About Us
Our Mission
“Our mission is to foster community partnerships, projects, and priorities that create a favorable climate for economic and employment growth.”
Our Vision
“We envision a happy, healthy, and vibrant community with ample employment opportunities and a standard of living allowing abundant engagement and fulfillment.”
Our Work
In 2011, a group of concerned Cottage Grove, Oregon, residents banded together to address the blight and disinvestment that had turned our once thriving timber community into one of stereotypical rural decay. Three years later, through hard work and vision of residents and partners, including the Cottage Grove Economic & Business Improvement District (EBID), the City of Cottage Grove, and the Cottage Grove Area Chamber of Commerce, the Cottage Grove Community Development Corporation has emerged as a local nonprofit leader in business development and community revitalization.
Board Of Directors
Board Directors
Matt Parsons – Chair
Financial Advisor
Parsons Financial
Jim Gilroy – Vice President
Community Business Development Officer
Banner Bank
Ruth Linoz – Secretary
Executive Director
South Lane Wheels
Board Members
Georgia Haskell
Executive Director, Cottage Grove Area Chamber of Commerce
Dana Merriday
City Councilor, Cottage Grove
Darrel Wilson
City Councilor, Cottage Grove
Faye Stewart
Community Development & Public Works Director
City of Cottage Grove