
		NEWS! Read OMEN's testimony for HB3644. Read HB3644 here. OMEN announces the 2010-2011 Oregon Asset Building Corps VISTA RFP! Click here to download the application instructions and forms. Click here to read the press release. OMEN launches the Strengthening Oregon Microenterprise Development Project. Click here to learn more! Enroll in OMEN's "Strengthening Oregon Microenterprise Development" Project! Click here to read OMEN's comments on the USDA RMAP proposed rule changes. View the Sustainable Business Network's Buy Local for the Holidays flyer here. Read Portland Mayor Sam Adam's recent press release about how Portland is supporting small businesses. OMEN announces its 2009-2010 Board of Directors. Click here to view roster. View resources and presentations from the 2009 Oregon Summit on Entrepreneurship here. OMEN Member, PDC Economic Opportunity Initiative, receives national award. Click here to read more. Learn more about the 75% tax credit through Neighborhood Partnerships for the IDA program by clicking here. 2009-2010 OMEN Membership Renewal Forms: Member Application, Renewal Invoice, Membership Renewal Letter, 2009-2010 Member Benefits (click to download) Watch Senator Merkley's speech on the problems facing small businesses with health care. Click here to view. "Small Business Centers Get Funding Cut", Read the 6/2/09 Oregonian Article here. Supporting entrepreneurs is vital to restoring a healthy economy. Read OMEN's Case for Support here. Tools for small business accounting: Successful Business Kit from TriLibrium available here (free download). Read the FIELD report on "Moving the Micro Field Forward". Click here to view. OMEN releases the 2009 Public Education Document. Click here to download. OMEN Member Google map. Click here to view. OMEN's 2009-2011 Strategic Plan is available; click here to view. Click here to download the 2008-2009 OMEN Resource Guide & Directory, with listings of current OMEN members, affiliates and other helpful resources for microentrepreneurs! To view a map of OMEN's members, please click here.

Welcome!

"Strengthening Oregon Microenterprise Development" Project
With generous support from the US Small Business Administration, OMEN is offering a range of services to help organizations build their capacity and increase service to entrepreneurs statewide. The "Strengthening Oregon Microenterprise Development" Project offers a menu of services to participating organizations to assist them in building their unique service delivery platform. To download the program's Menu of Services, click here. To sign up your organization to participate, click here.

Did you miss the 2009 Oregon Summit on Entrepreneurship? Click here to view photos, presentation materials and other valuable resources.

The Oregon Microenterprise Network (OMEN) is a statewide association of microenterprise development programs and their supporters.

These programs provide training, lending and other enterprise opportunities to entrepreneurs with limited access to economic resources.

OMEN supports these organizations by

Providing leadership and a voice for statewide microenterprise support
Building the capacity of microenterprise practitioners
Educating the public about the value of microenterprise development
Promoting cooperative and collaborative efforts to combat poverty using microenterprise development strategies
Publishing the Oregon Microenterprise Network Resource Guide

Interested in joining OMEN? Click here for more information on membership and to download a membership application.



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