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Sandy Coila with Michele Portman and Marsha & Dick Yandell on her right at the 2011 chamber banquet. I am reposting this article to celebrate the life and achievements of Michele Portman who passed away September 21, 2011 in a tragic bicycle/vehicle collision on the Row River Trail. Michele was honored in January at the 2011 Cottage Grove Area Chamber of Commerce Banquet for her

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I have many questions about the current issues the community of Cottage Grove is having concerning the fate of the Village Green. It is wonderful to see and hear the outpouring of love and pride that this community has for the Village Green. However, it makes me wonder where all this emotion was in the past. Where would we be now if there had been more awareness about the fact that the property

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Précis Village Green Conference Center/Moonstone Cloistered Gardens Cottage Grove Urban Renewal Ballot Initiative (Proposed as a 2010 Cottage Grove Ballot Measure) Contributed by Jim Kness, The Blind Seer of Cottage Grove Anyone May Copy And Distribute This I. Our city should be the site of an exemplary regional conference center; The Village Green/Moonstone Gardens should be redesigned and

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Many team members participate in honor of a loved one. Dawn Maezes, the Fight Like a Girl team captain, is participating for her second year in the Cottage Grove Relay For Life in honor of many family members, including herself. Maezes is an eighteen-year survivor of cancer and her mother and all her sisters have also faced cancer. This year they are celebrating their survival with a family

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We all know that healthier businesses lead to healthier communities. On January 6th,  2010, twenty-six local businesses received a boost to their company’s immune system right here in Cottage Grove! They are attending a nine month, Strategies of Success (S.O.S.) class hosted by the Chamber of Commerce through the Lane Community College Business Development Center&

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Have you had a chance to check out the new website for the Economic Business Improvement District of Cottage Grove? It is actually a partnership between the city http://www.cottagegrove.org/ the chamber http://cgchamber.com/ and the Economic Development Committee.Check out the site at http://www.growingthegrove.com/You'll find some great success stories as well as information for anyone desiring

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At the end of the evening I found written on the coffee mug of a tablemate, “The past cannot be changed, but the future is whatever you want it to be.” This was very appropriate as the theme of the evening was, “Remembering the past, looking forward to the future.” Friday, January 22, 2010, was The 61st Annual Cottage Grove Area Chamber of Commerce Awards & Installation Banquet. Held at the

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