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3 Member Focus Performant Financial Corporation is celebrating 20 years as a growing employer in Grants Pass. We actually opened our first doors... See Page 4 Grants Pass & Josephine County CHAMBER OF COMMERCE The Young Marines It was a hot afternoon to spend around a burn barrel, but members of the Rogue Valley... See Page 11 Chamber News To Support and promote our local commerce through communication, advocacy and partnerships! Trending News As we see the growth in the economy it is not hard to miss the rapid growth in the Craft Beer industry. We thought we would share some interesting information in this newsletter about what is happening in our area in local breweries. There are a variety of types of brewers. One is a manufacturing brewery that produces beer for general distribution. One that has been around a while is brew-pub establishments that brew for consumption on their own sites generally along with food. Brewpubs have evolved into a trendy place to meet up and hang out. The latest trend is the Growler stations where you can taste a variety of craft beers, have your favorite filled in a variety of sized bottles to take home to enjoy. Craft beer is gaining traction with outdoor enthusiasts, tourism and local communities. It is changing the August 2014 way people think about drinking beer brewing laws, Oregon Craft Beer has beas well as adding economic growth in come a part of the fabric that is our way of life. It s not a beverage, it s a lifestyle. Oregon. Oregon Beer By Oregon Craft Beer Welcome to a place where the water runs pure and clean, from snow-capped mountaintops through lush green valleys. A place where hops grow in such abundance, their harvest is celebrated each autumn by beer makers and beer lovers alike. A place with a metropolitan area that has more craft brewers per capita than any other place on earth. Oregon is home to craft brewing pioneers such as Bridgeport Brewing, Widmer Brothers Brewing, McMenamins, Full Sail Brewing Co. and Deschutes Brewery. They blazed a trail to this beer-topia, leading to Oregon Craft Beer being the standard against which all other craft beers are measured. Those brave adventurers also enabled today s new generation of craft brewers. Trained in the region s larger craft breweries, they re opening small, independent Is it a dream? No. It s Oregon, home brew pubs and making unique, individto Oregon Craft Beer. And we ve been ualistic beers. Oregon is now home to waiting for you. more than 136 brewing companies operating more than 169 facilities in 61 cities Here, we just expect beer to be betdotting every region of the state. ter. After all, better is practically all we know. With the state enjoying some of Oregon s craft brewers adhere to a seathe country s earliest dating back to sonal, farm-to-glass philosophy, and wide the mid 1980s and most liberal craft range of craft beer styles can be found on tap and in stores throughout the year. In fact, in the early days of craft brewing, Full Sail was the first craft brewery in the U.S. to bottle its beers, and now Oregon Craft Beer can be bought at retail around the world. But there likely is no place better to experience Oregon Craft Beer than right here in its home. There is certainly no shortage of opportunities we communally celebrate our beer at events and festivals throughout the year, peaking each July Oregon Craft Beer Month with the Continued on pg. 7 1 To Support and promote our local commerce through communication, advocacy and partnerships! Member Focus This year is the new well s 7th Annual Biggest Winner Competition! This contest is between 42 women divided into... See Page 4 Grants Pass & Josephine County CHAMBER OF COMMERCE A Look Back - CIP We pulled up a few pictures of the past six years of the Back to the 50 s Concerts... See Page 1,7 Chamber News To Support and promote our local commerce through communication, advocacy and partnerships! July 2014 A Look Back at Concerts in The Park! This month we are dedicating the Newsletter to Concerts in the Park. We pulled up a few pictures of the past six years of the Back to the 50 s Concerts. It was fun to go through the photos and see how much the children had grown and all the smiles and joy that music brings to so many. The Chamber of Commerce thanks all the great sponsors that have stepped up this year to support this family centered event so that it is free to the community. Please be sure and thank them when you are in contact with their businesses. More Pictures on pg. 7 To Support and promote our local commerce through communication, advocacy and partnerships! 1

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