Business

Join the High Desert Museum, Scalehouse Collaborative for the Arts and others to hear from Randy Cohen, the vice president of research for Americans for the Arts. He’ll share how arts and culture can support job creation and draw new businesses through fostering vibrant communities. Oregon’s arts and culture sector contributed $829 million to the […]

Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden have announced major investments passed the Senate to expand affordable, rural, and veterans housing options and boost transportation infrastructure, including funding for 20 critical community-initiated projects across the state. The investments were included in the FY24 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD) bill. “As […]

Tractor Supply Company, a rural lifestyle retailer in the United States, and American Farmland Trust (AFT) have awarded Jessica Lee in Tumalo, Oregon $10,000 for her business, Tender Greens. Lee’s business specializes in growing nutritious microgreens. She plans to use these funds for a climate control system that will improve the quality of her crops […]

DENT Instruments, Inc., which develops and produces energy measuring and monitoring technology, announces Jonas Greberg as its new Chief Executive Officer. Greberg assumed leadership in October. Christopher Dent, founder and chief engineer, stepped down from management but continues to provide guidance as Senior Advisor. In late 2022, DENT Instruments was acquired by Bemsiq AB. Based in […]

The Bend Chamber announces four new board members will join the full board of directors on January 1, 2024. The board is an all-volunteer group that guides the mission, policy setting, and governance of the Chamber as they serve the Bend business community. The new board members serving a three-year term are: Laura Breit—Owner/CEO, ColeBreit […]

Viaggio Wine Merchant celebrates its one-year anniversary on November 1, 2023.  Located at 210 SW Century, in the Westside Yard, Viaggio Wine Merchant opened last year, with a unique business model. Viaggio offers hand-selected domestic and international wines from affordable-finds to exclusive collector bottles.  Viaggio’s monthly wine club offers members a curated allocation of place-based, […]

High Desert Food & Farm Alliance (HDFFA) announces awarding this year’s On-Farm Efficiency Grants. Through this competitive grant program, HDFFA awarded nine farms and ranches in Central Oregon a total of $26,861 to implement innovative projects that promote greater efficiencies in time, water usage, crop yield, and more. The recipient farms range in size from […]

A local family-owned McDonald’s franchise invites the community of the Greater Bend Region to a fun-filled celebration to commemorate the year their family opened the first McDonald’s east of the Cascades on November 13, 1973. Local McDonald’s Owner, Scott Acarregui, is a third generation Owner Operator whose grandfather, Bill Bloom, opened the first McDonald’s at 2048 […]

Central Oregon’s nonprofit i4Education organization has announced that it is rebranding and expanding the region’s TED-Ed talks and master class for presenters. Over the past two years, i4Education, the innovation arm of the High Desert Education Service District, has hosted and led two highly successful Central Oregon TED-Ed talks and trained 20 speakers using the […]

David Wrathall, Ph.D., Associate Professor, College of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences at Oregon State University will share  the findings from his role as a lead author of the UN’s latest climate assessment on November 14 at COCC in Bend. Wrathall researches human migration in response to various climate change hazards, including sea level rise, […]