The Oregon Hispanic Business Association recently sponsored a Progreso Hispano Financial Wellness Workshop. The September 2022 event at the Salem Chamber of Commerce Building focused on strategies for building and protecting personal financial health. Other...
The Oregon Hispanic Business Association has launched a statewide “Shop Local” campaign to encourage consumers to support local businesses. Support Your Local Economy Consumers are looking for smart ways to stretch their budgets this year with inflation...
As children, Jose Gonzalez and his five siblings picked strawberries and other produce every summer outside Woodburn, Ore., to help support their family. Today, he’s founding president of the Latino Business Alliance, a member of the Salem City Council, and owner of...
Latino Network has a capital campaign goal of $18M to build La Plaza Esperanza, a new community center in Gresham’s Rockwood neighborhood. More than $11,700,000 has been committed to the project according to the campaign progress update. If they receive $2.7 million...
Hispanics own 55 banks and credit unions nationwide, but none yet in Oregon. The only state on the West Coast to make the list was California, where five financial institutions are owned by Hispanics. New Jersey has two, and Florida has eight financial institutions...
Gov. Kate Brown has signed a bill that requires retailers in Oregon to accept cash. The measure, SB 1565, excluded transactions such as those at farmers markets, roadside stands, and aboard airplanes, and it allows businesses to refuse to take coins for purchases of...
