The BulleTin • Tuesday, decemBer 21, 2021 A13
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TODAY
WEDNESDAY
TONIGHT
HIGH
49°
LOW
39°
Cloudy
Mostly cloudy, p.m. rain
and snow showers
ALMANAC
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
Yesterday Normal
Record
48°
40° 58° in 1937
32°
23°
-9° in 1990
PRECIPITATION
24 hours through 5 p.m. yesterday
0.01"
Record
0.65" in 1964
Month to date (normal)
0.54" (1.38")
Year to date (normal)
6.23" (9.94")
Barometric pressure at 4 p.m.
30.05"
SUN, MOON AND PLANETS
Rise/Set
Today
Wed.
Sun
7:37am/4:30pm 7:37am/4:30pm
Moon
6:43pm/9:53am 7:47pm/10:29am
Mercury 8:43am/5:16pm 8:45am/5:19pm
Venus
9:17am/6:34pm 9:11am/6:31pm
Mars
5:44am/2:54pm 5:44am/2:52pm
Jupiter 10:58am/9:22pm 10:55am/9:19pm
Saturn 10:08am/7:46pm 10:04am/7:42pm
Uranus
1:38pm/3:44am 1:34pm/3:40am
Last
New
First
Full
Dec 26
Jan 2
Jan 9
Jan 17
Tonight's sky: Winter solstice, which marks
the start of winter in the Northern Hemi-
sphere, occurs at 7:59 a.m. PST. Day length: 8
hours, 42 minutes.
Source: Jim Todd, OMSI
UV INDEX TODAY
10 a.m.
Noon
2 p.m.
4 p.m.
1
1
1
0
The higher the AccuWeather.com UV Index ™ number,
the greater the need for eye and skin protection. 0-2 Low,
3-5 Moderate; 6-7 High; 8-10 Very High; 11+ Extreme.
ROAD CONDITONS
For web cameras of our passes, go to
www.bendbulletin.com/webcams
I-84 at Cabbage Hill: Sun through high clouds
today. Mostly cloudy tonight.
US 20 at Santiam Pass: Cloudy today. Mostly
cloudy tonight with a few showers.
US 26 at Gov't Camp: Considerable cloudi-
ness today. A couple of showers tonight.
US 26 at Ochoco Divide: Mostly cloudy today.
A couple of rain or snow showers tonight.
ORE 58 at Willamette Pass: Cloudy today
with a little rain during the afternoon.
ORE 138 at Diamond Lake: Cloudy today with
occasional rain in the afternoon.
SKI REPORT
EAST: Mostly cloudy
today. Cloudy with a
little snow with little
or no accumulation
tonight.
40°
23°
36°
22°
31°
20°
Cloudy with a fl urry in the
afternoon
Snow tapering to fl urries;
winds subsiding
Cloudy with snow showers
possible
Cloudy with snow showers
possible
Windy with snow showers
possible
TRAVEL WEATHER
NATIONAL
Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.
Astoria
50/46
Umatilla
37/32
Rufus
Hermiston
37/34
37/32
40/37
Arlington
Hillsboro Portland
Meacham Lostine
37/34
45/41 47/43
38/31
Wasco
39/27 Enterprise
Pendleton
The Dalles
CENTRAL: Cloudy to-
Tillamook
39/27
36/33
35/30
Sandy
38/36
McMinnville
53/46
day; a little afternoon
Joseph
Heppner
La
Grande
48/42
Maupin
Government
47/44
rain in the south.
39/31
41/29
Camp
39/34 Condon 39/34
Union
Lincoln City
38/33
42/36
37/30
Salem
52/47
Spray
Granite
Warm Springs
47/44
Madras
48/33
Albany
39/27
Newport
Baker City
42/35
46/38
Mitchell
51/46
45/43
34/23
WEST: Cloudy today;
Camp Sherman
49/39
Redmond
Corvallis
John
Unity
a little afternoon rain, Yachats
47/38
47/34
44/42
Day
Prineville
50/46
34/22
except dry in the
Ontario
Sisters
51/37
Paulina
45/33
33/26
north. A couple of
Florence
Eugene 47/36
Bend Brothers 42/30
Vale
showers tonight.
