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Thank you to our venue sponsor, Graduate Eugene.
No-Host Social • 5-6pm
Welcome • 6pm
Dinner • 6:20pm
Brittany Quick-Warner — President & CEO | Eugene Area Chamber of Commerce
Brittany Quick-Warner — President & CEO | Eugene Area Chamber of Commerce
Program Begins • 6:45pm
Year in Review
Future First Citizen Awards
Awards Presented by John Mayer - Chief Meteorologist, KVAL-TV
Sponsored by KVAL-TV
2025 First Citizen Recognition
Brian Obie
Year in Review
Future First Citizen Awards
Awards Presented by John Mayer - Chief Meteorologist, KVAL-TV
Sponsored by KVAL-TV
2025 First Citizen Recognition
Brian Obie
Closing Remarks • 8:30pm
Brittany Quick-Warner — President & CEO | Eugene Area Chamber of Commerce
Brittany Quick-Warner — President & CEO | Eugene Area Chamber of Commerce
honoring brian obie
Brian Obie has spent decades shaping Eugene’s business, civic, and cultural landscape. As a founding partner and investor in the 5th Street Public Market, he helped transform a small downtown project into a thriving six-block district that now draws millions of visitors each year. The Market District is home to more than 80 businesses, two boutique hotels, and the 127-unit Gordon Lofts, creating a vibrant model for urban placemaking.
Obie’s public service began in the 1970s on the Eugene Planning Commission and continued on the City Council before he served as Mayor from 1985 to 1988. He also served two terms as President of the University of Oregon Foundation and as President of the Oregon Chapter of the Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO), contributing to statewide and regional civic initiatives.
In business, Obie helped grow Centennial Bank, which later merged with Umpqua Bank. He also founded Obie Media Corporation and expanded it to 32 offices across the U.S. and Canada before taking the company public on the NASDAQ and later completing its sale—an achievement that remains one of Eugene’s significant corporate success stories.
Today, as President and CEO of Obie Companies Inc., he oversees real estate and hospitality projects across Oregon and Idaho, focusing on mixed-use and residential developments that prioritize community spaces, art, and long-term value.
Read more about Brian's decades of service here.
Obie’s public service began in the 1970s on the Eugene Planning Commission and continued on the City Council before he served as Mayor from 1985 to 1988. He also served two terms as President of the University of Oregon Foundation and as President of the Oregon Chapter of the Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO), contributing to statewide and regional civic initiatives.
In business, Obie helped grow Centennial Bank, which later merged with Umpqua Bank. He also founded Obie Media Corporation and expanded it to 32 offices across the U.S. and Canada before taking the company public on the NASDAQ and later completing its sale—an achievement that remains one of Eugene’s significant corporate success stories.
Today, as President and CEO of Obie Companies Inc., he oversees real estate and hospitality projects across Oregon and Idaho, focusing on mixed-use and residential developments that prioritize community spaces, art, and long-term value.
Read more about Brian's decades of service here.
Thank YOu to our Title SPONSOR
As Eugene’s only locally-owned and operated bank headquartered in Eugene, we value the importance and significance of the Chamber community. We appreciate the energy that businesses bring into our city every day. We have the honor of being the Title Sponsor for the Celebration of Business for ten years and counting! This is the event where the business citizens of Eugene honor a First Citizen and a Future First Citizen. Thanks to Brian Obie and to all of the businesses, nonprofits, public entities and their associates who continue to give back to the Eugene business community every day. Thank you for making Eugene a great place to live!
OUR GRATITUDE TO OUR PLATINUM SPONSORS
OUR GRATITUDE TO OUR GOLD SPONSOR
friends of the chamber supporters
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Alta Plumbing Andersen Construction Arnold Gallagher PC Banner Bank Barnhart Associates Beppe & Giannis Blanche Fischer Foundation Boone Insurance Associates Burley Bushnell University Campbell Commercial Real Estate Chambers Construction City of Eugene City of Eugene, Community Development Division City of Springfield Dougherty Landscape Architects Downtown Athletic Club Emerald Bath Works Essex General Construction, Inc. Eugene Airport Eugene Area Radio Stations (EARS) EUGENE BRiGHT Parade Eugene Family YMCA Eugene Symphony Association Eugene Water & Electric Board Evans, Elder, Brown & Seubert, Inc. Even Hotel Eugene Funk/Levis & Associates, Inc. G Group George Russell &Associates Gleaves Swearingen LLP Hathaway Munro Healthy Moves Hershner Hunter Hybrid Real Estate Kernutt Stokes |
King Estate Winery KLCC Radio Lane Community College Lane County Commissioners Lane County Community & Economic Development Lane Electric Cooperative, Inc. Lane Transit District Lookout Eugene -Springfield McKenzie-Willamette Medical Center Mer Soleil Partners Moss Adams x Baker Tilly Obie Companies OCCU Oregon Pacific Bank PacificSource Health Plans PeaceHealth Peak Credit Union Pelroy for Commissioner People's Bank of Commerce Quail Crest Quantum Health Rowell Brokaw Architects Sapient Private Wealth Management SELCO Community Credit Union SnoTemp Cold Storage Staton Companies Summit Bank The John G. Shedd Institute for the Arts Travel Lane County United Way of Lane County University of Oregon Viewpoint Appraisals WaFd Bank Wildish Land Co. Windermere Real Estate/Lane County Womens Care |
special thanks
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Graduate Eugene
Delp's Awards King Estate Winery |
Past Eugene First Citizens
KVAL Sweet Cheeks Winery |
thank you to our annual sponsors
