Executive Director
Director of Tourism, DMO
Columbia County SBDC Director
Director, Keep It Local and Small Business Specialist
Director of Operations and Engagement
Columbia Economic Team was founded in 2010 as CCET (Columbia County Economic Team). We are a private and public membership organization created to serve the entirety of Columbia County, Oregon.
Expand, retain, and recruit businesses and industries participating in existing or new industry clusters.
Increase per capita income, diversify the economy and promote sustainable economic growth and family-wage jobs.
Coordinate the delivery of professional economic development services by leveraging relationships, partnerships, and the collaborative efforts of existing organizations.
Provide leadership to ensure a climate in which businesses thrive while attracting diverse new investment.
Our staff and board are passionate about the economic health of the region and the work we do together to move our communities forward as our county continues to grow.
Executive Director
Director of Tourism, DMO
Columbia County SBDC Director
Director, Keep It Local and Small Business Specialist
Director of Operations and Engagement
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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.
Population | 53,817 |
2010-2020 Annual Population Change | 1.01% |
2010-2020 Median Age | 43.9 |
Number of Businesses (2019) | 1,422 |
Number of Employees (2019) | 11,550 |
Portland International Airport | 42 minutes, 35.5 miles |
Hillsboro Airport | 36 minutes, 29.6 miles |
I-5 North/I-5 South | 25 minutes |
Oregon Coast (Astoria) | 75 minutes, 66.5 miles |
Intel | 40 minutes, 33 miles |
Nike | 30 minutes, 25 miles |
Columbia Economic Team is funded by both private and public members, including local businesses, individuals, organizations, and governments.
Membership dues support our operation and investing time and energy into meeting our strategic goals on behalf of all residents and employers in Columbia County. Board Members are elected by the membership at our Annual Membership meeting.
On behalf of our county business base, workforce, and communities, we appreciate the involvement and financial support of existing and new members fuel the work on behalf of our communities and our region.
Join a growing, dynamic organization today by becoming a member of Columbia Economic Team – The Team that moves Columbia County forward.
City of Scappoose
City of St. Helens
City of Clatskanie
City of Vernonia
City of Rainier
Columbia City
Columbia County
Port of Columbia County
Clatskanie PUD
Columbia River PUD
NW Natural
PGE
Portland Community College
NW Innovation Works
JH Kelly
Individual Member
Transwestern Aviation
Pacific Stainless
Dyno Nobel
Sierra Airpark Construction
Knife River
Global Partners
Individual Member
CalPortland
InRoads Credit Union
Wauna Credit Union
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