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| https://walden.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/greg-walden-announces-funding-support-oregon-small-businesses | Greg Walden Announces Funding to Support Oregon Small Businesses | 2020-07-23 | 2020 | 2020-07 | Republican | House | OR | Greg Walden | W000791 | walden.house.gov | legacy | Today, Representative Greg Walden (R-Hood River) released a statement after theU.S. Department of Commerce, Economic Development Administration (EDA) announced a series of CARES Act grants forOregon's Second District including in Bend, Pendleton, Enterprise, TheDalles, Medford, and Klamath Falls. This funding is a result of the CARES Act, which Walden helped usher into law in March. Today's announcement is welcome news forOregonians and the state's economy.This fundingis a result of the CARES Act that Congress passed into law earlier this year and I am glad to see Secretary Wilbur Ross distribute theseneeded funds across Oregon's Second District.This money will provide economic supportto small businesses across Oregon as they rebuild and recover from the economic hardship they face as a result of COVID-19. I look forward to continuing to work with the Trump Administrationto ensure that Oregon receives the support necessary to protect Oregonians, combatthis deadlyvirus, and get our communities up and operating,said Walden. This funding will support entrepreneurs and small businesses across Oregon that have been financially impacted by COVID-19. TheEDA grants for Oregon's Second District include: $2.2 million forCentral Oregon Intergovernmental Council, Bend, Oregon. This funding will support economic opportunities forsmall businesses in Crook, Deschutes and Jefferson counties. $1.1 million forGreater Eastern Oregon Development Corporation, Pendleton, Oregon. This fundingwill support economicopportunities forsmall businessesin Gilliam, Grant, Harney, Malheur, Morrow,Umatillaand Wheeler counties. $935,000 forNortheast Oregon Economic Development District, Enterprise, Oregon.This funding will support economic opportunities for small businesses inBaker, Union and Wallowa counties. $847,000 forMid-Columbia Economic Development District, TheDalles, Oregon.This funding will support economic opportunities for small businesses inHood River, Wasco and Sherman and the Washington counties of Klickitat and Skamania. $616,000 forSouthern Oregon Regional Economic Development, Inc., Medford, Oregon.This funding will support economic opportunities for small businesses in Jackson and Josephine counties. $550,000 forSouth Central Oregon Economic DevelopmentDistrict, Klamath Falls, Oregon.This funding will support economic opportunities for small businesses inKlamath and Lake counties. | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |