Projects
We are here to assist and support local businesses! If you are considering starting a business or expanding an existing business, please come and talk with us. We have a wealth of resources that can put you in the right direction.
GROW is a locally-driven program that offers free, confidential, one-on-one business coaching to any entrepreneur in the North Santiam Canyon area that wants to open, expand or improve a business. It follows the unique Enterprise Facilitation model which has proven itself successful in similar areas worldwide: 80% of the businesses that follow this model remain in business after four years. Now that’s sustainability!
Employment AssistanceAre you looking for a job? We are here to help you find employment. If we are unable to provide direct assistance, we have a wealth of resources that can put you in the right direction. Get Started with the Canyon Job Seekers Network.
Imagine walking from Lyons to Idanha without stepping a foot on Hwy 22. Sound impossible? Well it's not! Public support has driven the development of a canyon-wide trail system aimed to provide a safer multi-use non-motorized travel alternative to State Highway 22, connecting the Canyon communities and the outstanding natural, recreational and cultural features. Interest in this trail system has been kept alive by the project's potential to improve community quality of life, increase recreation and heritage opportunities, and promote economic growth and diversity.
North Santiam Canyon Visitor’s Information Guide and Business Directory
The North Santiam Guide is your resource to business and recreation opportunities here in the canyon. Businesses listed in the directory play a vital role in the local economy, providing products, services and jobs.
The organizations listed enrich the canyon’s civic and social life. This guide is produced by the North Santiam Chamber of Commerce and the North Santiam Canyon Economic Development Corporation. Other rivers in the Willamette system may have more tourists and fanfare, but the North Santiam has the most fish. We think you’ll find the communities along the North Santiam also have the most promise!
Buy Local Shop Santiam!The North Santiam Economic Development Corporation is striving to help develop a strong local economy. We want the Santiam region to be a great place to raise and educate your children, spend a day relaxing, and when you’re not fishing – working at a job that you enjoy. One of the best methods to increase our standard of living is to keep our local dollars local.
Individual Development Accounts
The North Santiam Economic Development Corporation is committed to assisting those in our community with limited financial resources. We know the type; passionate, visionary, motivated, you're the entrepreneurs in our community. This program helps the entrepreneur with limited financial resources make sure their voice and business take off as well.
The NSCEDC is proud to support this project through fiscal sponsorship. The Mill City Gardens is approaching its third year and it is anticipated that once again some folks of Mill City will be down with hoe and rake to put in the labor that brings home nourishing fresh vegetables. Chances are they will stop nurturing their plants occasionally and look east, beyond the canyon, to take in the beauty of the Cascade Range. In no other garden do bean stalks and their cultivators have such a spectacular view!
