Business Support - Business Retention and Expansion

The Eugene Chamber’s Business Retention and Expansion (BRE) Program focuses on businesses that are already here employing community members and contributing to the region’s economic health. Our BRE Program uses a customer oriented approach to provide companies with a single point of contact for business needs. Program staff serve as an entry point to a variety of business assistance resources locally and throughout the state, including local networking, benchmarking tours, and trainings.

One-on-One Assistance 

How the Program Works
A BRE staff visits your facility to learn more about your business, any challenges the business faces, and opportunities for growth. During this confidential meeting we will ask questions about your products and services, operations, sales and market, facilities and equipment, workforce, future planning, and industry trends to better understand your needs. 

Why It’s Easy
  • We work on your behalf so you can focus on running your business
  • Easy to participate – we do the legwork for you
  • Access to combined resources of many organizations working together
  • Take advantage of local, state, and federal programs to help your business grow
  • No cost to businesses to work with the Business Retention and Expansion Program
  • Find solutions to your business challenges

How We Help
Based on our visit, we will coordinate with the organizations and agencies that can help resolve your issues and/or capitalize on growth opportunities. Just to name a few, we can help your business with:
  • Economic development incentives
  • Workforce training and financial assistance
  • Utilities and infrastructure
  • Interacting with local, state, and federal government
  • Import-export assistance and international business development
  • Financing
  • Expansion project assistance
  • Networking
  • Finding a qualified workforce
  • Business to business services
  • Site and building location
 
As an added bonus, we track issues affecting multiple business to improve the business climate through business advocacy and economic development initiatives.

How to Participate
Contact Matt Sayre, Managing Director, Onward Eugene matts@eugenechamber.com

Focus on Manufacturing

Focus On Manufacturing is a program of the Eugene Chamber to support and sustain local manufacturing. Focus On Manufacturing has three main components: Executive Round-table discussions, bench-marking tours, and educational trainings. These programs are only open to established manufacturers in Lane County.
 
Benchmarking Tours and Educational Trainings
The Eugene Chamber provides benchmarking tours and educational trainings to local manufacturers to learn best practices and increase competitiveness.
 
Manufacturing Executive Roundtables
The purpose of the group is to share insights, resources, networks, and best practices among member businesses. Members of the group agree to respect that what is shared in the group will remain confidential unless the sharing executive says otherwise. Members also agree to collaborate, to the extent possible, with executives and firms within the group on peer to peer problem solving and learning.
Requirements to join include:
  • Must have a management level position within the organization (“C” level)
  • Must employ at least 10 FTE
  • Must plan to attend 80% of scheduled meetings annually

I’m interested- What’s next?
Please email or call Matt Sayre, Managing Director, Onward Eugene matts@eugenechamber.com

EV-HPEC

A program of the Eugene Chamber, Emerald Valley High Performance Enterprise Consortium (EV-HPEC) is a Lane County learning network increasing business competitiveness by sharing and applying lean principles, practices, and tools.

EV-HPEC supports organizations to:
  • Instill learning in the principles of lean and high performance;
  • Provide education and training for the implementation of lean methods, lean culture, and workforce development;
  • Collaborate in solving common problems for improving lean practices;
  • Promote continuous improvement and reduction of waste; and
  • Promote the health and sustainability of member businesses.

The consortium holds trainings, workshops, and lean cafes focused on the principles of lean and high performance. EV-HPEC also holds day long leadership forums with keynote speakers on lean topics.

Want to learn more about EV-HPEC? Visit https://evhpec.org/ to find out about membership and upcoming workshops. Click here to view their 2020 Training Calendar.

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