University of Oregon

The Economic Development Administration University Center will sustain, enhance, and expand the University of Oregon's proven, 13-year track record of providing targeted technical assistance and programmatic capacity to Economic Development Organization (EDO) partners, trade associations, and businesses across Oregon. Our efforts and resources will focus on building economic resilience, equity, workforce development, and environmentally sustainable development solutions for our partners. Our service region covers Oregon’s 12 Economic Development Districts (EDDs), nine (9) federally recognized Tribes, 36 counties, 241 incorporated cities, and roughly 900 special districts. Importantly, our center focuses its research capacity and technical assistance capabilities on serving economically distressed rural and frontier area economic development needs in Oregon.