Economic Development
If you're looking to move or expand your company — whether it's to be near materials you need for manufacturing, or closer to end users of your product — we can help. We have spent the past century building relationships in more than 500 communities in the West.
Some of the services we offer are outlined below. For more information, please contact our Industrial Development Specialist.
Business retention and expansion
- Support communities' efforts to strengthen existing businesses
- Provide assistance with business retention and expansion committee formation, project development, implementation and analysis
- Establish business assistance teams
Community consulting
- Work with community leaders and organizations to build economic vitality
- Facilitate strategic planning and goal setting for communities
- Consult on infrastructure improvements, land use and growth management
- Provide leadership training and organizational development
Site selection for new industry
Industrial site evaluations (fee-based):
- Conduct comprehensive industrial site assessments by partnering with engineers, planners, architects and real estate developers
- Recommend top industrial uses for surveyed sites, necessary infrastructure improvements and appraisal of the sites' development potential
- Provide information useful to guide infrastructure investments, target industries for specific sites and help communities prioritize site development activities
- Oregon sites can be found at OregonProspector.com
Conceptual industrial park layout (fee-based):
- More refined industrial site evaluation
- Complete design of the industrial park on paper with the infrastructure phased and laid-out with all costs defined by phase
- Identify parcels by use (industrial, commercial, business park, etc.)
- Analyze development costs to determine if the park is economically feasible
- Provide potential development options
- Assist with target industries selection