51/48
47/44
49/39
43/33
Sunriver
35/26
Nyssa
45/35
Hampton
Cottage
La Pine
35/26
Juntura
Oakridge
Grove
46/34
42/31
OREGON EXTREMES Coos Bay
Burns
35/26
52/41
50/43
Fort
Rock
52/47
36/23
Riley
YESTERDAY
Crescent
43/31
37/27
High: 55°
44/34
Bandon
Roseburg
Christmas Valley
Jordan Valley
at Brookings
Beaver
Frenchglen
Silver
53/49
48/43
41/20
40/28
Low: 18°
Marsh
Lake
45/33
Port Orford
40/29
42/22
at Lakeview
Grants
Burns Junction
Paisley
52/49
Pass
36/24
Chiloquin
44/23
46/43
Rome
Medford
41/31
Gold Beach
43/38
36/26
51/48
Klamath
Fields
Ashland
McDermitt
Lakeview
Falls
Brookings
39/30
47/39
38/27
34/24
50/46
39/23
Seaside
52/47
Cannon Beach
52/47
Hood
River
Yesterday
Today Wednesday
Yesterday
Today Wednesday
Yesterday
Today Wednesday
City
Hi/Lo/Prec. Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W
City
Hi/Lo/Prec. Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W
City
Hi/Lo/Prec. Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W
Astoria
45/41/1.52 50/46/r
50/39/sh
La Grande
40/34/0.07 39/31/pc 39/35/c
Portland
43/40/0.82 47/43/c 49/39/sh
Baker City
41/28/Tr
34/23/c 34/27/sf
La Pine
39/30/0.09 46/34/c 43/31/c
Prineville
45/32/0.02 51/37/c 43/35/c
Brookings
55/48/0.55 50/46/r
49/41/r
Medford
54/40/0.00 43/38/r
47/38/r
Redmond
45/32/0.16 47/34/c 49/35/r
Burns
44/31/0.00 36/23/c 40/30/c
Newport
50/41/2.37 51/46/r
48/37/sh
Roseburg
52/47/0.15 48/43/r
51/39/r
Eugene
47/39/1.05 47/44/r
51/38/sh
North Bend
54/51/1.24 53/48/r
53/40/r
Salem
47/40/1.86 47/44/c 51/40/sh
Sisters
35/29/0.17 47/36/c 50/33/sn
Klamath Falls
46/31/0.00 38/27/r
41/29/c
Ontario
41/32/Tr
33/26/pc 38/33/c
The Dalles
37/34/0.64 38/36/c 44/37/sn
Lakeview
41/18/0.01 39/23/sn 39/27/c
Pendleton
32/27/0.45 35/30/c 47/39/c
Weather(W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice, Tr-trace, Yesterday data as of 5 p.m. yesterday
NATIONAL WEATHER
-10s
-0s
0s
10s
20s
30s
40s
50s
60s
70s
80s
90s
100s
110s
NATIONAL
EXTREMES
YESTERDAY (for the
T-storms
Shown are today’s noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day.
Rain
Showers
Snow
Flurries
Ice
Warm Front
Stationary Front
Cold Front
Source: OnTheSnow.com
Opioids
Continued from A11
But some feel the settlement isn’t
enough and doesn’t cover the damage
caused by opioids, which were over-
prescribed in massive numbers. In the
U.S., more than 500,000 deaths over
the last two decades have been linked
to opioids, both prescription drugs
and illegal ones.
Washington state Attorney General
Bob Ferguson has called the settle-
ment “woefully insufficient.” Instead
of joining, he sued AmerisourceBer-
gen, Cardinal Health and McKesson
for $38 billion.
In Oregon, the agreement still
needs to be formally approved by city
councils and county commissions to
become final, Rosenblum noted.
Some have already taken steps. The
Yamhill County Board of Commis-
sioners unanimously authorized the
Yesterday
City
Hi/Lo/Prec.
