Business View Civil and Municipal | September 2022

94 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 3, ISSUE 9 The city’s largest employer is actually an upscale retirement village, and Dallas recently attracted the attention of Ascentec Engineering LLC, a major employer in the aerospace semiconductor industry. “They are a high-tech metal machining company and their primary base of operation is about an hour north of us in the Portland area,” says Mitchell. “They were looking for a location for an expanded second facility and they chose us because we had a building that had been vacant for a time that met their needs.” The company is expected to invest in around $10 million in equipment, which will result in hundreds of jobs for the area. The City of Dallas also partners with an organization called SEDCOR – Strategic Economic Development Corporation – out of Salem, which acts as a regional economic development organization for the county. That partnership helps attract opportunities to the city and acts as a screener for new businesses. “They’ll do the vetting and the screening and Traditional... transformed. The tech industry no longer has the corner on tech jobs. High-tech opportunities are now being cultivated on the farm and along main streets in small towns like Dallas. At SEDCOR, we are helping build the future in unexpected places. Look into the future. Then look again. sedcor.com Creating economic opportunity in Oregon’s Willamette Valley since 1982 STRATEGIC ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION