Economic and demographic information for communities in PGE’s service area

Related Links See these Web sites for additional information: Oregon Prospector Web site, providing site selection features and extensive demographic data Portland Development Commission Oregon State Economic and Community Development Department Metro, a regional governing agency Oregon Public Utility Commission Portland Regional Partners for Business, a group of economic development professionals who retain and recruit Oregon businesses. Economic development contacts. The Portland Regional Partners for Business maintains this list, which includes names, phone numbers and e-mail addresses.

Individual city profiles
Portland Development Commission has developed these profiles:

• City of Hillsboro profile (PDF)
• City of Portland profile (PDF)
• City of Tualatin profile (PDF)
• City of Beaverton profile (PDF)
• City of Gresham profile (PDF)

Metropolitan Portland

• Economic Overview (PDF), a 10-page briefing paper by the Portland Development Commission (2007).
• Portland Region Fact Book (PDF, 3.5 MB), a 34-page Portland Development Commission publication that provides an overview of the Oregon economy and makes a case for doing business here. It includes sections on location, economy, population and income, employment, transportation, business costs, real estate and livability.
• Greater Portland Prosperity: A Regional Outlook (PDF). This book explores the strengths of our region, with comparisons with nine other competitive western metropolitan areas (2008).
• Metro Regional Directory, a directory of offices and officials in state and local governments as well as regional partners.
• Portland Business Resource Directory (PDF). This 83-page guide from the Portland Development Commission includes business information sources from federal, state and local organizations and agencies. It also provides information on employment services, environmental services, public facilities and assistance available for finance, management, planning, procurement and transportation.
• Portland Praises, a compilation of Portland accolades collected by the Portland Development Commission. Highlights include Portland’s inclusion in CNNMoney.com’s and AARP’s list of best places to retire, its ranking as the No. 2 green city in the country, and its No. 3 spot in Sperling’s Best Places to Live in the U.S.
• Map of selected high-tech firms in metro Portland (PDF) from the Portland Development Commission.

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