Brian Cole - Baker City, Oregon
Economic Development Professional
"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has."
— Margaret Mead
Economic development professional and president of Building Communities, Inc. in Baker City, Oregon.
Recent Articles
Maybe You Should Apply for the Job
Five counties. Tons of economic development projects. Life on the road. Five hours and 17 minutes to Salem. Five hours and 17 minutes to get back home. Some days I would do all of it in one day. And I regularly visited virtually every little community in those five counties.
Baker City Calling
With the fancy Masters diploma in hand, I considered a job working for one of the big eight accounting firms in their consulting division.
How Economic Development “Chose” Brian
When Brian thinks back to how he got into the economic development profession, he realizes that economic development chose him, not the other way around.
Baker County Comes Back
“If there was ever a person who didn’t live in Baker County who had an impact in Baker County, it was Neil Goldschmidt,” explains Brian Cole, now chairman of the Baker County Board of Commissioners, who earlier served as director of the Baker City/County Economic Development Department.