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1 A Dream in The Sand Comes True

The Motel on the beach in Rockaway lay silent and shuttered. The Business had been closed as a result of its owners' financial and marital problems. Foreclosure seemed imminent! As is quite often the case one person's dilemma was the ro.... More

Rockaway, OR

Motel on the beach in Rockaway

2 A New Home for a Growing Business

Dale Austin has realized a dream with the start of construction on a 20,000 square foot building that seemed a long way off a few years ago. Currently the Austins run their business out of two locations. Their shop, Romancing the Stone, .... More

Bend

Austin Tile and Marble

Dale Austin
3 A Small Business Beauty Story

Jackie Dills is a beautiful lady. Not only that but she is a professional beautifier of others. Jackie has been working at the Hair Parlor a beauty shop in downtown Nehalem for the past four years. Recently the owner of the shop decided to .... More

Tillamook, OR

Hair Parlor

Jackie Dills
4 A Success Story

Peter and Yolanda launched Carrasco Janitorial Service in 1989 as a side business while Peter worked as a janitor with the school district. A local family encouraged them and spread the word about their high-quality work. The business grew.... More

Albany, OR

Carrasco Janitorial

Peter and Yolanda
5 A Valuable Partner for a Growing Business

There's nothing more reassuring to a business owner than having great people around who believe in you and are genuinely excited about what you're doing, especially if every interaction you have with them helps move your business along. As .... More

Eugene

Oveissi Fine Rugs

Kazem Oveissi
6 Are You Running Your Business...Or Is It Running You?

After being a "stay-at-home-mother" for twelve years, I opened Lazerquick in Newport in April of 1995. I have to say that looking back over the past years, I have learned more than I believed possible. The printing and digital service field.... More

Newport, OR

Lazerquick

Peggi Hollen
7 Building the Future

The client is a construction company that currently does restoration to storm damaged and old buildings and general remodeling. The focus of the company is to target large projects that are managed by government agencies of private owners. .... More

Portland, OR

A General Contractor Restoration Firm

8 Care-O-Sell Still Going Around

Chris Kodama had been a secretary for 25 years when the arrival of a new granddaughter led her to drive to Boise with her husband from their Ontario, OR, home to look for baby clothes. They found a nice resale clothing store in Idaho. “Wh.... More

Ontario, OR

Care-O-Sell

Chris Kodama
9 Climbing the Mountain

Mountain Link is a Bend-based international mountaineering guide service offering instructional seminars and guided expeditions. ìWe arrange climbing trips around the world, prepare mountaineers for their own personal Seven Summits course a.... More

Bend

Mountain Link

Robert Link
10 Combining Business and Relaxation

Celebrating Success June 2005 Sisters' FivePine focuses on business and relaxation with new 15-acre site to integrate spa, conference center and lodging Work began in earnest this week on the first conference center in Sisters, par.... More

Sisters

Five Pines

Mark Yoakum

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