NORPAC change: Corporate office moving to Salem

May 2013 Posted in Business | Comments Off

By Mary Owen NORPAC’s corporate headquarters are moving from Stayton to Salem to consolidate existing corporate functions in Salem with its sales and marketing functions, now in Lake Oswego. “We anticipate that having all of the corporate staff in one location will ...

Large Business of the Year: SCTC has a long list of community service

March 2013 Posted in Business, Community | Comments Off

By Mary Owen Stayton Cooperative Telephone Co. won the 2012 Stayton/Sublimity Chamber of Commerce’s award for Large Business of the Year. “SCTC is honored to receive this award,” said Don Lawrence, president and chief executive officer. “The employees at SCTC work hard ...

Small Business: Figaro’s Pizza owners operate on four guiding principles

March 2013 Posted in Business, Community | Comments Off

[caption id="attachment_1231" align="alignright" width="300"] Figaro's Pizza in Stayton is the 2012 Small Business of the Year.[/caption] By Mary Owen Being involved in their community is important to Paula and Jim Newman, owners of Figaro’s Pizza and winners of the Stayton/Sublimity Chamber of ...

Spring shopping: Discover Local Business Expo set for March 15

March 2013 Posted in Business | Comments Off

By Mary Owen The Stayton/Sublimity Chamber of Commerce is replacing its trademark Santiam Marketplace event this month with its first Discover Local Business Expo. “We wanted to retool the event to keep the focus on the local area businesses,” said Elaina Turpin, ...

Hospital tower opens Public invited to afternoon tours Feb. 2

February 2013 Posted in Business | Comments Off

The anticipation is over. After some  delays, the staff at Santiam Hospital is ready to open its new wing. Community members are invited to “Embrace Health” Open House from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 2 at Santiam Hospital, 1401 N ...

Healing touch: Chiropractor found her calling early

December 2012 Posted in Business, People | Comments Off

[caption id="attachment_1175" align="alignright" width="174"] Teri Pitcairn at work on a patient in her Aumsville office[/caption] By Mary Owen Teri Pitcairn’s venture into chiropractic healing started when she was just a child. “My mom was seeing a chiropractor for back pain,” Pitcairn said. “He ...

From farm to market to table: New market opens in Stayton

August 2012 Posted in Business | Comments Off

By Mary Owen Stayton’s former Shaw’s Meat Market has new tenants: Harmony Seafood, Meats and More. “We want to support the truly sustainable, clean – no toxins or GMOs – local, nutritious, food security movement in Oregon,” said Andy Westlund, an owner ...

Mob hit: Latest ‘flash mob’ is a cash mob designed to help local business

August 2012 Posted in Business | Comments Off

By Mary Owen How can a bunch of people and a fistful of $20 bills help local businesses? Cash mob! The three basics of cash mobbing are: meeting people, spending money and having fun. Based on the Flash Mob craze that has swept the ...

Reaching out: GROW/EDC expands territory, services

August 2012 Posted in Business | Comments Off

By Mary Owen GROW North Santiam has evolved. Although the corporation name, North Santiam Canyon Economic Development Corporation (NSCEDC) remains the same, GROW has adopted part of the corporate identity to become GROW/EDC. “We wanted a name that would be easy to remember ...

End of the line? Climbing costs, declining revenues may cut rail service

June 2012 Posted in Business, News | Comments Off

By Mary Owen The prospect of cutting service south of Mount Angel by a short-haul, family-owned railway could negatively impact local businesses and the community, according to city officials. “The rail line runs from the Union Pacific main line in Woodburn, through ...
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