Sweet Home Enterprise Zone

{Southern Linn}

Basic Features
nonurban icon Rural
hotel icon Hotels/Resorts (all or some areas)
long-term icon Long-term Rural Incentives
busines development exemption icon Oregon Investment Advantage

Background
Designation: July 1, 2007
Termination: June 30, 2013
Notes & Special Links for Local Zone
Map: SWH.pdf
Pacific Time Zone

First Source Hiring Agency
Oregon Employment Department,
Lebanon Business & Employment Services Office
Oregon Employment Department

Tracy Bedolla, Employment Supervisor
Lebanon Business & Employment Services Office
44 Industrial Way, Ste B
Lebanon, OR  97355
Phone: 541-259-5797
Fax: 541-259-5859


Sponsor(s)
City(ies) of: Sweet Home
County of Linn


County of Record
Linn
Assessor Contact Information
Linn County Assessor's Office
Contact Information

Gene Johnston, Registered Appraiser
County Courthouse, Rm 215
PO Box 100
Albany, OR  97321-0027
Phone: 541-967-3808 x2208
Fax: 541-927-3808
Web: http://www.co.linn.or.us/
Local Zone Management
Co-Manager

Name
Carol Lewis
Title
Community Development Director
Organization
City of Sweet Home
Address
1140 12th Avenue
Sweet Home, OR  97386
Office Phone
Fax Number
E-Mail
541-367-8113
541-367-5113
clewis@ci.sweet-home.or.us

Co-Manager

Name
John Pascone
Title
President
Organization
Albany-Millersburg Economic Development Corp
Address
435 1st Ave W
PO Box 548
Albany, OR  97321
Office Phone
Fax Number
E-Mail
541-926-1519
541-926-7064
pasconj@peak.org


Oregon Success Stories

Breedlove Guitars

Business Oregon provided a $2.6 million bond in 2007 to help finance Breedlove Guitars' move into a new facility. The company received a $52,500 Governor's Strategic Reserve Fund loan and a line of credit guarantee in return for creating 15 new jobs. In late 2009, the company announced plans to produce a new line of guitars resulting in another 11 full-time jobs created.

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