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COMMUNITY PROFILE COMMUNITY & Support Local Businesses serving the area where you live, work and play Coos Bay • North Bend • Charleston 2016 BUSINESS DIRECTORY 2016 BUSINESS DIRECTORY “ was visiting friends when I had I severe chest pain and needed attention quickly. I was lucky Bay Area Hospital had their heart program in place and it was just moments away. Now I’m healthier than ever—it doesn’t get much better than that.” – Jenny B. Coos Bay Trust your heart to the region’s only nationally accredited Chest Pain Center and Echocardiography facility. www.bayareahospital.org 1568 Oregon’s Bay Area Welcome to Oregon’s Bay Area! WELCOME The Bay Area consists of Coos Bay, North Bend and Charleston; three very distinct communities that, together, create a truly unique experience. Each has its own special attractions and interests, yet each shares a common community focus. The Bay Area Chamber of Commerce represents businesses in all three communities. We work for a healthy climate of good jobs, more customers and efficient government. The Chamber is over 600 members strong, representing every facet of our area’s economy. We have a place for you on one of our teams making a positive difference in our community. Truly, “Our business is helping your business”. Looking for a new site to expand your business? Southwestern Oregon Community College is well known for its abil- ity to meet the customized training needs of business. In addition, there are programs, services and support from many local sectors to help ensure a bright future for your investment. We support local businesses serving the area where we live, work and play. As you visit, take advantage of our numerous outdoor adventures: fishing, riding the dunes, biking, surfing, hunting in our woods or simply playing in the sand at our wild beaches. You will find a quality of life here unlike anywhere else. We have a wide range of shopping to choose from, everything from local, hand-made prod- ucts to national chains. We have quaint galleries and downtown shops. We are also home to the Oregon Coast’s only enclosed shopping mall. You’ll also find state-of-the-art medical facilities here with a long, broad list of physicians as well as several specialty medical clinics. Oregon’s Bay Area is home to a growing number of out- standing retirement, assisted living and long-term care facilities. In this gem of the Oregon coast, you will find our greatest resource is our people. Folks with a strong community spirit, who will welcome you and share their local knowledge, mak- ing your experience memorable. We hope that after looking through this publication, you’ll want to discover Oregon’s Bay Area for yourself. Once you come here, you will never want to leave. Timm Slater, Executive Director Bay Area Chamber of Commerce TABLE OF CONTENTS Living In Oregon’s Bay Area 4 Location • Climate • History 5 Our Cities • Government 6-8 Enjoying Oregon’s Bay Area Cultural Activities & Events Recreational Activities 9 Accomodations • Dining 10 Education 11 Retirement Living • Librairies BAY AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Communications • Taxes 145 Central, Coos Bay, Oregon 97420 12-13 Health Care (541) 266-0868 • Fax 267-6704 14 The Bay Area Chamber of Commerce 15 2016 Chamber Officers, Directors, www.oregonsbayarea.org Team Chairpersons & Staff COOS BAY VISITOR INFORMATION CENTER 16 Doing Business In Oregon’s Bay Area 50 Central, Coos Bay, Oregon 97420 Business Opportunities (541) 269-0215 • (800) 824-8486 17 Business Assistance Fax 269-2861 18 Our Economy • Transportation, www.OregonsAdventureCoast.com Utilities 19 Agriculture • Commercial Fisheries, Tourism • Employment/Income Cover Photo 20-21 Forestry/Wood Products and most other photos 22-49 Bay Area Chamber Business Directory throughout the publication We’ll have the 48 BACC QR Code Bill Grami Photography light on for you... 50-54 Membership Index 54 Bay Area Category List 3 LOCATION LIVING IN OREGON’S BAY AREA Pacific Washington The communities of Coos Bay, North Bend and Charleston are situated on Oregon’s Pacific coast in Ocean Coos County, 110 miles north of the California border and 115 miles west-southwest of Eugene, the state’s Seaside Portland 2nd largest city. Located on Coos Bay, Oregon’s largest, natural, deep-water port, the Bay Area is midway Lincoln City Salem between Seattle, Washington and San Francisco, California. Newport Oregon Idaho Florence 101 CLIMATE Eugene 11" North Bend Coos County has a marine climate, mild and Coos Bay 10" Charleston Roseburg humid, a result of the moderating influences of Bandon 9" Medford Brookings 8" the Pacific Ocean and from the rainfall induced by 7" the coast range. March through October, our California Nevada 6" area is subject to prevailing winds from out of the 5" northwest. From November through February, winds come mainly out of the southwest. The AVERAGE RAINFALL 4" Bay Area’s most recent annual average recorded precipitation is 64.43 inches, as measured at North 3" 2" Bend Municipal Airport. Rain can be categorized as light, moderate, or drizzle. 