(Speakers Laurence Kennedy and Christie Hutcherson | Photo courtesy of 10x Catalyst Groups)

On September 11, 2025, hundreds of the top business leaders in Central Oregon filled the Riverhouse Convention Center for the fourth annual Excellerate Central Oregon Business Forum to focus on business continuity, contingency planning and disaster preparedness. The timing was appropriate. We live in uncertain times. Wildfires, drought, earthquakes and tsunamis off the coast, the increasing risk of the Cascadia event, economic instability, tariffs, cyberattacks, terrorist attacks, gun violence, addiction, mental illness and suicide risks with employees, civil disorder. The number of potential risks to business owners, even in seemingly safe Central Oregon, is actually very high. We all need to be p

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