Export Assistance Training

Economic Development Professionals,

Greater Portland Inc is excited to announce the second and third export assistance training sessions in the Greater Portland region as part of the Greater Portland Export Initiative, specifically Strategic Action 3.2 designed to equip economic development professionals with a greater understanding of the federal/state/local export assistance which can benefit companies in your jurisdictions. The training is free for you and funded in part through a Cooperative Agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration via Business Oregon through the State Trade and Export Promotion (STEP) Grant Program.

The second training session will be held Wednesday, September 11 – registration is at 8am with the program from 8:30-11:30am - at the Portland Development Commission, 222 NW Fifth Avenue, Portland, OR 97209.

The third training session will be held Monday, September 23 - registration is at 8am with the program from 8:30-11:30am - at The Meadows, Kruse Oaks Conference Center, 5300 SW Meadows Road, Lake Oswego, OR 97035.

Please see attached for the agendas. (Please note that we will be making a video of the training at one or both of the sessions,)

Spaces are limited so please RSVP with your name, title, organization, email address, and phone number to GPI Administrative Assistant Deborah Johnson, who is cc’d on this email.

The deadline for registration for the first session is Monday, September 9.

The deadline for registration for the second session is Thursday, September 19. Please let us know if you have any questions and we look forward to your RSVP.

Thanks, Derrick Derrick Olsen
Vice President of Regional Strategy & Coordination Greater Portland Inc
w 503.445.8065, ext. 107
111 SW Columbia Street, Suite 830
Portland, OR 97201
derrick.olsen@greaterportlandinc.com greaterportlandinc.com

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