Be involved with your Business Community Business Book of the Month: “Trust &

from Grants Pass & Josephine County Chamber of Commerce Newsletter: May 2023

by Grants Pass & JoCo Chamber of Commerce

Southern Oregon Business Wins Oregon’s Family-Owned Small Business of the Year Award

Trust and Inspire is a new way of leading that starts with the belief that people are creative, collaborative, and full of potential. In his new breakthrough leadership book, Covey shows that though our world has evolved, our style of leadership still has not. Trusting and inspiring your team is defined by commitment from both sides, with a focus on effectiveness and fostering a growth mindset. It is based on the belief that employees are creative, collaborative, and full of potential; through trust, you can inspire them to do their best work.

This book is available for checkout from your public library in all formats including physical book, ebook, and audiobook. Sign up for an instant online library card today at: josephinelibrary.org/library-cards

Library Branches: Grants Pass, Illinois Valley, Williams, & Wolf Creek. For more information visit, josephinelibrary.org or Email info@josephinelibrary.org

Last month the Chamber, along with our economic development partners, gave a presentation to City Council. The best part of the presentation was how unified it showed all of the partners and how most of our projects and work are all connected.

Over the past three years, we have had a lot of changes in leadership. We were fortunate to have amazing leaders’ step into these positions. We all work very well together and are able to provide our businesses with the best resources possible to help them succeed. I wanted to highlight some of our partners.

Area Business Resource teams include:

Ruth Swain, RCC Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Executive Director

The RCC SBDC is a huge resource for any business. We are lucky to have one of the best centers in Oregon in our backyard. We refer businesses constantly to use their services. I also sit on their business advisory board. Ruth is always a pleasure to work with and a great partner to brainstorm and develop solutions for businesses.

City of Grants Pass Economic Development Team: Brad Clark, Dana Pearce, and James Conway

Anytime a business needs help through the City, these are my ‘go-to’ people. They really are a great resource for all businesses navigating City programs and rules. We serve on several committees together and also have monthly meetings.

Visit Grants Pass, Executive Director Tori Middelstadt

Tourism marketing has taken on a new look under Tori’s leadership. Developing a new organization was a big undertaking. Tori came into the community and quickly adapted, working alongside all of us to continue improving tourism. We work on numerous projects with Tori and her team. Just recently the outside kiosk at the North Visitor Center and the Designation Downtown project. The Chamber also serves on the board. Also a shout out to Colleen Padilla of SOREDI and Marta Tarantsey of Business Oregon. They are also great partners that serve both Josephine and Jackson County. Colleen and Marta are critical assets to our businesses! The Chamber has worked on a lot of regional projects with them, most recently on the steering committee for the anticipated Southern Oregon Innovation Hub. The best part of these partnerships is we are all working together on one goal- to improve our community and help grow our economy! I feel very fortunate to work with some amazing counterparts in Josephine County.

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Cascades of Grants Pass - Senior Living

Welcome to Cascades of Grants Pass, Southern Oregon’s premiere senior living community!

Cascades of Grants Pass boasts a beautiful campus in Grants Pass, Oregon, along the Rogue River. Our community offers charming neighborhood-style clusters of independent living cottages along with residential apartments in Spring Meadow, assisted living in The Village, and memory care in The Pointe.

Here, we’ve created a family atmosphere where residents, their families and guests can relax and enjoy a comfortable, friendly community wherever they may be on their senior living journey.

A full range of senior lifestyles is offered in a cottage and neighborhood and three separate buildings. This means if more support is ever needed, there’s no need to leave the campus. And in the event a spouse or partner needs different care, it’s right here.

Independent living at Cascades of Grants Pass includes two options: The Cottages and Spring Meadow senior apartments. Each offers an array of conveniences, activities, services and amenities.

We help expand the options by offering a lifestyle that provides stunning landscape, a wide variety of spacious cottage and apartment floor plans, diverse programs, great dining experiences, and a host of convenient services provided by a team dedicated to making the retirement living experience special. What’s not part of daily life: cooking, cleaning and home maintenance. Because we take care of the chores and maintenance associated with owning a home, life at Cascades of Grants Pass is easier. It’s a worry-free lifestyle that inspires new activities, new opportunities, new purpose, and new thinking.

Please reach out for a tour of our community, and have lunch on us! Cascades of Grants Pass can be reached at: 541-479-1284. Come see the difference between living and living well, at Cascades of Grants Pass!

The Grants Pass & Josephine County Chamber of Commerce and the City of Grants Pass are working with Energy Trust of Oregon to bring energy savings to our communities.

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IGHTER BUSINESS, B I G SAVINGS

We are working with Energy Trust of Oregon to help small businesses and non-profit organizations in our community save money and energy by providing free LED lighting upgrades.

Is this offer for you?

Your business or organization is eligible if it is:

• Reduces energy use, so you can save on utility bills and decrease monthly operating costs

• Located in Oregon in an existing commercial building, multifamily property, or industrial facility and served by Portland General Electric or Pacific Power And

• You have less than 20 employees Or

• Your business space is less than 20,000 sq. ft. (includes all buildings on site) Or

Josephine County Chamber of Commerce

Decreases maintenance

Started in 1994, AllCare Independent Physician Association (IPA) is a team of local doctors and providers with one focus: preventing illness and promoting healthy lifestyles in our communities. We live here. We know you. Together, we are AllCare IPA. Changing healthcare to work for you.

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Angela completed her degree in nursing and family nurse practitioner in 2020 at Chamberlain University College of Nursing. She has worked as an RN, specializing in biologic therapy for autoimmune, immunodeficiency and digestive diseases.

In 2022, Angela and her family moved from Michigan to southern Oregon. Angela is excited to learn and grow in her practice with the local community.

Outside of work, Angela and her family enjoy doing outdoor activities and are looking forward to exploring all that the beautiful southern Oregon has to offer.

The Wine Stroll is the Rogue Valley’s premiere wine event held in beautiful Downtown Historic Grants Pass within local businesses. Participants stroll from location to location sampling amazing wine and delicious food.