03/04/2022
“If you live in Bend, and you want to make money while living here, you have only so many options,” Eager said. “Bend has no dominant industry from an employment standpoint, so if you’re going to make it here, many people have to have their own business to make it. It’s partially out of necessity.”
3,226 new businesses registered with the Oregon Secretary of State in 2020, according to data provided by EagerLaw PC, a Bend-based law firm that culls the data for Central Oregon cities.
When the coronavirus first began to spread two years ago, and businesses were shuttered and travelers told to stay home, Blair and Kathryn Nicol realized they needed a business that