New Firms Offer Variety of Services Around the State

This week's openings include a wide variety of openings and expansions around the state!

Openings and expansions:

• NW Raw, offering fresh pressed juices, opened in Ashland. KDRV, 3/19/2014
• Gtano's Nuevo Latin Cuisine opened at the Town Center Plaza in Grants Pass. Grants Pass Daily Courier, 3/16/2014
• Choose Growth, a Portland-based media company, will open an office in Bend next month. The Oregonian, 3/14/2014
• St. Charles Health Care will open a medical office in Redmond this fall to accommodate its expanding women's center. The Oregonian, 3/14/2014
• Portland Public Schools plans to add about 180 employees next year, of which 150 will be teachers. KATU, 3/18/2014
• Airbnb, a San Francisco-based vacation rental startup, plans to open its North American operational headquarters in Old Town Chinatown in Portland this summer. It will employ 160 people. The Oregonian, 3/14/2014
• Sisters Irish Bistro will open at the Reed Opera House in downtown Salem. Statesman Journal, 3/15/2014
• Get Air Salem, an indoor trampoline park, opened in Salem. Statesman Journal, 3/8/2014
• Bay Clinic opened its Express Care clinic in Coos Bay. The World, 3/17/2014

Closings and relocation:

• Southern Oregon University in Ashland will eliminate the equivalent of more than 80 positions by 2018 through layoffs and retirements. Ashland Daily Tidings, 3/15/2014
• Kuebler's Furniture in Roseburg closed. The News-Review, 3/17/2014
• La Capitale Brasserie in downtown Salem will close. It will reopen as Tablefive08 in June. Statesman Journal, 3/11/2014

For more business news, check out this week's full report or visit the Around the State page on QualityInfo.org.