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Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, OR Wednesday, April 2, 2003
Tourism ...
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*Data on spending pat-
terns of various tourism niche
groups, such as RV’ers.
And there will be empha-
sis on how to obtain that infor-
mation on a continual basis,
an area the state said needs
boosting. As well, the project
will include marketing to indi-
viduals and small groups vs.
mass marketing and examples
that show it works, including
Web use.
Chamber directors are to
work with IVCRT to develop
a list of invitees for the four
sessions aimed at developing
the pilot program. The first
session is set for Tuesday,
April 8.
Josephine
shows job
increases
Twelve of Oregon’s 31
area labor markets gained jobs
between 2001 and 2002, ac-
cording to newly released an-
nual average employment
data.
However, 15 had fewer
jobs in 2002 than in 2001.
This breadth of decline is nar-
rower than in 2001, when 23
of the state’s areas registered
declines in their annual aver-
age employment counts.
Josephine County was a
growth area, adding 320 jobs
in 2002; leisure and hospital-
ity (+110 jobs) was up the
most.
In the case of many local
labor market areas with job
losses, the decline in annual
averages between 2001 and
2002 was due largely to job
losses that occurred during
2001. These losses were fol-
lowed by fairly flat employ-
ment in 2002 that lacked suffi-
cient job gains to offset the
earlier losses. In January
2002, 22 areas had an employ-
ment level below the year-ago
figure. Of these areas, 12
ended the year with lower an-
nual averages than in the prior
year. Another 3 areas also lost
jobs in 2002.
On the coast, Clatsop
County shed 270 jobs (-1.8
percent) over the past year,
primarily in retail trade, pro-
fessional and business ser-
vices, and leisure and hospi-
tality.
Meanwhile, Tillamook
County added a modest 40
jobs (+0.5 percent), but the
county added 60 jobs in its
food processing industry. Fur-
ther south, Lincoln County
lost 150 jobs (-0.9 percent),
including a substantial drop in
local government employ-
ment.
Inland and south of the
Portland area, the Salem
metro area gained 500 jobs in
2002, primarily in profes-
sional and business services
(+1,000) and in health care
(+300). The area lost 800 jobs
in manufacturing.
Continuing south, Benton
County’s job count was 470
lower (-1.3 percent than in
2001, including a large loss in
durable goods manufacturing.
Linn County’s 2002 annual
average was down by 790 jobs
(-2.0 percent), with a large
loss in durable goods manu-
facturing.
Lane County added 700
jobs (+0.5 percent) in 2002.
Douglas County added an im-
pressive 590 jobs (+1.6 per-
cent), with significant growth
in professional and business
services and in educational
and health services.
Coos County lost 0.3 per-
cent (-60 jobs) in 2002 while
Curry County added 0.3 per-
cent (+20 jobs). Jackson
County shed 410 jobs (-0.6
percent) last year, with large
losses in manufacturing and in
local public education, but
ended 2002 above the year-
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