Date: Monday, July 18, 2011, 7:34pm PDT
The Portland Business Alliance’s outgoing board chairman said the city’s pre-eminent business lobby plans to keep pushing its jobs-heavy agenda.
PBA also plans to soon issue studies on the area’s land use, manufacturing industry and traded-sector industry opportunities, said Roger Hinshaw, Bank of America’s Oregon president and the PBA’s immediate past member chairman.
“We want to keep the dialogue and discourse at a high level, and be consistent with our business partners,” said Hinshaw, who was replaced by former Portland Trail Blazers executive J. Isaac on July 1. “In some respects, we have a unique opportunity right now to continue developing our focus areas. . .we’re not talking about divisive topics you typically hear about from business associations, we’re talking about jobs and what they mean to families and the community.”
During Hinshaw’s tenure, the alliance released a landmark study noting that Multnomah County fared poorly in terms of job creation between 1997 and 2009. Hinshaw and other alliance leaders organized a jobs summit that identified potential areas of strength — traded sector products and services, or goods that can be sold outside the Portland region, head the list of potential money makers — and continue to assemble parties in such areas as creative services and technology that might generate economic growth.
“Last year was about getting the message out about he value of jobs and tying a healthy private sector to central public services,” Hinshaw said.
Counting officers and ex-officio members, the PBA board numbers more than 65 people. It represents more than 1,400 businesses and has a $7 million annual budget.
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