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Google Money: You want $1 million annually... forever?

Google Money: You want $1 million annually... forever?

Tom Peterson
Business, Home Page

The City and County are at a true crossroads when looking to the future - they have the happy problem of a lot of money and how to manage it responsibly. Wednesday’s meeting was a contrast between two ideas. Spend Google dollars as they receive them on worthy projects and or reduce taxes now, or put it into an endowment and have money to use later? Forever.

Google going great guns; here comes another one

Google going great guns; here comes another one

Tom Peterson
Business, Home Page, The Dalles

Contractors at the new Google data center site were busy this afternoon, Nov. 28. The walls for the first of two data centers were erected for the first 288,000-square-foot facility months ago. Google’s contractor Whiting-Turner has now submitted a second request to site and construct the second data center at 290,000 square feet to the City of The Dalles planning department.

Free Nonprofit Board Training in The Dalles, Presented by The Dalles Area Chamber and Google

Free Nonprofit Board Training in The Dalles, Presented by The Dalles Area Chamber and Google

Columbia Community Connection
Home Page, The Dalles

The Dalles Area Chamber, in collaboration with Google, is excited to present a FREE training session for Nonprofit Board and Leadership on October 19, 2023, from 9:00 am to 11:30 am. This engaging training will take place at CGCC/Theatre Room located at 400 E Scenic Drive, The Dalles. This opportunity was made possible by a Google Community Grant.

$85k in Google funds used to better train locals for manufacturing

$85k in Google funds used to better train locals for manufacturing

Tom Peterson
Education, Business, Home Page, Hood River County, Klickitat County, Wasco County, The Dalles

CGCC expands job training at Skills Center with the addition of CNC milling equipment through a grant funded by Google. “This equipment is part of the future of automated manufacturing -- everything from farm equipment to furniture to airplanes,” said the college’s president, Dr. Marta Cronin. “Our students can now master this technology before they enter the workforce, launching them into family-wage jobs.”

Google looks to women, people of color to fill openings in trade work

Google looks to women, people of color to fill openings in trade work

Tom Peterson
Business, Education, Environment, Home Page, Hood River County, Klickitat County, The Dalles, Wasco County

Oregon Tradeswomen’s Mary Ann Naylor said it is a perfect time for women and people of color to enter the trade industry. Major projects in the gorge could call for huge demand from skilled professionals. A recent $150,000 grant from Google is opening up opportunities at both state and local levels. “Tell them to be tough-skinned to get through their apprenticeship and the world is your oyster, said local Electrician Brennah Miller, “and you can go anywhere.”

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