Oregon City Chamber of Commerce

08/21/2026

Exciting news, the brand new art gallery in Downtown OC has become a Chamber member. Please join us in welcoming Good Vibe Gallery.

We'll be holding a ribbon cutting for their first show on October 10th. Details in the comments.

08/20/2026

Throwback Thursday. Can you guess what year the Oregon City Chamber of Commerce produced this city guide?

08/19/2026

Thank you to everyone who came out this morning for Morning Networking which was held at Holman Hankins Bowker & Waud funeral services with Tim Waud. Their tagline for this morning - "We're the last ones to let you down."

Holman Hankins Bowker & Waud has been in business since 1890! In one of the photos below you can see a sketch of the original building. Thank you to Tim and the others at HHBW for hosting us this morning.

Kudos went out to many Chamber businesses. Including The Wild Hare Saloon OC, Watershed Cafe & Bistro , and Ginza Sushi & Asian Fusion for their excellent menus. Oregon City Porchfest (and Wendy's band) got four shout outs. Others went out to Buel's Impressions Printing, Gladstone Subway, Dave Walz mortgage advisor, Selena Ross for her beautiful flower arrangements, Holman Hankins Bowker & Waud for being so easy to work with, Decked out Designs, Angel Ink Tattoo, Ricochet Body Solutions for great massages, the Oregon City Chamber of Commerce for the work we've been doing (thank you William), Chase Heating & Cooling, Inc. (twice), Expert Junk Removal, and Tim Delano's tomato sandwiches 🍅.

A big shout out went to the four candidates running for office that choose to visit us; Michael Sugar, Adam Baker, Betty Mumm, and Gordon Lawrence. That tells us a lot about the importance you put on local businesses. Thank you all.

For Chamber announcements Jon (pictured pointing at the camera) told us that two new GMOC hosting spots have become available in September HOWEVER, as I write this the September 2nd spot has been taken by💥 Comics Adventure.💥 That will also include their ribbon cutting. 🎉 so mark your calendar 🎉

The September 29th GMOC is still available to host. If you'd like to host it, let us know.

The date for this year's Chamber Gala has been set for October 16th at the Carver Event Center. More info to come on that but please start thinking about sponsorships and gift baskets. You know it'll be a hoot.

This month's BIZ CUBE LLC Business Book Club read is 'What I Wish I Knew About Luck: A Crash Course on Turning Aspirations Into Achievements. They meet this Thursday at Biz Cube. 📚🍷 More info in the comments.

A few announcements from our members:
Steve Leitz has been named philanthropist of the year for the third time through Baskin Robbins. Congratulations Steve.
He also mentioned the ribbon cutting for Bee-Lieve Education Foundation, Inc (helping veterans learn about bee keeping) will be on September 4th.
Baskin Robbins is raising money for children's cancer centers every Sunday.

Rachel with Ricochet Body Solutions won the door price, a wonderful flower arrangement.

Split the Bucks was $77 and won 🍀again🍀 by Sean Kerr. Use Kerr Properties, Inc. and maybe some of that luck will rub off on you.

Finally, a big thank you to our visitors this morning and to our ambassador team who always puts on a great show.

Have a great rest of your week, folks. Lets go do some business.

08/19/2026

Looks like NW Ferments, Inc. will be sharing their stuff at OMSI this month. If you're interested in the science and secrets of fermenting and pickling then this might be the show for you 🥒

Have you ever wanted to combine pickles and cotton candy? How well do you know pickled foods of the world? We've got you. Explore the science behind fermentation and *relish* in a night out at OMSI 🥒 Get tickets at omsi.edu

08/18/2026

Please join us in welcoming our new member Expert Junk Removal into the business community.

08/12/2026

It's tomato season 🍅 Tim DeLano (The Tomato Cowboy) from the Bloomin' Boutique farm stand tells us how to make the best tomato sandwich.

08/06/2026

Ever heard of an "SOB" flag? That was Oregon City's old design.

William Gifford of smALL FLAGs, Chamber member and bona fide vexillologist, sat down with us to explain Oregon City's new flag: what it symbolizes, how the community shaped the design, and why the old flag had to go.

