Business Advancement Team

Business Advancement Team2024-02-29T10:23:35-08:00

Business Advancement Team

Contacts:
Athletic & Outdoor: Sue Bal |  Metals & Manufacturing: Kevin Johnson |   Green Cities: Katherine Krajnak
Technology & Media: Yvonne Smoker | Food & Beverage Manufacturing: Yvonne Smoker

Prosper Portland’s Business Advancement Team is a catalyst for equitable economic growth. We help businesses grow by providing support and identifying opportunities that foster the creation of living wage jobs for all Portlanders.

The Business Advancement Team focuses on:

Prosper Portland supports five priority industries – Athletic & Outdoor, Green Cities, Food & Beverage Manufacturing, Metals & Machinery, and Technology & Media.

Traded Sector Industries

Traded sector industries produce goods and services that generate sales outside of the region, bringing new income to the area, and growing the regional economy. These priority industries are robust and competitive in Portland, and have the potential to grow and leverage inclusion and climate action in their work.

These high–growth industries can also benefit from the concentration of talent in this region. We want to ensure inclusive growth by supporting these competitive industries that provide high-quality job opportunities and working to fill those jobs with people of color and low-income residents.

Traded sector industries produce goods and services that generate sales outside of the region, bringing new income to the area, and growing the regional economy.

These priority industries are robust, competitive, and have the potential to grow and benefit from the concentration of talent in this region. We want to ensure inclusive growth in these sectors, creating high-quality job opportunities that benefit marginalized communities and uplift the city’s goals for inclusion and climate action.

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Connect with the Business Advancement Team for resources for growing businesses:

  • Diversity, Equity & Inclusion resources through Portland Means Progress
  • Expansion & relocation support
  • Access to Prosper Portland Finance Programs or those of our partners

The following resources are available to businesses in the Athletic & Outdoor, Green Cities, Metals & Machinery, Technology & Media, and Food & Beverage Manufacturing industries:

  • Access and support for trade missions
  • Export assistance
  • Peer–to–peer networking opportunities
  • Industry-specific technical assistance

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