Abilene
63/39/0.00
Akron
41/25/0.00
Albany
32/15/0.00
Albuquerque
53/22/0.00
Anchorage
24/20/0.03
Atlanta
46/40/0.00
Atlantic City
39/29/0.00
Austin
60/45/Tr
Baltimore
41/24/0.00
Billings
22/11/0.07
Birmingham
50/32/0.00
Bismarck
18/9/0.00
Boise
50/33/0.00
Boston
33/20/0.00
Bridgeport, CT 35/21/0.00
Buffalo
40/21/Tr
Burlington, VT
28/15/Tr
Caribou, ME
15/8/Tr
Charleston, SC 49/37/Tr
Charlotte
47/28/0.00
Chattanooga
51/36/0.00
Cheyenne
57/34/0.00
Chicago
42/30/0.00
Cincinnati
43/24/0.00
Cleveland
42/29/0.00
Colorado Springs 58/30/0.00
Columbia, MO
52/24/0.00
Columbia, SC
45/36/0.00
Columbus, GA
49/41/0.00
Columbus, OH
40/26/0.00
Concord, NH
29/8/0.00
Corpus Christi
63/46/0.05
Dallas
54/39/0.10
Dayton
42/26/0.00
Denver
60/32/0.00
Des Moines
38/26/0.00
Detroit
40/28/0.02
Duluth
17/14/Tr
El Paso
60/30/0.00
Fairbanks
33/21/1.00
Fargo
11/7/0.00
Flagstaff
51/15/0.00
Grand Rapids
41/29/0.00
Green Bay
36/28/0.00
Greensboro
42/28/0.00
Harrisburg
40/21/0.00
Hartford, CT
34/17/0.00
Helena
26/13/0.13
Honolulu
82/72/Tr
Houston
58/46/0.12
Huntsville
48/30/0.00
Indianapolis
42/23/0.00
Jackson, MS
47/37/0.08
Jacksonville
56/54/Tr
Today Wednesday
Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W
69/34/s
69/48/pc
41/29/pc 33/22/pc
39/24/pc 39/24/pc
53/27/s
55/34/pc
22/11/pc 18/15/pc
46/38/r
55/32/s
44/43/pc
49/32/c
65/40/s
71/49/pc
47/31/pc 48/25/pc
38/31/s
42/29/pc
50/35/c
56/30/s
21/10/c
29/20/c
34/27/pc 41/36/pc
44/34/pc
42/28/r
43/35/pc
44/27/c
39/31/pc 36/25/pc
34/21/sf
37/19/sn
28/9/sf
22/14/sn
51/43/r
59/37/c
48/33/r
59/27/pc
51/33/c
53/28/s
53/35/pc 55/35/pc
40/19/pc
33/26/s
46/26/s
38/24/s
42/29/pc 31/23/pc
60/32/s
61/33/pc
49/23/s
46/34/s
44/36/r
60/31/pc
47/36/r
60/32/s
42/27/s
35/21/s
39/18/pc 34/18/sn
67/47/s
76/56/s
62/40/s
65/47/pc
43/26/s
34/23/s
61/31/s
62/33/pc
40/17/s
42/29/s
37/24/pc
31/22/s
14/3/sn
20/13/pc
62/36/s
67/43/c
17/-6/pc
-5/-8/c
14/4/sn
21/12/pc
50/20/pc
52/27/c
37/23/pc
31/23/s
27/12/sn
24/19/s
46/36/c
55/26/pc
44/27/pc
45/25/s
44/26/pc
43/25/r
43/28/pc
40/28/s
79/68/c
78/68/sh
62/43/s
71/55/s
50/32/c
50/27/s
44/23/s
36/26/s
52/34/s
61/34/s
58/43/r
62/38/pc
Amsterdam
Athens
Auckland
Baghdad
Bangkok
Beijing
Beirut
Berlin
Bogota
Budapest
Buenos Aires
Cabo San Lucas
Cairo
Calgary
Cancun
Dublin
Edinburgh
Geneva
Harare
Hong Kong
Istanbul
Jerusalem
Johannesburg
Lima
Lisbon
London
Madrid
Manila
37/26/c
52/43/sh
74/64/pc
63/44/pc
88/70/pc
42/31/s
63/56/r
34/25/c
66/49/sh
36/21/pc
79/69/r
81/55/s
63/50/s
30/15/sf
81/64/t
45/43/c
39/29/c
38/28/s
71/61/t
67/62/r
44/32/s
49/45/c
73/58/t
71/64/pc
63/54/r
43/33/s
56/43/pc
88/77/s
City
Juneau
Kansas City
Lansing
Las Vegas
Lexington
Lincoln
Little Rock
Los Angeles
Louisville
Madison, WI
Memphis
Miami
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
Nashville
New Orleans
New York City
Newark, NJ
Norfolk, VA
Oklahoma City
Omaha
Orlando
Palm Springs
Peoria
Philadelphia
Phoenix
Pittsburgh
Portland, ME
Providence
Raleigh
Rapid City
Reno
Richmond
Rochester, NY
Sacramento
St. Louis
Salt Lake City
San Antonio
San Diego
San Francisco
San Jose
Santa Fe
Savannah
Seattle
Sioux Falls
Spokane
Springfi eld, MO
Tampa
Tucson
Tulsa
Washington, DC
Wichita
Yakima
Yuma
Yesterday
Hi/Lo/Prec.
