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THE EUGENE AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: CElEBRATiNGPROMOTiNGiNFORMiNG BUsiNEss
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7Wings Bar & Grille serves up local food
for travelers on the go.
14Land near the Eugene Airport
offers possible opportunity for
industrial lands use.
16How Chamber advocacy has
continued to help and shape the
Eugene Airport.COLUMNS/DEPARTMENTS
4YOUR CHAMBER WORKiNG
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20BUsiNEss NEWs
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TakingFlightEugene Airport services ascend
in a descending economy
Eugene Airport
director of
communication
and development
Cathryn Stephens,
says more Eugene-
area residents are
using their local
airport. Page 10
COVER STORY >>
10Why the Eugene Airport is seeing
increased air service even as airlines
are seeing reduced prots nationwide.
Pictured: Shannon Nill, Guaranty Chevrolet
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Eugene Airport travelers get more
than a ast-ood, packaged nibble when
grabbing a bite on the go, in and out
o the airport. Wings Bar & Grille, the
Eugene Airports premier and only
restaurant located inside the acility,
makes every eort to leave its patrons
with a reason to come back or more by
oering a local experience.
Wings Bar & Grille is not your aver-
age restaurant. We buy high-quality,
resh, local oods and employ our own
baker, so the goods are made resh every
morning, says owner Spencer Kelley.
Kelley knows this airport restaurant
through and through, as he began as a
server and worked his way up to owner
11 years ago, when he set himsel the
task o renovating both the restaurant
downstairs and the grab-and-go ca
upstairs.
Te ca upstairs takes the same
high-quality, resh-oods approach, but
provides options that allow or speed,
Kelley says. ravelers dont have a lot
o time to stop and eat by the time they
make it upstairs.
Te increase in airport security over
the past several years challenged Wings
to adjust its business model as travelers
became increasingly concerned
moving through airport security
timely ashion. Kelley responded to
shit by bolstering the variety o o
ings in the ca upstairs to allow trav
access to something substantial to
beore their departure.
Te restaurant continues to se
air amount o trac, thanks to
catering we do or both ootball char
and private charters, as well as l
patrons who work nearby, Kelley s
And while travelers arent alway
lowing themselves the time they
to, business is still good, thanks to
addition o Allegiant Air.
Travelers have two food and beverage options at the Eugene Airport.
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Even as overall airline industry prots are in decline,
Eugene-area partnerships are supporting increased
ights, boding well for the local economy
and regional air service
By Tracy Ilene Miller
WHERE AIRPOR ANd AIRLINE SUCCESS is concerne, a airly
istinct list o inputs etermine profts an become the locus
o concern in eking out those profts: uel prices, capacity on
planes, number o boaring passengers an cargo services.
In a recent report, the International Air ransport Associa-
tion (IAA) owngrae its 2011 airline inustry proft orecast by 54 percent to $4
billion. Tats a 78 percent rop rom 2010 net profts o $18 billion. Fuel costs
are the most to blame. For each ollar increase in the average annual oil price,
airlines ace an aitional $1.6 billion in costs, accoring to IAA. Te averageoil price or 2011 is now expecte to increase by $4 to $110 per barrel.
Ami the ire statistics o national an international travel, however,
Eugene Airport, ranke 135 o 150 airports nationwie, has the avan-
tage o positive growth, says airport irector imothy doll, A. A. E. As
the Eugene Area Chamber o Commerce ha s continuously avocate,
a thriving airport an an improving an expaning regional air
TAKING
FLIGHT
C O V E R S O R Y
Above: Cathryn Stephens., director of
communication and development at Eugene
Airport. Left: Shannon Nill, Guaranty Chevrolet
dealer and general manager of Guaranty RV Center.
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rvice are central to the economic vitality
d viability o the local economy.
So, the entire airline industry is in a state
ux, the country is in a bad economic
wnturn and Eugene Airport is growing?
ow is that even possible? Its possible,
ys Doll, because o community support,
rtnerships between the airport and local
onomic development organizations like
e Eugene Chamber and a responsive air-
rt sta.
ying the local skies keeps airlines
endly
In bad economic times, when airline s look
r additional routes to y, they look at the
mmunities that are supporting their local
port, Doll says.
