Business View Magazine | January 2020

209 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE JANUARY 2020 downtown core contains retail, small business, and restaurants, while the outer area is focused on farming (rhubarb, turnips, corn, etc.) and the flourishing wine and filbert industries. Businesses in Canby benefit from excellent highway access - Interstate 5, Highway 99E, and I-205; attractively-priced electricity - the community-owned power company, Canby Utility, purchases the bulk of the power for running the City from Bonneville Power, which is generated from Bonneville Dam up river, just outside Portland; and an ample supply of shovel-ready industrial land at competitive prices. The Union Pacific freight and passenger (via Amtrak) line runs through the center of downtown. Canby residents enjoy a wide variety of housing and the available options are growing. According to City Administrator, Scott McClure, “Over the next two years, we should have about 450 homes built, and within another year or two after that, probably another 200.” For its new and future residents, Canby offers many sports CANBY , OREGON BE Group Active Water Sports