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Bend Chamber offers Health Insurance Plan to Chamber Members Statewide
Small business owners face many challenges, including offering health insurance to their employees. Here is another option to consider when looking for affordable, high quality health insurance for your employees. The Bend Chamber Association Health Plan is available to small businesses across the state. You are eligible by being a member of the Astoria-Warrenton Area Chamber. With over 700 groups enrolled, covering more than 13,000 lives, the plan options are growing and becoming more affordable than ever. For more information, visit the Bend Chamber's website.
Astoria Co+Op Offers Holiday Meals
Holiday meal orders are open at Astoria Co+op through Nov. 16 (TODAY). Customers can place their orders at the store or astoriacoop.square.site then pick them up on Nov. 21 and Nov. 22 for a festive gathering. The co-op deli is offering a traditional Thanksgiving turkey menu, a vegan gluten-free menu with a mushroom ballotine, as well as extra sides, pumpkin pie, Dutch apple pie and apple cake. Shoppers can order it all or just a few options. The holiday items will be available at the hot bar and the grab-and-go during the week of Thanksgiving, too!
Those planning a turkey dinner this holiday season can order a turkey at Astoria Co+op. They can ask their cashier for an order form at checkout or call the store at 503-325-0027. Shoppers can reserve a non-GMO, organic or regeneratively raised turkey today to pick up by Thanksgiving. Plus, find all your other ingredients at the co-op, including local chestnuts, squash, cranberries and more. Thanks for choosing to shop local this season! For more information, visit astoria.coop.
Trail Action Plan Complete
Traversing Oregon’s dramatic coastline from border to border, the Oregon Coast Trail (OCT) travels roughly 400 miles across beaches, forests, and rivers. Much of the trail is on beach or on hiking trails. However, a significant portion of the OCT follows the shoulders of roads and highways, such as U.S. 101. These gaps in the OCT can feel uncomfortable or unsafe and detract from the hiking experience. Oregon Coast Trail Foundation gathered comments earlier this year from stakeholders, residents and trail users to create an action plan.
This Oregon Coast Trail Action Plan describes how to remedy these gaps in the trail. This plan also addresses ways to improve trail amenities and services along the trail, including mapping and wayfinding, camping, restrooms, water crossing services, and a centralized trail information system.
Take the Small Business Credit Survey
We were asked to please share the Federal Reserve’s Small Business Credit Survey with our region’s small business owners. They need about 10 more Oregon responses to this Small Business Survey to get state level data to compare at the national data. The survey closes tomorrow, November 17.
Log Exports Resume on Pier One
Since losing log exports in 2019, the Port of Astoria’s Pier One has been under-utilized. Though cruise vessel traffic has steadily increased since the pandemic and has become a major contributor to the local economy, cargo operations have ceased. It is with great pleasure that the Port of Astoria announces that on November 7th, the Port Commission approved a two-year lease agreement with Northwest Forest Link. NFL will take advantage of Astoria’s strategic location to bolster its log export business which will work well with existing cruise operations.
Cruise ships and other large vessels will continue docking on the north face of Pier One while NFL’s cargo loading operations will commence on the west side of Pier One – and provide cruise passengers a bird’s-eye view of log export operations. Read more here.
Oregon Coast King Tides Safety
King Tides are back! Each year, you can expect to see king tides in the winter months, this year's dates are:
- November 25 - 27, 2023
- December 13 - 15, 2023
- December 25, 2023*
- January 11 - 13, 2024
- February 8 - 10, 2024
*Unusually high tide, but not a King Tide.
This is a good time to remind yourself, your staff and visitors about beach safety. The water can approach out of nowhere, a phenomenon known as sneaker waves. The US Coast Guard warns that sneaker waves are one of the largest weather threats to those on the beach.
The King Tides Project documents the effect that extreme tide events have on our state’s beaches, coastal waterways, private property, and public infrastructure. Photographs of these tides help to visualize and understand the impacts of sea level rise (like flooding and erosion).
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