Its fne and well that Eugene Airportains 74 percent o the residents rom the
gene/Springfeld area who y, but the
ure airlines look at most is catchment,
fned as the broader ying public in 83 zip
des, rom Roseburg to the Coast and the
scades, who can (and do) bypass Eugene
their way to Portland, to y rom there
stead.
We have a competitor 110 miles up the
ad, and we were only retaining 52 percent
tchment a ew years ago, Doll says. Tat
up to 58 percent now.
Tat 6 percent upturn in only two years
ows more people are using the local
port, says Cathryn Stephens, A.A.E.,
ector o communication and development
the airport. And thats important. By the
d o August, total number o boarding
ssengers, called enplanements, at Eugene
rport already exceeded the total or all o
10. Encouraging area residents to use thecal airport has been a consistent campaign
the Eugene Airport, with the support o
e Eugene Chamber.
Granted, Doll says, the increase in catch-
ent can be in part attributed to Allegiant
rlines, the low-cost carrier added to the
gene market in 2007, bringing in more
utes and lower-are service at the airport,
hich helped build passenger numbers
especially during holidays, spring break and
summer.
Tey are bringing in more trac that
used to go out o Portland, to Southwest
Airlines, Doll says.
Tats leisure travel, mostly. Not business
travel.
But an airport is an ecosystem, and the
success o the low-cost, leisure airline inu-
ences the expansion and considerations o
the legacy airlines, the traditionally struc-
tured carriers such as United Airlines and
Delta Air Lines.
All the legacy airlines, they are ater the
business traveler, Doll says. So, back to that
ecosystem: Te more travelers overall, the
more opportunities we have to convince the
legacy airlines to expand.
Which is exactly what Delta Air Lines did
this summer, Stephens points out, by chang-
Eugene Airport Director Timothy Doll says when airlines look for additional routes to y,
they look at the communities that are supporting their local airport.
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g to a larger, two-class aircrat that is still
service this all.
Although the legacy airlines reduced the
mber o ights a ew years ago to support
higher passenger load actor, the passenger
pacity is in turnaround, and has been
creasing over the past ew years. Eugene
anes are now at 83 percent passenger
pacity, compared with the industrys 77
rcent, according to IAA.
Fewer empty seats mean higher profts,
hich makes airlines happy and more in-
ned to stick around and open new routes,
oll says.
And an increased number o ights by Al-
giant oers the business traveler increased
tions, says Shannon Nill, dealer o Guar-
ty Chevrolet and the general manager o
uaranty RV Super Centers.Ive own on Allegiant Air, says Nill, a
ember o the Airport Advisory Committee
d a private plane owner. And its going to
here business needs. For instance, it gets
you into the Bay Area without going through
San Francisco.
Community support begets
support
Every year, Doll explains, he and Ste-
phens go to an industry event that he likensto airline speed-dating. Tey get only 20
minutes to talk to each airline about requests
or service.
At the most recent event, we met six
airlines, and we let the airlines know o the
community partnerships we have and are
proud o, Doll says. It makes a dierence
that you have that partnership.
Tat partnership was the reason the
Eugene Airport was awarded out o 74
applicants rom 35 states a $500,000
Small Community Air Service Development
Program (SCASDP) grant by the Department
o ransportation or potential uture non-
stop ights to San Jose. Te ederally unded
SCASDP grant, $7 million divided among 19
recipients, was awarded to communities that
showed fnancial and other support or their
airports. Te grant application was not sup-
posed to be airport driven, but community
driven, Stephens says.
o support the proposed air service
in the grant, a public-private partnershipwas established that includes the Eugene
Chamber, which will manage the grant,
the City o Eugene, Lane County Govern-
ment, Springfeld Chamber o Commerce,
We have a competitor
110 miles up the road,
and we were only
retaining 52 percent
catchment a few years
ago. That is up to 58
percent now.
Eugene Airport director Timothy Doll
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Lane Metro Partnership and ravel Lane
County. Te partnership will provide sup-
port in $281,100 matching unds, including
$55,000 rom non-airport sources.
Te grant provides a minimum revenue
guarantee or an airline establishing daily
nonstop service between the Eugene Airport
and San Jose, which was identifed as the
best underserved, nonstop air service mar-
ket to pursue. San Jose is the 12th top desti-
nation o Eugene passengers, but the airport
retains only 15 percent o local passengers.
