What: Community Town Hall Meeting
Where: Boys & Girls Club, 1112 NW Circle Blvd, Corvallis
When: Wednesday June 7th
Time: Doors open at 5:30 pm, event starts at 6:00 pm
To Register: Click on the link below

https://secure.oregonstate.edu/ocse/register.php?event=135

The June 7th Town Hall meeting will be an interactive affair. Following brief presentations by Economic Vitality Partnership (EVP) representative Pat Lampton and the consultant team led by Jason Robertson of Barney & Worth, Inc., participants will have an opportunity to share their ideas in small group work sessions, participate in an audience-wide electronic polling session, and evaluate and rank a range of action concepts developed by several Focus Area Teams. Preliminary ideas address business retention and recruitment, workforce development, housing and education needs, integrating sustainability into economic development activities and many more topics. Of course, there will also be feedback forms for those who prefer to be less “interactive” when sharing their thoughts.

Take the Survey

http://www.InsightsNow.com/evp_survey.htm

The EDP is an active member of the Economic Vitality Partnership (EVP). The EVP is a consortium of fourteen economic development, government and social service organizations. working together to keep Benton County a vibrant place to live, work and play.

As part of that charge, the EVP has a goal of creating a unified strategic plan to act as an umbrella for economic development services in Benton County, creating greater collaboration and eliminating redundancy wherever possible. Using the Vision 2020, as a starting place, the EVP is working to devise a plan to attain the attributes provided on the Economic Vitality page. To see the Vision 2020 Statement, click the link:

The EDP is acting as fiscal agent and project manager for the Economic Vitality Partnership in an effort to create a communitywide strategic plan focused on the economy. The successful proposer will create an umbrella strategy to align all organizations involved with economic development efforts in Benton County Oregon.

To see the Corvallis Vision 2020 Statement, please click on the link:

http://www.ci.corvallis.or.us/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=234&Itemid=188

Proposals will be accepted until 2:00 pm on November 1, 2005.

For a copy of the RFP and supporting materials, please call the EDP office at 5412.757.1507 or email mrusk@corvallisedp.com.

World Class SBIR Writing Workshop

Dates: 6/24 and 6/25
Location: LBCC Benton center
Time: 8:00-6:00pm
Fee: $75

Speaker: Mark Henry , PBC Inc

Join us for a hands on workshop for how to fund and
grow your technology business. Mark Henry is a
nationally known consultant for SBIR Grant writing.
The SBIR program is a federal program with over $2B set aside for small businesses. In order to participate in an SBIR grant solicitation, you have to write a successful proposal. Come join the SAO SBIR Study group to learn more about how to be an effective participant in the SBIR program. Learn about local resources available to you to for growing your technology based business.