Since inception of the business assistance program, MCEDD has made over 330 loans to businesses totaling over $24 million. MCEDD loan client businesses have created or retained almost 2,700 jobs. MCEDD funds have also leveraged just over $18 million in additional public funding and over $45 million of private capital. Ready to apply? Click here or read the stories below to learn more about the businesses we support and their contributions to the local economy.
Building the Future: Brick City & Games Announces New Permanent Home and July Grand Opening in The Dalles
Brick City & Games, the beloved community hub for tabletop gaming and LEGO® enthusiasts in The Dalles, is officially moving ...
MCEDD Loan Helps Historic Balch Hotel Refresh Guest Experience in Dufur
Since its construction in 1907, the Balch Hotel has stood as a beacon of hospitality in the heart of Dufur, ...
Mount Hood Economic Alliance Funds The Clay Commons Studio Expansion in Hood River
We are pleased to highlight MHEA Loan Client The Clay Commons as Women’s History Month begins this March! The Clay ...
New Ownership Brings the Historic Hotel Moro Into the 21st Century
Hotel Moro originally opened in 1920 as a thriving 50-room hotel at 101 Main Street in Moro. It was the ...
Hookum Good, LLC Brings Successful Home-Based Manufacturing Business to Centerville, WA
Anglers TJ Wilder and Mike Smith purchased Hookum Good Co., LLC, from the original owners earlier this year with a ...
NVC Painting, LLC Loan Program Spotlight
With over a decade of experience hanging drywall and painting homes in the Columbia River Gorge, (Juan) Carlos Solorio-Estrada acquired ...
Cups & Memories: Tea & Handmade Flour Tortillas
~Reimagined in Hood River~ Enrique and Maria Ortega own and operate Lake Taco, a popular traditional Mexican restaurant located in ...
Oregon Investment Board Supports Guided Recreation Business
Trisha Schales began living her passion as a wilderness therapy field guide in 2020. She spent the pandemic years in ...
Savory Pepitas Supported through MCEDD Loan
Benjamin Brandt was an Executive Director for an Assisted Living Facility for 20 years until the Covid-19 pandemic made his ...
La Golosa Postres Y Mas Expands into Downtown The Dalles Restaurant Space
Liiz D. Guzman has been operating her home-based bakery in The Dalles under a domestic kitchen license since 2023. When ...
