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NEWS ABOUT THE NEWS The Spokesman expands downtown and hires staff By Spokesman Staff REYNOLDS AGENCY 145 SW 6 th Street • Redmond • 541-526-3081 Our goal as a family-run agency is to help protect the things that are the most important to you, while having a positive impact in the community we serve. As a lifelong resident and active community member of Central Oregon, I am proud to be your local Farmers® agent. With over 25 years’ experience in finance, accounting, entrepreneurship, and business consulting, I can guide you through the insurance process and help you find the right insurance for you, your family, and your business. Come by or call anytime and get to know our team located in beautiful downtown Redmond. We’d be happy to help you understand what your coverage options are whether its auto, home, life, or business insurance. Shannon Reynolds Sreynolds2@farmersagency.com • agents.farmers.com/sreynolds2 14 | REDMOND PROFILES | APRIL 2022 Among the enterprises expanding in Redmond in 2022 is the city’s oldest business: Th e Redmond Spokesman. Th e media outlet, which publishes a weekly print newspa- per in addition to a robust news website, will open a downtown storefront for the fi rst time in years. Located at 361 SW 6th Street, next to the Odem Th eatre, it will be open to the public during normal business hours. Advertising, news and offi ce staff will all work out of the new location. EO Media Group purchased the paper, as well as Th e Bul- letin in Bend, in 2019 aft er its former owners fi led for bank- ruptcy. In March, EO Media Group hired veteran rural journalist Tim Trainor to lead the paper, which is in the processing of adding a local reporter. A summer intern, in partnership with the University of Oregon’s Snowden program, will also arrive in June. Sales and offi ce staff have been hired as well. “For a long time we have seen the need to boost the coverage of Redmond via the Spokesman in print, online and across its social media plat- forms, said Bulletin editor Gerry O’Brien. “Redmond is quickly becoming a city of more than 33,000 people, but is also an eco- nomic driver for all of Central Oregon. We plan to provide the community with the best local journalism and advertising op- portunities that Redmond deserves.” Trainor said readers will notice the new investment in a local news and sales team. “It’s great to be staffi ng up the again and giving Redmond news the attention it de- serves,” said Trainor. New staff is not the only change for the Tim Trainor, editor century-old newspaper. As of April 5, it for The Spokesman changed its publication date to Tuesdays. On that same date, it changed from deliv- ered by carriers to delivery via U.S. Mail. Th at means the paper now arrives in mailboxes instead of driveways, and on Tuesdays instead of Wednesdays. “We felt that, in the long run, it gives us more reliable deliv- ery and the ability to reach more households than we have in the past,” said Trainor. An open house to celebrate the revamped will be scheduled soon.
