Gov. Tina Kotek on Tuesday unveiled a plan to boost Oregon’s economy and make the state more business friendly as it faces sluggish population growth, high housing costs and other faltering economic indicators .
The blueprint, which the governor is calling “Oregon’s Prosperity Roadmap,” promises to encourage investment from businesses amid mass job cuts in recent months comparable to rates during the Great Recession. Layoffs have taken place across a variety of industries and at some of the state’s flagship businesses, including Nike , Intel and large hospital systems .
The roadmap lays out three high-level goals: boost the state’s gross domestic product by 2.2%; improve Oregon’s placement by at least 13 spots in a prominent national ranking of state workforce indicators; and

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