Give it a read, then tell us: what do you think of the new design?

Local vexillologist William Gifford of Small Flags explains how Oregon City's new flag came to be, from citizen polls to tribal consultation and a lesson from Canada.

08/05/2026

🔥 Flames might be licking the mountains but this Chamber crew turns up for morning networking anyway. 🔥 Here’s your roundup.

GMOC was hosted by Art Marine from Mortgage Solutions Financial. Art talked about their CEO expanding the company by buying a bank. They’re called it Bank 19 because it’s the 19th bank he's tried to purchase. Art also talked about their suite of products that are $0 down. Art and his staff were very professional and kind, thank you.

Buel's Impressions Printing won the Kudos Corner with six kudos. They were praised for their quick turnaround time for printing.
Other kudos went out for:
OC Sign Group (twice) for assisting with the Bloomin' Boutiques Canopy,
Decked out Designs - For giving Abby and Spencer the best stained fence on their block,
Ginza Sushi & Asian Fusion,
The Wild Hare Saloon OC (twice),
Yellow Castle Bricks,
Tony with Liquid Mettle was thanked for feeding folks at a LoveOne Community event,
Stephanie Peck, PEX Realty Group (four times) for top notch professionalism and a crack media team,
Watershed Cafe & Bistro and Chase Heating & Cooling, Inc. both got pre-kudos. We didn’t know that was a thing,
Luis' Tire Service had three kudos for impeccable transparency and honesty,
Mark Meek from Avid Real Estate Executives for collecting shampoo for Blooming Boutique,
Tim with Expert Power Wash for great social media videos,
Wendy Polk as a great community resource,
Craig Danielson for being generous and a good steward of Hilltop Mall,
Love One and Abby for sharing her knowledge with students,
smALL FLAGs for sharing information for an incoming Chamber blog about our new city flag.

Jonny Chambers led the Chamber Announcements. Jon mentioned the new website updates and how our Chamber profiles get great SEO. Matt mentioned that we’re getting the Chamber Deals page up and running and we’d like folks to call us with their deals so we can put them on the website. When we have enough deals on the page it will be boosted.

Split the bucks was a whooping $177 and won by Elaine Hart with Summit Cleaning & Restoration. I asked her what she planned to do with the money, she mentioned a Friday poker game. Good luck again Elaine.

Chamber Book Club this month is reading What I Wish I Knew About Luck by Tina Seelig - The book club meets at BIZ CUBE LLC every third Thursday.

Member announcements -
Wendy Polk has 2 events. A painting evet at Ruzzos Retreat tonight, and her band Reel 2 Real is main stage at Pioneer Center at 4pm at Porch Fest Oregon City this weekend.
Biz Cube started Spiral and Sage program where you can adopt plants at BIZ CUBE LLC. 50% of sales goes to non profits. Also, 5% of Biz Cube sales already goes to Bloomin' Boutique.
Speaking of which, Mark Meek talked about purchasing shampoo for Bloomin Boutique. He requests anyone who has extra shampoo give it to him.

Tim DeLano (who does not need shampoo) talked about the Bloomin Boutique car show. If you have a nice car, you can pay $20 and be there all day.
New member Matt from Equal Autos Premium Detailing has a new car tint available and talked about his new (self pour) wine bar above the detail shop.

Next Week's GMOC is hosted by Stephanie Peck, PEX Realty Group at Oregon City's Street of Dreams. More info coming.

Thank you to everyone who powered through the fire and the flames to get to us. And a huge thank you to our first responders and the amazing work that Clackamas Fire does. Have a great rest of your week.

08/04/2026

Movies in the park is cancelled tonight. But why not try a puzzle competition instead.

We had some last minute cancellations for tonight's Puzzle Tournament. Competition starts promptly at 630pm and is only $40. Stop by or call now to reserve a spot for your team 503-650-5008

08/04/2026

We get calls all the time about the little things; the number for city hall, who owns a certain business, what events are happening downtown, and more. Keep them coming! We love answering questions, and we just plain love talking with people.