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Corvallis economic staff say business registry nearly complete but email contacts remain scarce
Summary
Economic development staff reported a near-complete business registry that identifies most firms by industry, size and address but contains email addresses for only about 350 of roughly 4,600 businesses; staff said a CRM and IT support are needed to turn the registry into an effective outreach tool.
Corvallis economic development staff told advisory members that a citywide business registry now identifies nearly every business by industry type, employee count, address and phone number — but email contact information remains limited, constraining outreach.
"We have about 3,500 seller records for permanent data, but sometimes you have a contractor pulled up, and you're not actually the business," the presenter, identified in the meeting as Chris, said. "We have about 350 email addresses out of about 4,600 total businesses."
Chris said staff consider the…
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