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Five Recovery Act Programs Pump Over $1.5 Billion Into Oregon

Five highly effective programs in the 2009 federal Recovery Act together have pumped about as much money into Oregon as all of the venture capital invested in the state from 2001 through last year.

A new report by OCPP documents the success of the Recovery Act and highlights five programs that put $1.5 billion directly into the wallets of Oregonians over the past year.

Read the news release Five Recovery Act Programs Pump Over $1.5 Billion Into Oregon. Click here for a PDF copy.


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