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Ready to take your value-added food product from local sales to wholesale shelves? Growing into Wholesale guides food and beverage entrepreneurs through the key steps to prepare, position, and holistically sell packaged products to wholesale buyers. Participants will explore processing, packaging & labeling requirements for wholesale, pricing and margins, sales sheets and buyer pitches, and strategies for building lasting wholesale relationships. Drawing on real-world experience and stories from packaged food makers, this interactive session will help participants assess their readiness for wholesale, and identify practical next steps to get—and keep—their products on store shelves.

RSVP here >>> https://businessimpactnw.org/event/growing-into-wholesale/

Congratulations to Northwest Hazelnut Company and Hazelnut Growers of Oregon for being awarded SEDCOR's 2026 Agri-Business of the Year.

What an amazing honor! Jackman Industries received SEDCOR’s Small Business Of The Year Award!! Our business/family truly appreciates the recognition. Thank you!!!

Congratulations to our partner and friend, Arthur Chaput for winning SEDCOR's 2026 Economic Development Champion award!

A huge congratulations to Business Oregon Regional Development Officer Arthur Chaput, who received the Economic Development Champion Award at SEDCOR’s Annual Awards yesterday.

Arthur is known for showing up informed, present, and ready to solve problems. When a business or community partner faces a challenge, he rolls up his sleeves and helps find a way forward. His caring, pragmatic approach builds trust and leaves the people he works with feeling heard, supported, and better equipped for what comes next.

That spirit of partnership is at the heart of economic development, and we’re incredibly proud to have Arthur representing Business Oregon and serving communities and businesses across the region.

Congratulations, Arthur! Well deserved.

Big ideas are one thing. Turning them into flourishing companies is another.

Next up in today’s Oregon Entrepreneurs Network Oregon Entrepreneurship Awards finalist announcements is the Growth Stage category. Three companies scaling ideas, creating momentum, and building what comes next.

Here are this year’s finalists:

OpConnect I Dan Lulich and Dexter Turner, Co-Founders
Overwatch Imaging I Greg Davis, Founder
Prophetic Software I Oliver Alexander, Jimmy Cleveland, Daniel Lifflander, and Ramie Mount, Co-Founders

Congratulations to our Growth Stage finalists, and watch out for two more finalist announcements are still coming today!

📚 The legends of the Valley gather THIS WEDNESDAY.
Join us for the 2026 SEDCOR Annual Awards & Membership Meeting as we celebrate the businesses and leaders writing the next chapter of our region's story.
📅 Wednesday, September 30th
⏰ 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM
📍 Salem Convention Center
Lunch, our Annual Member Report, and the Annual Awards presentation, all in one afternoon.
Don't miss it. Register now ➡️ sedcor.com/events

Come support our region's entrepreneurs at Pitch Willamette! 🦈 Ten local founders take the stage at Cellar 54 on October 2 to pitch live in front of a panel of investors. Come be part of the room. People's Choice award brought to you by Anthem Strategists | Scottsdale, Portland, Salem CPAs
🎟️Grab your ticket at tinyurl.com/PitchWillamette