2016 Legislative Priorities (Adopted 12/4/15) The 2016 Legislative Priorities represents the legislative priorities of Oregon’s local business communities as represented by the 70 local Chambers of Commerce of the Oregon State Chamber of Commerce. The OSCC is organized to give a voice to the local business communities throughout Oregon in support of policies that enable [...]
Operation Santa Claus Operation Santa takes place in December, which is a time for giving back to our community and Clackamas Fire District #1 is responding with lights and sirens… The annual Operation Santa program is a month-long toy and food drive, fire district volunteers, firefighters and employees join Santa in a parade of fire engines [...]
Marijuana Land Use Regulations The Clackamas County Board of County Commissioners concluded its marijuana land use hearing today with a 4-1 vote to approve the staff-proposed regulations, with amendments approved by the commission. Commissioners Jim Bernard, Martha Schrader, Tootie Smith, and Chair John Ludlow voted yes. Commissioner Paul Savas voted no. Marijuana Opt-Out The commissioners [...]
School Safety School violence has become all too common in our state and throughout the nation. Recent school attacks have created uncertainty about the safety and security of our schools. In 2014, to address this concern, the Oregon State Legislature enacted House Bill 4087, establishing the Oregon Task Force on School Safety, bringing together representatives from police, [...]
On 11/12/15 Happy Valley Police took multiple reports of fraudulent $100 bills being used at local merchants. The investigation is ongoing for the suspect(s) in the cases. All businesses should be aware and properly train staff to recognize counterfeit money. How to spot counterfeit $100 bills? Color-shifting ink: If you hold the new series bill [...]
Military Times has put Clackamas Community College on the list for top college for veterans in its Best for Vets: Colleges 2016 rankings. The colleges are ranked in three categories: four-year, online and nontraditional, and two-year. Clackamas Community College ranked first in the West and fourth nationally in the two-year category. The rankings factor in the [...]
All Five Clackamas County Commissioners appeared at the annual Business in the County event that the North Clackamas Chamber held on October 28th. This event was Moderated by Lori Olund with Miles Fiber Glass & Composites at Gray Gables Estate in Milwaukie; it was a great opportunity for the audience to ask many questions. Watch [...]
As part of its ongoing efforts to support veterans, Clackamas County will host a free veteran suicide prevention training from 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Nov. 16 in Oregon City. This training will offer important updates and resources for anyone in contact with veterans, as well as clinicians who work with veterans. Register for [...]
Legislative Updates for North Clackamas Chamber of Commerce – as of 09/23/2015 - Get this article in a PDF Minimum Wage. We believe there will be another concerted effort in 2016 to pass a minimum wage increase along with legislation to allow local governments to increase their own minimum wage levels even higher. Last session, [...]
Update Your Listing The North Clackamas Chamber would like you to update your listing on the online directory. If you do not have access to your companies profile please email us and we will create you a username and password since we now have a new website and also using a new upgraded client management system. Updating [...]