26/8/0.00
46/29/0.00
41/28/0.00
53/33/0.00
43/21/0.00
36/25/0.00
44/27/0.00
66/41/0.00
47/27/0.00
39/28/0.00
83/30/0.00
83/72/0.00
40/30/0.00
25/22/0.00
47/28/0.00
51/48/0.11
37/25/0.00
40/23/0.00
42/33/0.00
53/28/0.00
36/23/0.00
76/68/0.10
70/41/0.00
43/27/0.00
40/26/0.00
72/45/0.00
40/25/0.00
28/10/0.00
34/19/0.00
44/29/0.00
22/16/Tr
38/23/Tr
43/27/0.00
36/18/0.00
47/32/0.00
50/25/0.00
39/22/0.00
59/46/Tr
63/39/0.00
54/45/0.00
57/39/0.00
51/21/0.00
49/42/0.10
38/34/0.33
24/19/0.00
27/23/0.12
51/23/0.00
78/70/0.01
71/40/0.00
49/29/0.00
41/28/0.00
54/19/0.00
32/28/0.07
70/44/0.00
Today Wednesday
Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W
33/13/sn
19/7/s
47/21/s
47/36/s
37/23/pc
30/23/s
58/40/pc
59/47/c
47/27/pc
40/23/s
46/17/s
49/30/s
56/33/s
51/34/s
68/48/c
62/55/c
49/29/s
43/27/s
33/13/pc
29/22/s
54/34/s
50/35/s
79/61/t
76/57/s
39/18/c
31/27/s
22/8/sn
30/23/pc
53/31/pc
46/27/s
56/43/s
61/47/s
45/37/s
47/32/c
46/35/s
49/30/pc
48/43/c
52/32/c
61/28/s
59/37/pc
42/19/s
47/29/s
75/53/t
67/47/pc
70/49/c
71/54/c
41/19/s
36/27/s
46/35/pc 48/30/pc
70/48/c
71/54/c
41/29/pc 35/21/pc
40/25/pc 35/21/sn
46/31/pc
45/28/r
45/35/r
54/27/c
36/22/pc
48/27/s
44/32/c
48/40/sh
47/33/c
54/27/pc
37/29/pc 36/24/pc
49/44/r
52/49/r
50/24/s
42/31/s
37/23/pc 41/34/sh
66/43/s
72/50/s
64/49/c
64/53/c
55/52/r
58/51/r
59/51/r
60/53/r
51/22/s
52/27/pc
50/41/r
61/37/pc
44/41/c
49/38/sh
30/13/pc
40/22/s
28/27/c
39/33/c
53/23/s
51/35/s
72/58/t
68/51/pc
75/45/pc
74/50/c
58/30/s
59/42/s
48/35/pc 50/28/pc
54/24/s
53/34/pc
35/31/c
44/29/c
71/46/c
71/52/c
89/65/0.00
69/48/0.00
29/5/0.06
18/17/0.47
77/60/0.04
82/72/0.06
66/42/0.00
54/38/0.00
34/30/0.00
34/-2/0.08
42/38/0.00
79/69/0.00
55/32/0.00
90/59/0.00
77/59/0.00
32/14/0.03
52/30/0.00
61/40/0.00
88/77/0.01
27/21/0.12
81/71/0.00
74/63/0.20
59/52/0.68
52/36/0.00
39/18/0.00
36/25/Tr
37/35/0.14
32/31/0.24
82/59/s
69/42/pc
26/19/pc
1/-7/c
73/61/r
83/69/c
68/45/pc
59/40/pc
28/26/c
23/19/pc
38/26/s
83/72/s
56/42/pc
92/59/s
85/67/s
34/22/sf
47/22/pc
63/42/pc
88/77/r
25/15/sf
83/70/s
70/66/r
63/54/r
57/44/s
34/29/pc
37/34/r
34/24/pc
27/21/c
INTERNATIONAL
48 contiguous states)
National high: 85°
at Vero Beach, FL
National low: -14°
at Bottineau, ND
Precipitation: 2.02"
at Florence, OR
In inches as of 5 p.m. yesterday
Base
0-0
36-36
0-0
32-32
42-54
18-24
33-45
0-0
22-47
54-80
0-54
21-43
36-49
MONDAY
41°
25°
OREGON WEATHER
TEMPERATURE
Ski resort
New snow
Anthony Lakes Mtn
0
Hoodoo Ski Area
0
Mt. Ashland
0
Mt. Bachelor
0
Mt. Hood Meadows
1
Mt. Hood Ski Bowl
4
Timberline Lodge
1
Willamette Pass
0
Aspen / Snowmass, CO
4
Mammoth Mtn. Ski, CA
0
Palisades Tahoe, CA
0
Park City Mountain, UT
5
Sun Valley, ID
0
SUNDAY
38°
30°
48°
35°
Mostly cloudy
Bend Municipal Airport through 5 p.m. yest.
