Archive for January, 2012

PubTalk Highlights Alternative Marketing Strategies for Businesses

January 16, 2012 No Comments

What happens when businesses start thinking outside the box with their marketing? How can a local business get its name out in unforgettable ways? At this month’s PubTalk in La Grande, a local business owner and a marketing professor at EOU will be giving examples of alternative marketing that should stimulate local businesses’ creativity in ... Information

Elk Viewing Excursions Postponed

January 9, 2012 No Comments

Haines, Oregon…T&T Wildlife Tours announces that they will be postponing elk-viewing excursions until the weather changes and the elk start coming into the feed ground.  According to Susan Triplett, co-owner of T&T Wildlife Tours, “We have never had a winter quite like this one in our 21-year history of feeding the elk and offering the ... Information

Popular Business Planning Classes Are Back

January 9, 2012 No Comments

NEOEDD will offer the Foundations business planning class in Baker City and La Grande starting in late January. The class will also be held in Halfway starting mid-March. The seven-session series of classes will take current and prospective business owners through the process of assessing their business plan and help them answer a myriad of ... Information

Big changes coming to downtown La Grande

From the Chamber… Starting with a sidewalk, alley, and furniture facelift in the “Big H” and including an environmental...

BMW Stewart Kirby Reading May 26 7 PM

Stewart Kirby will read from his new book Redwoodland at the La Grande Public Library Colleen Johnson Community Room,...

“Relationship-Based Sales” Featured at PubTalk

What is the link between social relationships and sales? To find out the answer to this question and much...

Newspapers Nearing Death

So true, so true… … from MICHAEL S. MALONE I can’t precisely place the moment when I stopped reading newspapers,...

Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy Call for Projects

NEOEDD is updating the projects included in the Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy for Baker, Union and Wallowa counties.  The...

La Grande FFA Banquet

May 3rd 2012 at 7:00 pm LHS Commons La Grande FFA will be holding its annual banquet on May...

Ten Reasons to Shop Locally?

I have lived in La Grande for 17 years and currently help run four local businesses. I love La...

TAX REFUND REMINDER: REVIEW FUNDS FIRST

Spend or Save Wisely Lake Oswego, Ore. – April 13, 2012 – Consumers with newly acquired tax refund checks might...

Huckleberry Festival Invites Food and Craft Vendors

NORTH POWDER, OREGON:  The North Powder Huckleberry Festival committee is seeking craft and food vendors for their sixth annual...

Mother’s Day Brunch

MOTHER’S DAY BRUNCH TRAIN OFFERS SPRING SCENERY ELGIN, OREGON__The Eagle Cap Excursion Train will begin the 2012 season with...