Vision
The Marion County's Economic Development Program is to be a driving force behind a dynamic and prosperous county, where every individual, business, and community thrives.
Mission
The Economic Development Program will serve as a comprehensive resource and guide for our County's economy through actively collaborating with cities and private partners to solve county-wide issues and increase the County's prosperity. It will achieve this through strengthening the workforce, supporting infrastructure development, creating recreational amenities, boosting monetary investment within the County, and maintaining responsiveness and adaptability to changes impacting the County and its economy.
Current Projects
Broadband Initiative
Marion County is actively working to expand rural broadband connectivity to enhance economic development, access to tele-education, tele-work, tele-health, public safety and overall quality of life. Although Marion County will not operate its own broadband network, the County has and continues to facilitate and promote the deployment of broadband fiber connectivity to unserved and underserved rural communities.
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Business Retention & Expansion (SEDCOR)
Business retention and expansion initiatives are essential to a community, and specifically for Marion County. Support for the region's traded sector companies is crucial to ensuring businesses have the needed resources and support to thrive.
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Chamber & Small Business Support
Enhance relationships with its communities and small businesses to gain deeper insights into the challenges faced by these entities and enhance the Program's understanding of how the County can provide support.
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City Support
Marion County provides ongoing city support through the Community Prosperity Initiative – a program designed to build stronger economic development partnerships with each city and support the completion of community identified projects.
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Detroit Marinas Excavation
Marion County has adopted a concept plan for the beneficial reuse of excavated sediment, and the project has moved into engineering and permitting.
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Opal Creek Promise
In partnership with Business Oregon and the US
Forest Service, Marion County is pursuing $15 million in grants to spur
economic development in the North Santiam Canyon.
Learn more here.
Youth
Employment Program
An
effort to utilize the resources of its partners by continuing to support
initiatives that develop the County’s workforce, including initiatives and
projects that promote youth participation in the workforce.
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