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$12,000 a Trip
To help pay for the upgraded high volume
intersection at Cooley Road and US 97,
businesses will be expected to pay
around $12,000 per trip they want for
their business interests. The new
intersection is expected to cost from
$35 to $40 million to build and is
intended to be the mid-term solution for
development of lands from Juniper Ridge
to the east to the Wal-Mart property at
Cooley and 97 to new development in and
around Cooley Road to US 20. So, how
many trips will $1 million buy you?
83.33! Open up your checkbooks, this is
going to be quite expensive. If your
business needs 500 trips, be prepared to
write a check for: $6 million.
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Blue Sky
Challenge – The Goal is Met
You might recall the residents and
business community were challenged by
the city to consider clean energy
alternatives when purchasing power for
their homes and businesses. In doing
so, if the net new number of homes and
businesses increased by 10%, the city
would increase its purchasing of Blue
Sky “Clean Energy”. The city would
likewise increase their commitment for
every percentage over the 10% goal.
Well, that goal has been met. Since the
beginning of the challenge, 3,749
residents and 190 businesses have signed
up for Blue Sky power. This means Bend
has more than doubled the requirement by
the EPA to be designated as an EPA Green
Power Community. Today, Bend Blue Sky
customers are supporting 3,911,871
kilowatt-hours of renewable energy each
month. If you have not looked into
renewable energy for your home or
business, give Pacific Power a call.
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New Oregon
Energy Law
Want to learn more about the new Oregon
Energy Law? If so, plan on
attending the BASE Summit 2008: Oregon’s
Opportunity to Become Energy
Independent. The summit will be held in
Portland on January 14th at
the Red Lion Jantzen Beach Hotel. For
more information, contact 3E Strategies
at 615-9013 or go to 3estrategies.org
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City Club
Luncheon – Moved to January 31st
Mike Schmidt, Bend Chamber's
President and CEO will emcee the January
31st City Club luncheon. The focus for
the first City Club luncheon for 2008
is: "Central Oregon – Whose Roads Are
They Anyway?" Region 4 ODOT
representative Bob Bryant and City
Councilmember Jim Clinton, representing
the Bend Metropolitan Planning
Organization and the city of Bend, will
serve on the panel making comments and
answering questions. They will discuss
public process in transportation
planning and the traffic impacts of road
decisions. For more information, go to
the City Club Web site:
www.cityclubofcentraloregon.com.
Note the new date, January 31 at St.
Charles from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
contact City Club for reservations by
calling 633-7163
Chamber Member
Helping
Others
- What a Success!
Lyle Hicks from Jake’s Diner tells
me the Bend Chamber’s membership has
responded and he is very thankful. So
don't quit now. We still need your help
so read on and get involved.It is the
middle of winter and this is the time
when most people need help with food,
clothing, and other essentials. For the
past few years, Jake's Diner and the
Salvation Army have been collecting
coats, blankets, sleeping bags and food
in an attempt to help the needy. Please
bring your articles to Jake's and place
them in the boxes provided. All proceeds
and items collected will go directly to
the people who need it through the
Salvation Army. Lyle welcomes any
businesses that wish to participate and
encourages them to contact him at
419-6021.
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Senator Ron
Wyden
This past week, Senator Ron Wyden met
with a group of elected officials and
business people to hear their thoughts
on issues important to Central Oregon.
This discussion covered topics from
forming a recreational support system,
Forestry payments, and their importance
to the region, to issues surrounding
both the Bend and Redmond Airports, to
who might be elected President. Ron
received a warm welcome from the group
as well as a number of Thank Yous for
specific work he had done for Central
Oregon counties, cities and business
interests.
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Coming
events
Jan. 15, 2008:
Bend Golf & Country Club, 61045 Country
Club Dr.
Sales guru Dennis Hungerford with the
Sandler Sales Institute will be hosting
a special one-time-only presentation
where he will field your goals &
objectives. He'll provide immediate
solutions, ideas and answers about "Why
Salespeople Fail ………and what to do about
it.
Learn how to:
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Overcome your toughest sales
challenges
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Differentiate yourself from the
competition
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Sell on value instead of price
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Shorten your sales cycle
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Become a trusted advisor
Dennis’ presentation will also feature
local sales success stories to give you
real world results that you will have
seen or been able to relate to.
Register online [sign-up]
or contact Lindi
lindi@bendchamber.org
Jan. 18, 2008:
Community Affairs Council (CAC) –
Town Hall Luncheons
The first Town Hall Lunch topic has been
selected; "The City Budget and the
Business License Fee." City CFO
Sonia Andrews will provide us with an
overview of the city budget system, what
has been collected from the new Business
License Fee, and how it's being spent.
Rockland Dunn, a private citizen member
of the Budget Oversight Committee will
join Sonia in the Q & A discussion
portion of the Town Hall. Want to know
more about the city budget? Are we going
broke due to all the la suits? Did
public safety receive more funding since
the creation of the Business License
Fee? What questions do you have for
Sonia and Rockland? This should be a
great discussion. Please plan to join us
for this first CAC Town Hall for 2008.
The new CAC Town Hall luncheons
will be held at Touchmark at Mount
Bachelor Village in the Terrace Lodge
Forum Theater. The luncheons will be
held on the third Friday of the month
from noon to 1:30 p.m. If you sign up
now, for the full year, you will save
$55. To join the CAC Town Hall luncheon
series, call Lindi at the Bend Chamber
to reserve your spot: 382-3221.
February’s
Town Hall (Friday, February
15th) will explore what
affect ODOT’s Madras decision is having
on Central Oregon’s economic
development. Is a state agency
interfering with individual property
rights and cities abilities to expand
their local economy? Or is ODOT just
protecting a state asset by controlling
the number of new trips allowed on a
state highway? Bob Bryant, Region 4 ODOT
Director will be joining us and
presenting ODOT’s view and answering
questions. Join in the Q & A and
discussion. Is this a property rights
issue? Should a state agency have the
ultimate word on local highway access?
Is economic development in Central
Oregon going to be subject to who can
afford to pay for transportation
studies? Let your voice be heard at the
Bend Chamber Community Affairs Council
Town Halls.
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