Te remaining 85 percent drive to Portland.
Grant unds will also be used to carry out
a marketing and advertising campaign to
support the service. Horizon Air is the airline
most likely to provide this service, Stephens
says, and company ocials provided a letter
o support or the grant application.
Fuel feeds the re of relationships
One o the frst things Doll did when he
became airport director nearly fve years
ago, Nill says, was engage a liaison between
the airport and private plane owners. Con-
versations between the two then addressed
the higher-than-regional uel prices at the
airport that resulted in a per-gallon reduc-tion. Tat step went a long way in creating a
united ront at the airport, Nill says.
Its the same attention to partnerships by
Doll and the airport sta with the airlines o
the Eugene Airport that helped re
when US Airways pulled out in 20
contracts are based on dividing b
participating airlines at an airpor
ings ees, space costs and other
during the year. Tose rates can b
at the end o the year. In 2008,
airlines could have been asked to
costs o the US Airways pullout.
echnically, we were allowed
the rest o the charges to the [rema
lines, Doll says. Even though th
was down, we made a decision n
our rates,
Instead, the entire managem
at the airport helped identiy wa
costs down.
It was an eort o the whole
ull-time employees, Stephens saTey had to do more with less
made it work, Doll says.
Te airport used other un
parking, concession and the over
At the most recentevent, we met sixairlines, and we letthe airlines knowof the communitypartnerships we haveand are proud of. Itmakes a differencethat you have thatpartnership.
Eugene Airport director Timothy Doll
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AREA NEAR AIRPOROFFERS POTENTIALFOR INDUSTRIALLAND USE
As Eugene continues its work looking at
how we grow over the next 20 years, the
Chambers Local Government Affairs Co
(LGAC) and the Chamber continue to sta
heavily involved in this process. As we loo
at our industrial land need for the next 20
years we know that we need to address o
current shortage of large industrial sites. T
is why the Eugene Chamber is champion
a reasonable expansion of the Eugene U
Growth Boundary to provide medium an
sites both to attract new business and all
growth of our existing business. The curre
recommendation from Eugene City mana
Jon Ruiz, is for an expansion of 400-600
of new industrial land. As you can see on
map, one area for consideration is land n
Eugene Airport.
EeneA reahamberofommerce
eam, as well as put o some capital improvements, to
oid charging more money at the end o 2008, with no
te increase right up to this July.
Te airlines were very happy that we did; it helped
em make it during t he downturn, Doll says. I we had
arged them, they could have said the costs were too
gh, Lets go elsewhere, and that would have caused
ore problems.
By not raising rates, the team helped retain existing
ght schedules, giving airlines the fnancial room to add
ditional capacity when they were able.
argo and Capacity
As passenger numbers have increased at the airport
the last two years, more people have ended up sitting
the oor in the A gate. Tat led to a recent expansion
seating in the lower area, Nill says, and upstairs there
a new convenience store ater the inspection point, to
tter serve passengers who want to avoid the hassle onfscations during the security process.
Plus, the airport i s looking at other ways to support its
wn economic development, as well as that o the com-
unity with a new acility to accommodate cargo trac
t only or deliveries to the southern Willamette Valley
ea, Doll says, but also potentially as a sorter acility,
Our cargo numbers took a hit in 2008 and 2009,
d havent come back, Stephens says. We are trying to
alyze where that [business] has gone.
Doll says the airport is also looking at other opportu-
ies to create jobs and bring in revenue, with perhaps
tel development on the property it owns at Hwy 99
d Aubrey Lane, to serve the airport but also other in-
tutions in the area, including the prison and hospital.
But above all, the airport, the Eugene Chamber and
her community partners will continue to promote the
cility, to increase catchment and compete with Port-
nd, especially as the price-point dierence o ticket
ces between the two airports continues to drop, mak-
g it less economical to y rom Portland.
We should all be thankul that we have a nicegional airport, Nill says. Tree years ago, it added
parallel runway, and theres never a closure unless
ere is a massive snowstorm. I you havent given the
port a try recently, we think that most people would
ve time, and save money, using it. It has the high-
ality travel that we need, whether it is business or
easure.
For more information about the Eugene Airport, go to
ww.FlyEug.com
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Te ever-changing air transportation needs o business traveler-
reates an on-going challenge or airports across the country.
