugene
Symphony is pleased
to announce Lindsey
McCarthy has joined
the Association as its
new Marketing Director.
www.eugenesymphony.org

After a nationwide
search, Lane Electric
Cooperatives Board of
Directors has selected
Matt Michel to serve
as Lane Electrics new
General Manager. Effective October 1,
Michel will officially begin his service with
Lane Electric. He succeeds Rick Crinklaw
who has been with the co-op for over 37
years and will retire this month.

Cassie Teran and Rebecca Reba

McIntyre have joined RE/MAX Integrity as
Real Estate Brokers at their office located
at 4710 Village Plaza Loop in Eugene.
www.integrityhomesonline.com

www.laneelectric.com

March of Dimes is
pleased to announce
Jenny Miles, VP of
Commercial Banking
for Umpqua Bank,
has taken on the role of
Lane County 2015 March for Babies Chair.

Dominic Corleto of
Wells Fargo Advisors
in Eugene has been
named one of the top
50 Plan Advisorsunder
age 40in the United
States by the National
Association of Plan Advisors(NAPA).

http://oregonmod.com

www.wellsfargoadvisors.com

WHA Insurance and Agents Cris

Pettit and Mike Fitch were recently
acknowledged by Oregon Mutual
Insurance as the top producing agency
and agents in Oregon.
www.whainsurance.com

www.luvaascobb.com

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BUSINESSNEWS
Rick Foster was recently
named Luxury Brands
Specialist for Kendall
Auto Group. In his new
role Foster will lead sales
and service for all of
Kendalls premium brands including Lexus,
Mercedes Benz, Porsche, Audi, Acura, BMW
and Cadillac.

Kincaid Law, LLC

The Kozy

kincaidlawllc.com

www.thekozykitchen.net

Mazamas Sporting Goods

Widener Technologies, LLC

www.TeamMazama.com

www.wide-tech.net

Mortier Engineering, PC

Willamette Architecture 360

www.mortierengineering.com

www.wa-360.com

www.kendallautogroup.com

New Members
When you join the Eugene Area Chamber
of Commerce, you become part of a
vibrant and prosperous community of
creative entrepreneurs, forward-thinking
innovators and visionary business leaders.
Were pleased to welcome these new
members who have chosen to take
advantage of the Chambers tools,
resources and expansive network to grow
their businesses:

My Accounting Team

Willamette Jazz Society

www.myaccountingteam.com

www.thejazzstation.org

Office Depot
www.officedepot.com

Business News covers promotions,

hires, awards, business giving and
business news. E-mail items to
businessnews@eugenechamber.
com.

Smiles Dental
www.welovesmiles.com

Sola Salon Studios

www.solasalons.com

Technology Integration Group

www.tig.com

A Quality Lifestyle

The Growler Guys

www.aqualitylifestyle.ichooseoptimalhealth.com

www.thegrowlerguys.com

AARP Oregon
www.aarp.org/or

By upgrading our facility,

we coupled the charm of
this downtown landmark
with modern comfort.
Jim and Ginevra Ralph,
Founders of The Shedd Institute

Craig Smith, Bill Brewer

and Todd Johnston
of Hershner Hunter
were selected by their
peers as the 2015 Best
Lawyers in America
Lawyer of the Year in Eugene in the areas
of Health Care Law, Trusts and Estates
and Construction Litigation, respectively.
Eight other Hershner Hunter attorneys
also were selected for inclusion in the 2015
Best Lawyers in America list, including
Nancy Cary, Arthur Clark, Jeffrey Kirtner,
Norman J. LeCompte, Jr., Andrew Lewis,
Everett Moreland, K. Patrick Neill and
Paul Vaughan.Three Hershner Hunter
attorneys were also recognized by Oregon
Super Lawyers: Bill Brewer, Todd Johnston
(Rising Star) and Mario Conte (Rising
Star).
www.hershnerhunter.com

www.oregonresourceguide.com

And Update My Website, LLC

www.AndUpdateMyWebsite.com

Core Campus
www.corecampus.us

Expedia CruiseShipCenters
www.cruiseshipcenters.com/eugene

Farmers Insurance & Financial Services

www.farmersagent.com/rscholz

Homeless Outreach Team

www.oregonvagabond.com

Hytreks Jewelers
www.hytreksjewelers.com

While we might celebrate the past on stage, theres nothing romantic

about an outdated heating and cooling system. We installed a
ductless heat pump system with financing from the Eugene Water
& Electric Board. Learn more about EWEBs business programs
including facility loans, special rates for expanding facilities, and
rebates at eweb.org/growthretention
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Oregon Resource Guide

IC Touch, LLC
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SEEN AT THE CHAMBER

Networking is one of the most crucial skills any growing business
must have. It is an effective and inexpensive way to grow business
by meeting the key people who could become your clients,
suppliers and support systems. That is why the Eugene Chamber
provides over 80 quality networking events and opportunities
each year. Over 550 members were in attendance at the August
Business After Hours hosted by the Valley River Inn.

Above:
Elvis was in
the building
for Business
After Hours
entertaining
members and
guests. Right:
Chamber staff
members (from
left to right)
Jeannine Erving,
Cedric Rudd,
and Stephanie
Brathwaite
join the crowd
embracing the
fun and flare of
Valley River Inns
Business After
Hours event.

Valley River Inn General Manager George Rogers and

Chamber President Dave Hauser welcome attenees to
another outstanding Business After Hours.

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