High
Low
THURSDAY
county counsel to approve the settle-
ment last week, said Commissioner
Casey Kulla. In the county southwest
of Portland, as in many others, the
opioid epidemic has caused over-
doses, addiction and homelessness.
According to Rosenblum’s office,
the agreement between the state and
local governments says:
— Almost half of Oregon’s share
would go into a fund that would be
used to study the availability and ef-
43/42/0.20
59/32/0.01
72/61/0.00
64/49/0.00
84/69/0.00
50/20/0.00
61/57/1.22
36/29/0.00
72/48/0.04
39/34/0.01
81/73/0.00
75/57/0.00
59/50/0.00
10/-9/0.00
84/71/0.00
46/42/0.00
42/39/0.04
37/31/0.00
70/60/0.33
66/62/1.26
46/32/0.00
48/42/0.40
71/53/0.07
74/54/0.00
63/55/1.47
45/38/0.00
50/32/0.08
90/77/0.00
34/30/c
52/42/pc
75/64/pc
64/45/pc
91/71/pc
41/23/pc
63/54/r
32/26/c
66/49/c
35/19/c
80/69/s
81/56/pc
65/55/s
31/8/c
79/61/pc
49/47/c
38/36/c
39/29/c
72/63/t
70/65/c
42/33/pc
48/42/sh
73/56/t
71/64/pc
61/56/sh
43/40/c
57/44/sh
87/77/t
ficacy of substance use prevention,
treatment and recovery services
across the state. The funds would also
be used to address treatment and pre-
vention of substance use disorder, fo-
cused on statewide and regional pro-
grams and services.
— The remaining 55% of Oregon’s
share would go directly to cities and
counties to pay for prevention, treat-
ment and recovery services at the lo-
cal level.
Mecca
Mexico City
Montreal
Moscow
Nairobi
Nassau
New Delhi
Osaka
Oslo
Ottawa
Paris
Rio de Janeiro
Rome
Santiago
Sao Paulo
Sapporo
Seoul
Shanghai
Singapore
Stockholm
Sydney
Taipei City
Tel Aviv
Tokyo
Toronto
Vancouver
Vienna
Warsaw
85/64/s
70/43/s
32/12/sn
-4/-7/c
75/60/r
80/67/pc
69/49/pc
54/35/pc
32/22/c
32/8/sn
38/33/c
88/74/pc
54/44/c
89/57/s
86/63/t
31/21/sn
45/23/s
61/44/pc
86/76/r
22/17/sf
79/69/t
69/66/r
61/54/r
53/42/s
34/21/pc
46/36/r
32/24/pc
28/22/sf
“Every dollar we receive must be
used judiciously and wisely,” Rosen-
blum said. “For starters, it will provide
us with the ability to increase access to
lifesaving treatment and recovery ser-
vices and will support individuals and
families who continue to suffer from
substance use disorder.”
The settlement is second only to the
$200 billion-plus tobacco settlement,
in 1998, with the nation’s four largest
tobacco companies.
Lloyd Center
Continued from A11
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Apples from Washington state get processed at a packing house. Because of shipping problems and tariff disputes, Washington ap-
ple growers are focusing on sales in the U.S., Canada and Mexico.