Te Eugene Airport (EUG) reviews travel patterns each year
rough a Passenger Demand Analysis o local residents who travel
commercial airlines.
Among the acts highlighted in this years report, the eciency
leaving rom Eugene versus the Portland International Airport
DX). Te average domestic one-way are or calendar year 2010 at
e Eugene Airport was $179, just $4 more than Portland. In act,
gene passengers can save overall travel time, in addition to the
nvenience o using their local airport, in seven o the top 10 Eugene
rport markets that dont currently have nonstop service rom Eu-
ne. Tose include: 30 minutes time savings to Phoenix; 49 minutes
Anchorage and 37 minutes to Boston.
R A V E L P A E R N S
Eugene Airport travellers save time
EUG v. PDX
Top 10 destinations for local travelers and the
percentages leaving from the Eugene and Portland
airports.
RANK/DEsTiNATiON DEPART EUGENE DEPART PORTlAND
1. Los Angeles, CA 69% 31%
2. Las Vegas, NV 86% 24%
3. Oakland, CA 78% 22%
4. San Francisco, CA 82% 18%
5. Phoenix, AZ 60% 40%
6. Seattle, WA 86% 14%
7. Denver, CO 58% 42%
8. San Jose, CA 9% 91%
9. Phoenix, AZ (Mesa) 100% 0%
10. Orange County, CA 47% 53%
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e average domestic one-way fare for calendar year 2010 at the Eugene Airport was $179, just $4 more than Portland.
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Te Eugene Chamber is our communitys
strongest and most enduring advocate o qual-
ity air service. Our eorts extend well back in
our communitys history:
In 1919, the Chamber urged the City to
build its frst airpark at 18th and Chambers.
In 1948, after years of lobbying by Cham-
ber Aviation Committee chair Mahlon Sweet,
the City dedicated a new airport on Airport
Road.
In 1984 the Chamber, along with a num -
ber o community groups, led a successul
campaign to secure public support or a new
terminal.
In 1998 the Chamber and Eugene Airport
lead the charge to secure new air service using
an innovative tool called a ravelbank. While
not all the service has been sustained, these e-
orts added jet service to Los Angeles, Phoenix,
Las Vegas and Salt Lake City.EugeneAreahamberofommerce
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PROMOTIONS/NEW HIRESPhotos appear let to right rom top
Tina DeHaven, branch
manager of two
Springeld Oregon
Community Credit
Union branches, was
featured as a Community
Solutions Volunteer for
her work with the Springeld Education
Foundation.
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Dawnne Linenbrink
has joined Summit
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ofcer. Linenbrink is
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ofce administrator for
nine years.
www.summitbankonline.com
Andrea Coit has re-
joined Harrang Long
Gary Rudnick PC
as a senior litigation
associate. Her practice
will focus on a wide
range of civil defense
litigation, including professional liability,
employment and third-party insurance.
www.harrang.com
Funk/Levis & Associates has announced
the recent hire of Lindsey Autry as a digital
media coordinator, a new position for the
company. Funk/Levis & Associates has also
hired Joe McRae to work on its Account
Management Team.
www.unklevis.com
Mike Brown recently joined CAWOOD as
an account executive with an emphasis
on online marketing and publicity. Regan
Mulvihill has also joined the rm as its new
bookkeeper.www.cawood.com
The Eugene Active 20-30 Club h
the following ofcers: president, P
Hoseld, Oregon Bach Festival;
president, Michelle Christensen (
PeaceHealth Medical Group; seco
president, Autumn Cummings (p
SELECTEMP; secretary, Gretchen
Bredeson, Selco Community Cred
activator, Justin Dougherty, Roeh
Investment Advisors; and treasur
Singer, Umpqua Bank. Directors a
Kentera , University of Oregon; Lis
self-employed;Shannan Odum, N
Fire Fighter Corp; and Brian West
American Family Insurance.
www.eugene2030.org
Sherry Callah
has joined
Pacic Bene
Planners as se
account
administrator
www.pacifcbeneftplanners.com
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has hired the following
employees: Ryan Torres,
corporate sales manager;
Lindsay Clark, individual
business traveler sales
manager; and Monique Lane, administrative
assistant for Sales and Catering.
