Nick Harville

As the Marion County Business Retention and Expansion Manager, Nick Harville has a stellar reputation for solving problems for traded-sector business owners and public partners.

Understanding the key to finding answers starts with listening, Nick travels throughout Marion County to meet with public and private partners.

His job includes writing grants, researching financing resources, knowing land use and planning laws and helping businesses make connections, and advising businesses on how to grow.

Nick’s knowledge of economic development organizations and industries is backed by more than 20 years of experience from Oregon’s Coast to a variety of companies around the country. After establishing the economic development organization for Lincoln County, Oregon, he began a private consulting career.

Major accomplishments are helping to fund the start-up and organize the Oregon Brewers Guild. He helped conduct business analysis and planning for brewing operations throughout the U.S. His private consulting work exposed him to a variety of industries and companies, from food processing to manufacturing and healthcare. He started SEDCOR’s Construction Alliance and created the IMOM or the Industrial Maintenance Operator/Mechanic Training program.