Apples
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But with high ocean shipping costs
and jammed ports, Lyons said there’s
“lower risk to ship to neighbors.”
Although many export difficulties
have been shipping-related, another
piece of the puzzle is retaliatory tariffs.
China currently has three tariffs on
Washington apples adding up to a to-
tal 55% tariff. This makes U.S. apples
less competitive in China’s market-
place.
In India, two tariffs also continue,
adding up to a total 70% tariff. Since
the tariffs started in 2019, Washing-
ton’s share of India’s apple market has
fallen from 20% to 6%.
Although this isn’t good news for
the industry, it’s not a surprise, in part
because Washington farmers have re-
cently been growing fewer acres of Red
Delicious — India’s favorite variety.
“We’re much less dependent on (In-
dia’s) market today than we were two
years ago,” said Bob Mast, grower and
president of CMI Orchards. “There
were close to 22 million boxes of (Red
Delicious) left this time in the season
two years ago, and there are about 15
million this year. So, if there’s a year
that we wanted to not have as much
dependency on that market, this is a
good year for it.”
India is sourcing an increasing
number of Red Delicious apples from
Turkey.
The apple commission, in turn, is
pivoting its marketing strategy, cutting
advertising dollars by 45% in India
this year and focusing on the Amer-
icas.
Over the weekend, the commission
rolled out an in-store sampling cam-
paign for Cosmic Crisp apples in 42
Metro Ontario locations, a Canadian
retailer. According to early reports
from the commission’s Canada mar-
keting representative, the campaign is
going well.
Although industry leaders are work-
ing the “home court,” they’re also in
conversations with shipping experts
about how to improve exports.
In a commission meeting Thursday,
John Wolfe, CEO of the Northwest
Seaport Alliance, a marine cargo part-
nership between the ports of Seattle
and Tacoma, told growers his organi-
zation is working toward solutions.
In January, with a $400 million cap-
ital investment, Seattle will open Ter-
minal 5, which Wolfe expects will re-
lieve congestion 10% to 20%.
October 2022, the Port of Seattle
also plans to upgrade Terminal 46 to
receive vessels.
“It won’t solve the issue entirely, but
it will ease the pain,” he said.
Officials are also exploring building
inland terminals.
Wolfe said he expects the shipping
situation to stabilize by mid-year to
the third quarter of 2022.
Urban Renaissance Group is
known in Portland for projects that
include the renovation of The Or-
egonian’s former headquarters at
1320 SW Broadway St., now used
as office space for a variety of com-
panies. It also bought the former
printing facility for The Oregonian
next to Providence Park, where it
built a 150,000-square-foot office
building.
KKR said in October that it
would repossess the Lloyd Center
by year’s end after the mall’s own-
ers defaulted on a $177 million
loan toward the center’s exten-
sive renovations during the mid-
2010s. KKR said payments on
the remaining $110 million debt
stopped in October 2020.
Despite the renovation, the mall
struggled to turn things around.
Major tenants left — including
Nordstrom in 2015, Sears and Mar-
shalls in 2018 and Macy’s earlier
this year — and shopping traffic
continued to decline. Plans to pivot
to an entertainment district, com-
plete with a bowling alley and con-
Growth
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Oregon startups raised just over
$1 billion in the first nine months of
the year, nearly double the amount
they raised during the same period in
2020, according to the quarterly re-
port from the National Venture Cap-
ital Association and PitchBook. Ore-
gon had 132 startups funded, up 25%
from the same nine months in 2020.
New businesses rarely have it
easy, of course. And the pandemic
continues to present enormous
challenges, from the omicron vari-
ant to supply-chain snarls and his-
toric inflation.
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Several stores are already empty at
the Lloyd Center. November 2, 2021
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cert venue, never materialized.
The COVID-19 pandemic only
worsened the center’s problems.
And in August, the mall closed
for more than three weeks after an
electrical fire.
“It’s a challenging time to start a
company because the future is less
certain, I think, than it ever has
been,” Osborne said.
Yet Oborne said some of those
changes work in favor of entrepre-
neurs — especially those who have
historically been shut off from op-
portunities. Investors and startups
are more focused on hearing from
diverse founders and reaching the
communities they know best, a
shift she said could open up new
frontiers.
“It’s going to be really interest-
ing over the next 10 years how the
composition of entrepreneurial
leadership changes,” Oborne said.