Our Successes

When Fabian Lopez was laid off at Christmas, he received an unemployment assistance offer he couldn’t refuse: take classes at the Chemeketa SBDC and start a new business. At the SBDC, Lopez found valuable courses

When Cindy Wurdinger-Kelly took a field trip to a Woodburn flower shop in high school, she knew right away she wanted to be a florist. Wurdinger-Kelly now owns that flower shop, called Valley Pacific Floral, Inc. The shop was called

Tony Jeffries worked at Monmouth Fitness Club for 15 years before purchasing the gym. Just three months into ownership, Jeffries started the SBDC’s Small Business Management class in fall 2016.

Having grown up eating traditional Chamorro food from the island of Guam, Stephanie Sosa wanted to bring the cuisine to the people of Salem. Before starting her mobile food truck business, called Island Girls Lunchbox