Oregon Business & Cooperative Programs

Oregon Rural Business Links

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• General directory for Oregon economic development groups
   

• Oregon State Economic and Community Development (OECDD)

• Oregon Department of Energy (ODOE)

• Oregon Department of Agriculture
   

• Oregon Small Business Development Centers (SBDC's)
   

• Oregon Economic Development Association (OEDA)
   

• Small Business Administration (SBA) - Portland office

• USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA)

• USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS)

• Oregon Prospector - Oregon's official web site for site selection

• Choose Oregon - Oregon's official business recruitment web site
   

• International Trade Resources and Assistance - for Oregon businesses pursuing international trade opportunities (by SBA)

• Population - RD eligibility is based on the LAST decennial US Census (2000)

• Unemployment rates  - Oregon Employment Department, Oregon Labor Market Information System (OLMIS)

• Median household income - USDA Economic Research Service (ERS)
   

• Distressed communities - Oregon Economic & Community Development Department (OECDD)

• Recent natural disaster designations - Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
   

• State minimum wage - Oregon's minimum wage rate is $7.95 per hour

• Federal minimum wage - The Federal minimum wage rate is $5.85 per hour till 7/24/2008; then $6.55 per hour till 7/24/2009; then $7.25 per hour
   

• Congressional districts - Oregon Blue Book

• NAICS codes - North American Industrial Classification System (US Census Bureau)
   

• Small business size standards - Small Business Administration (SBA)