About CET

Columbia County, located in NW Oregon, really is the ideal place for thriving businesses, industry, families, and the quality of life people are seeking in the Pacific Northwest.

Just 25 minutes from Portland, the largest metropolitan area in Oregon, and bordered by over 60 miles of the Columbia River, Columbia County benefits from being connected enough to the city without being in it. It’s this semi-rural way of life that draws newcomers to the area – proximity to the urban center, coast, mountains, plus all the perks of local life (river, foothills, nature, small towns), and why people have stayed for generations, with deep roots.

With an early history of commercial fishing, water transportation, marine, agriculture, and timber, the region has industrially diversified while maintaining its roots. We’re a place and people that have always worked; we make things; we produce. Times have changed and evolved, but our work ethic remains the same.