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Columbia Economic Team presents countywide
Summary
Columbia Economic Team presented findings from the Business Community Connection project, reporting 75 one‑hour interviews across Columbia County and identifying workforce, commercial space and financing as top business challenges; Scappoose business owners rated the local business climate above the county average.
Sierra, small business specialist with the Columbia Economic Team, presented the Business Community Connection project and said the team "completed 75 business interviews, each at least an hour long," giving what she called a broad snapshot of business conditions across Columbia County including Scappoose.
The project is modeled on work from the University of Minnesota and included 25 partners and more than 55 volunteers. Sierra said the goal was to "support, retain and grow local businesses," strengthen partnerships and produce a countywide strategic plan to be refreshed every three to five years.
She said the project found…
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