www.eugene.hilton.com
Citizens Bankis pleased to announce Greg
Remedios, audit risk manager, has been
promoted to vice president and audit risk
manager.
www.citizensebank.com
Cafe Yumm! has
introduced the newest
member of its business
ofce team, Jarvis
Tanquary , as project
coordinator.
www.caeyumm.com
Northwest Christian
University has announced
Glenda Gordon as the
new director of the annual
fund.
www.nwcu.edu
Carrie Gross is now director of community
outreach for Sheldon Park Assisted Living,
and Dorian Arcuri is the new director of
community relations.
www.sheldonparkseniorliving.com
Raymond Albano, associate vice president,nancial consultant with the Eugene ofce
of D.A. Davidson & Co., has completed the
intensive course work required to earn the
Certied Wealth Strategistdesignation.
Shirley Lyons, AAF, of Dandelions Flowers
& Gifts, is the rst woman president-elect of
the Society of American Florists in its 127-
year history.
www.dandelionsowers.com
U S I N E S S N E W S
Pacic Continental
Bankhas promoted
Kristin Short to
relationship banking
ofcer, with a focus on
nonprot organizations,
and has hired Marc
Steinbaugh as vice
esident, relationship banking ofcer.
chelle Webber has been promoted to the
sition of loan documentation ofcer.
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The Eugene Airport has
a new airport services
manager, Kaitlin Hunter.
www.yeug.com
Debbie Leiken
(pictured), Home
Federal Bank, is now
2012 chair of the March
of Dimes Lane County
March for Babies.
Leiken is joined on the
Leadership Cabinet by Lorenzo (Bud)
Merrill of Home Federal Bank; Dwight
Dzierzekof Northwest Community Credit
Union; Jessica San Jose of PayChex; Terry
Allen of MorganStanley SmithBarney; and
Tera Schmeling of KeyBank.
www.marchodimes.com
Ellen King, PT, has joined
Patterson Physical
Therapy and Wellness
Center as a senior
physical therapist.
www.pattersonpt.net
Frank Gibson,
shareholder in the lawrm of Hutchinson, Cox,
Coons, DuPriest, Orr
& Sherlock PC, is now
president and managing
shareholder of the rm.
www.eugenelaw.com
The Eugene Symphony has elected four
new board members: Carl Bjerre (pictured),
James Dean (pictured), Michael Lewis and
Matt McLaughlin.
www.eugenesymphony.org
Precision Funding is
proud to announce that
Joshua Kittel has joined
its team.
www.precisionunding.
com
SMART (Start Making A Reader Today) is
pleased to announce the addition of Andy
Vorbora , Lane Transit District, to the
organizations statewide Board of Directors.www.ltd.org
At the Eugene Water & Electric Board, were empoweringbusinesses with resources to save money and energy,like sisters Catherine and Cheryl Reinhart, owners ofSweet Life Patisserie. They partnered with EWEB toupgrade their equipment and save money. WhenSweet Life got a $50 rebate on their new ice maker,EWEB told them they could replace their cooler fansand get another $1,200 rebate. Now theyrecollaborating with EWEB to find even more ways tosave. To find out about EWEBs energy-saving programsfor your own business, visit eweb.org/saveenergy orcall 541-685-7000. Maybe yours will be the nextpowerful tale we tell.
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B U S I N E S S N E W S
New Eugene Chamber
member Diane Sibole has
opened her business, A Matter
of Time, offering on-call,
personal assistant services.
www.eugenetimesaver.com
The Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art at the
University of Oregon, has again achieved
accreditation by the American Association of
Museums (AAM), the highest national recognition
for a museum. JSMA was initially accredited in
1975.
www.jsma.uoregon.edu
Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA)
of Lane County has received the following
foundation grants to train and support new CASA
volunteers: Churchill High School Community
101, $500; Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe
of Indians, $10,000; Home Federal Foundation,
$1,000; Levi Strauss Foundation, $4,500; and
Taco Bell Foundation for Teens, $17,702.
www.casa-lane.org
Volunteers In Medicine Clinic has received
a two-year, $100,000 grant from the Meyer
Memorial Trust to provide health care services to
low-income, uninsured residents of Lane County
whose incomes fall between 85% and 200% of
the Federal Poverty Level.
