Businesses reported mostly good news this week

This week's Around the State mostly contained news of businesses opening or expanding. In fact, there were only three closures listed:

• Joseph Winans Furniture Co. in Medford is closing. It employs about six people. Medford Mail Tribune, 3-2-10

• Lake Oswego-based Pacific Lumber will close its Bend Yard & Truss at the end of the month. It employs six people. Bend Bulletin, 3-6-10


• Wells Fargo Insurance Services will close its Salem office. It employs 25 people. Statesman Journal, 3-8-10


Business expansions included:
• Boeing Co. plans to pour up to $120 million into its Gresham operation, replacing a 30-year-old chemical processing plant and adding 152 jobs in the next three years. It will build a 60,000-square-foot facility to treat metals such as titanium and stainless steel, used in making commercial aircraft parts. The Oregonian, 3-8-10

• Affiliated Computer Services plans to hire 190 staff at its growing Tualatin call center. Portland Business Journal, 3-8-10


And some of the announcements of new openings were...
• The Oregon School of Jujitsu opened in Philomath. It offers instruction in Jujitsu, Kempojujitsu, and combined martial arts. Corvallis Gazette-Times, 3-8-10

• The Sugar Shack – a gift, antique, and book shop – opened in Mt. Vernon. Blue Mountain Eagle, 2-24-10

• The Apple Cellar Bakery opened in Jacksonville. Medford Chamber Business Review, 3-1-10

There were many more announcements in the full issue! (www.qualityinfo.org/olmisj/PubReader?itemid=00000036)

Older issues also available.