BUSINESS NEWS
4 • November 2020
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Internal Medicine
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Coast River Business Journal
Business in Brief
Warrenton KIA donates to food bank
WARRENTON – Warrenton KIA filled a KIA Soul with donations of non-perishable food and donated
$2,000 to the Clatsop Community Action’s Regional Food Bank.
Warrenton KIA has been family-owned and operated by the family of dealer operator Roxanne
Williams for 22 years.
Chamber to put on “Elf on the Shelf” Facebook campaign
Tracy Ramos
PA-C, Family Practice
Dr. Weaver
General Surgery
Dr. Dawson
Emergency Physician EmCare
ASTORIA – The Astoria-Warrenton Area Chamber of Commerce is bringing back its shop local
campaign, “Elf on the Shelf,” on Facebook.
David Reid, the chamber’s executive director, will visit 20 local businesses dressed in elf attire and
showcase gift items and ideas in photos. The chamber will release one of these photos per day leading
up to Christmas in order to promote each participating business. In 2019, almost 30,000 people saw the
campaign on the chamber’s Facebook page.
The cost is $50 to participate and it’s first-come, first-served for chamber members only. For more
information and to sign up to participate, email David@oldoregon.com and reference #ShopLocalElf
New broker joins Windermere
Realty Trust in Gearhart
Steve Bellinger
PA-C, Family Practice
Kyle Shafer
PA-C, Family Medicine
William Chisholm
CRNA
Joseph Murray
CRNA
GEARHART – Sharon L.R. Johnson joined Windermere Realty
Trust’s Gearhart office as a broker in September. Johnson comes
with more than 20 years of experience as an owner of a vocational
rehabilitation consulting business. Windermere Realty Trust is a Pacific
Northwest real estate brokerage with more than 500 brokers at 14
offices and is tied with the national Windermere company. A portion
of a broker’s commission from each transaction is donated to the
Windermere Foundation, meant to support low-income families.
Nikki Hartley-Jonason
ARNP, Family Practice /
Same Day Care
Sharon Johnson
Northwest residents rank high on credit scores
The financial services company WalletHub reported last month that the average American credit score
is 680, but found Oregon and Washington residents are doing substantially better.
WalletHub compared the average credit scores of residents in each of the 50 states as of September
2020, based on TransUnion data. Washington residents were third best in the U.S., with a combined
average of about 709 and Oregon was sixth with 707.
Minnesota was first in the nation with an average of 720, while Mississippi was last at 657.
The nationwide 680 average “puts the average American slightly below the bottom of the good credit
range. The number to strive for is at least 750, which marks the beginning of the excellent credit range,”
WalletHub said.
“A person’s credit score is one of the biggest factors that determines the course of their financial life,
from getting credit cards to qualifying for home loans to even renting apartments,” the firm said.
NOAA surveys COVID-19 impacts
Crabbers and other Pacific Northwest commercial fishermen are being asked to participate in an online
survey being conducted to help the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration understand the
impacts of COVID-19 on fishing businesses.
“As the seafood industry responds and adapts to the impacts of COVID-19, NOAA is working to fill
in some information gaps in their COVID-19 studies and surveys,” the agency said. “One of those gaps
is West Coast seafood harvesters — folks on the East Coast have already been surveyed. We’d like your
help in making sure West Coast harvesters are included in this important work to document impacts to
our industry.”
The survey — available at tinyurl.com/Crab-Covid-Survey — should take less than five minutes to
complete.
When providing this data to NOAA fisheries, no identifiers are included and the information will only
be used to understand the impacts of COVID-19.
NOAA will use the data it gathers to understand and share updates with Congress and the public on
topics related to COVID-19, including economic relief, long-term economic projections and other issues
as they relate to the seafood industry.