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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (May 5, 1982)
Give your mother something exotic. An Orchid. Don’t believe the myth that orchids are expensive or hard to grow. An arching spray of orchids is as hardy and longlasting as it is delicate and beautiful. So give her an orchid for Mother s Day. Mom will be in paradise. Got resume on the mind?? For quality typesetting - contact Oregon Daily Emerald Production. EMU Room 300 ‘Jazzy program' City hopes polyglot team will boost local economy By Marian Graan Ot the Cmmrwkl Eugene's ready to go to bat for economic development with its new Business Assistance Team, a creation of the city of Eugene and the Eugene Chamber of Com merce The team is composed of 12 members, four each from the city, the Chamber of Commerce, the University and Lane Community College, says Team Manager Cindy Briner, one of the four city employees "on loan" tor the team's initial six-month duration Economics professor Ed Whitetaw, business professor Del Hawkins end journalism professor Bill Winter are team members from the University. “The whole idea (of the team) is so you don't have 26 different groups working at once with no coordination." Briner says. Students and business-persons also will volunteer their time on special projects Other cities with “jazzy eco nomic programs,” such as Philadelphia, San Antonio and Atlanta, have used the team con cept successfully she says Briner says the team could become permanent after six months are up because the team "is not going to change the economy in six months “ Its goats include developing a coordinated information program about Eugene and industrial/ businesses sites, providing assist ance referral for local business es, attracting new businesses and improving the city's business image "First we are going to help businesses who are already here, and Mien we are going to try to make Eugene more widely known," she says "A lot of people have this image that Eugene is anti-business, but they’ve never been here to see what we do have The team plans to advertise the city's amenities in national magazines such as Business Week, she says They also will respond to critical articles on Eugene in Newsweek, the Los Angeles Times and the San Francisco Chronicle by providing objective information on the city, she adds "I don’t think we want to be in a defensive position.” says Briner "We just want to be an informa tion source" The team members' varied backgrounds will help develop "a network around the country " to spread information about Eugene “Everybody has contacts," she says of the team "Collectively, we represent a good portion of German a uto at fty/tct VWs-MERCEDES-BMWs DATSUN-TOYOTA-AUDI Reliable service for your foreign car 342-2912 2025 Franklin Blvd Eugene, Oregon the United States. " University business students are working with team member and business professor Oel Hawkins to "stratify " the Eugene market, she adds Their results should yield a report, similar to the Fantus Co. report conducted for the Lane Economic Foundation, Briner says It will detail the fastest growing industries and those most suitable for Eugene “From teat, we'll get a target of industries to go after." she says The team, which began operations in late April, already has had tremendous community response "The phone’s been ringing off the hook," says Briner Most of tee questions deal with how to start a business or where to get tee funding, she says The team will use a ••personalized" approach in helping clients wade through the bureacratic red tape, she says “A lot of regulation teat seems to be anti-business also can promote business." she says Nevertheless, the team will scru tinize all the rules and regulations to see if some can be "streamlined " she adds "That's not going to be an overnight project." One recent client had no problem getting her small business started after contracting the team A woman called Briner, asked how she could start a pet sitting /house watching business and got her first customer - Briner The Brmers who were wondering who would care for their cat and two dogs when they go to the World's Fair this summer, got their answer Ducks! staff SaMy Ho&gkmaon Gabnat Boahmar Haws Editor Harry Estera Aaatatant Hams Editor John Healy Photo Editor Bob Baker Editorial Page Editor Con Female Sport* Editor Steve Spatz 4imcMi Sports editor Jeff Dickerson entertainment editor Matt Mayor Night editor Brooks Dorati Attocia* eatton: A SOO Dane Claussen Community Marian Green Depertmenta and Scttoois Debbie Howiett FmIwm Sandy Johnstone High* Education Ann Portal Politics ! Environment Ron Hunt Gf—ral Start MwmHuktg Dkaeter Dartana Qor, CIinNM Advartlatng Sally 01 far Ann PMvraon ContoMtt J—n Ownbtf