1" The majority of rain falls during November (10.27”), December (10.97”) and January (9.73”). Summer months tend to be much drier, particularly July (.45”) and August (.96”). Temperature extremes JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AV G are rare, with annual mean highs of 59.5˚ and annual mean lows of 45.5˚. With Coos Bay at 10’ and North HIGH ˚F 52˚ 54˚ 55˚ 56˚ 60˚ 64˚ 66˚ 67˚ 67˚ 63˚ 57˚ 53˚ AV G LOW ˚F 39˚ 40˚ 41˚ 42˚ 47˚ 51˚ 52˚ 53˚ 50˚ 47˚ 43˚ 40˚ Bend at 16’ above sea level – snowfall is rare. HISTORY The origin of the name “Coos” is open to discussion. In the Hanis Coos Indian language, it meant “south,” or “southerner.” The Hanis and the Miluk Coos people lived from time immemorial along the sloughs and streams, the bayshore, and the ocean beaches of what has been known since about 1850 as Coos Bay. They were the southernmost people known to the Chinook Indians at the mouth of the Columbia River who met with Lewis and Clark in 1805. Sir Francis Drake is said to have found shelter for the Golden Hinde in the south cove of Cape Arago in 1579, but it was not until 1826 that Europeans actually set foot on the shores of Coos Bay. A brigade of the Hudson’s Bay Company trapped and traded for beaver furs during that winter, and Jedediah Smith with his fur company passed through Coos Bay on their way north during the summer of 1828. There were no more Euro-American visitors at Coos Bay until January 1851, when an Army resupply ship, the Captain Lincoln, crashed on the North Spit during a violent storm. All were saved, and their reports of the amenities of the area and the friendliness of the resident Indian people drew the first permanent white settlers in the summer of 1853. Population growth came slowly, but was stimulated by extractive industries beginning with gold discoveries south of Coos Bay in 1853. Coal under- lying the Coos Bay area was mined and shipped to San Francisco from 1856 until well into the twentieth century. The first two sawmills on the bay – the Henry Luse mill at Empire and the Simpson mill and shipyard at North Bend – began operations in 1856. Wood products were the mainstay of the economy and the greatest spur to growth during the twentieth century, especially after 1908 when the C.A. Smith Lumber Company opened the “largest sawmill in the world” at Bunker Hill. The economy also benefitted from specialty agricultural products such as apples, cheese, and cranberries. Maritime industries that grew included commercial fishing and oyster farming. Most recently the economy has become increasingly dependent upon the service trades – particularly government, medical, and education. Coos Bay was established in the 1850’s as Marshfield, incorporated in 1874, and renamed Coos Bay in 1944 by a vote of the residents. Photo © Bill Grami 4 BAY AREA CITIES NORTH BEND What does a coastal city The city of North Bend was originally named Yarrow, possibly after the flowering like North Bend have to offer? plant, a river in Scotland or a vessel. The name • Commercial Air Service • Quality Educational Opportunities • Downtown District reflects its geographic location at the north • Recreational Boat Ramp pre-school to 4-year degree with Antique Shopping • Beautiful Parks and Trails • Active Arts Community • Nationally recognized bend of the Coos Bay channel. Timber baron Galleries-Theatre-Music as a SAFE City • Newest in Technology Public Library Asa M. Simpson and his son, Louis, were • Shopping Mall with Major Anchors major players in the town’s early develop- ment. With North Bend at the center of their What better place to live or visit than this vast timber holdings, the Simpsons built a coastal city with a vision for the future! number of large sawmills and shipyards. Another prominent figure was Vern Gorst, a member of aviation’s Hall of Fame, whose land, water and air service provided the embryo of United Airlines. He was a major figure in the town’s transportation improve- ment and expansion. Today, North Bend is home to 9,730 people and enjoys a diversi- fied economy including a U.S. Coast Guard air station, Pony Village Mall (the largest enclosed shopping mall on the Oregon coast), dozens of restaurants plus antique stores and other unique shops throughout its down- town area. With historic and picturesque McCullough Bridge serving as the Bay Area’s northern gateway on Highway 101, the city also welcomes travelers at the Southwest Oregon Regional Airport.