August 16, 2017
EDUCATIONCAREERS Special Edition
Micro Enterprise Services of Oregon (MESO), a community development financial institution working
with disadvantaged communities, receives $200,000 from Wells Fargo to provide loans to entrepre-
neurs who might not qualify for a business loan from traditional sources. Pictured from left to right
are Wells Fargo executive Andrew Tweedie, Tracie Curtis, MESO Deputy Director Tastonga Davis,
MESO Executive Director Nita Shaw and Wells Fargo Executive Cobi Lewis.
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Loans for Start-Up Entrepreneurs
A number of diverse, low-income entrepreneurs
in Oregon and southwest Washington will have bet-
ter access to small loans to start their business thanks
to the financial help Wells Fargo recently gave to
Micro Enterprise Services of Oregon (MESO), a
community development financial institution work-
ing with disadvantaged communities.
Based in Portland with offices also in Beaver-
ton, Gresham and St. Helens, MESO will use the
$200,000 grant from Wells Fargo to provide loans to
entrepreneurs who might not qualify for a business
loan from traditional sources due to credit challeng-
es, lack of adequate collateral or who are in their
start-up phase, officials said.
MESO has already approved five such loans that
vary from $250 to $5,000. It expects to provide
loans to at least four more local entrepreneurs, said
MESO Executive Director Nita Shah.
“Besides providing loans, we have also utilized
the grant funds to offer business plan classes,” said
Shah. “We appreciate the confidence Wells Fargo
has shown in our organization. Receiving a grant
from a national financial services company such
as Wells Fargo increases our credibility as an or-
ganization, which will help us attract funding from
other sources.”
For more information about MESO’s services,
call 503-841-3351 or go online to mesopdx.org.
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Adidas, with their North American headquarters in north Portland, have doubled their workforce in
the last three years and now have plans to expand even more.
Dramatic Workforce Growth
After doubling their workforce in the city over the
past three years, Adidas now says they’re expanding
their headquarters along Greeley Avenue in north
Portland by adding on to existing buildings and mov-
ing some employees to new leased space off campus.
Adidas announced this month they plan to build a
new world-class collaboration center and are updat-
ing current workspaces to give their employees a bet-
ter place to work. This is in addition to a Maker Lab
that was added to the campus recently.
Adidas said they’ve doubled their workforce from
800 to 1,700 in the last three years.
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