www.vim-clinic.org
NEW MEMBERsWelcome to these businesses that joined the
Eugene Chamber in August and September, 2011
Arport storage Center
www.airportsc.com
Anytme Ftne - sprngfed
www.anytimeftness.com
Apen Wene
www.aspenwellnessdoc.com
Bae Converon llC
www.baseconversion.com
Beemann Vaentne llP
BHs Pharmacy
www.bhspharmacy.com
Banton Turner
www.blantonturner.com
Carpe Dem Pate & Perona Tranng Center
www.carpediempilates.com
Cacade Garden Equpment llC
Cacada Marketng souton
www.cascadiamarketingsolutions.com
Daddy Do Doo
www.daddydodoo.com
ServiceMasterCommercial CleaniCarpet & Flooring Janitorial Service Specialty Clea
www.smcommercialclean.com(541) 338-0101541.342.4000
siuslawbank.com
Jeff Gusinow
Senior Vice President & ManagerMedical & Professional Banking Group
Dr. Steven Ofner
OphthalmologyEugene Oregon Eye Care
Strength. Stability. Service.
Its all about theRelationship atYour CommunityBank for Business
As part of our community,
we take pride in the personal
relationships weve developed
with local businesses. Our
loan decisions are made
locally and involve short
turnaround time. Stop by one
of our 10 Lane County offices
to see why at Siuslaw, its all
about the relationship.
Penny Sabath recently joined the staff of
Brothers Cleaning Services. In her new job
she will work in sales, marketing and customer
service.
www.brotherscleaning.com
BUSINESS NEWS
Silke Communications has completed the
siting, designing, engineering and building of a
new, full-scale communications facility at Cape
Foulweather near Otter Crest. The facility will
allow for better communications on the central
Oregon coast.
www.silkecom.com
Caf Yumm! made the 2011 Portland Business
Journals Top 100 List of Fastest-Growing
Privately Held Companies for the third year in a
row. The company ranks 42 nd with a nearly 64
percent growth rate for the three-year period
from 2008 to 2010.
www.caeyumm.com
Marvin Rvoal, Pacic Benet Planners of
Eugene, and Brad Hanson, Hanson Insurance
Group of Corvallis, have announced a joint
venture to provide businesses with a full-
service program of employee benets; group
and individual investments; and personal lines
and commercial lines of insurance.
www.pacifcbeneftplanners.com
Bob Smith, auto general sales manager;
Barbara Shipley, president-elect of the Tri-
County Chamber of Commerce; and Shannon
Nill, dealer.
Guaranty Chevrolet and RV Super Centers
received the Tri-County (Junction City,
Harrisburg, Monroe and Coburg) Chamber of
Commerce Large Business of the Year award.
www.guaranty.com
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X Wree llC
ww.edx.com
gene Photo Booth
ww.eugenephotobooth.com
ne Together
dwork Jewery Art studo
ww.goldworksart.com
mark Reort - Newport
ww.hallmarkinns.com
rd Core Yoga
ww.yogaeugene.com
rpoe Rea Etate Group
ww.HarpoleHomes.com
Jacob Fne Furnture
ww.mjacobsurniture.com
pCck.comww.chooselocal.com
etropotan Aordabe Houng
rporaton
ww.metroaordable.com
mana Woodcrat
ww.numanawoodcrat.com
OPEs Advor
www.OpesAdvisors.com
Oregon Back Bune Aance
Oregon Event Enterpre (OEE) securty
llC
www.oeesecurity.com
Pangaea Tradng Company
Pi Graphc
www.pigraphics.biz
Prepad lega servce/Barbara Newman
www.prepaidlegal.com/hub/bnewman39
Quaty Meta Fnhng, inc.
www.qualitymetalfnishing.com
RiBET llC/Vtage
www.RIBET-llc.com
sapent Prvate Weath Managementsapientpwm.com
sghtne Property inpecton
www.sightlineinspections.com
sparke Wah o lane County
www.sparklewashlane.com
sprngfed Mueum
www.springfeldmuseum.com
sub shop Wet Eugene
The Campbe Houe, A Cty inn
www.campbellhouse.com
TnT Whtewater Ratng llC
www.TnTWhiteWater.com
We at the Campbe Houe
www.campbellhouse.com
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