Gresham is named for Walter Quintin Gresham, the American Civil War general and United States Secretary of State. The Gresham Carnegie Library, built in 1913, the Dr. Herbert H. Hughes House, built in 1922 are historic attractions in Gresham.
As a business-friendly city with many multicultural populations, Gresham welcomes new visitors and new online startups, tech entrepreneurs, new minority business owners, including African American and Hispanic American startups and other value-added digital businesses.
Today, the City of Gresham and its local communities are embracing cultural equality, diversity, inclusion, equity and has many historic ethnicities in business-friendly communities. Many of these communities are strong supporters of minority businesses in the city.
The City of Gresham, Oregon’s citizens are rolling out the “Welcome to Gresham” and the “We’re on Your Side” inviting welcome mats to new entrepreneurs, new startups, business founders, new business services, new residents and many more value-added local minority-owned businesses.
Local Gresham entrepreneurs have created business opportunities in the city. With the help of supportive local business leaders, the demand for startup ventures and the need for more goods and services has ignited the spirit of ownership in the Gresham community.
Looking to the future with confidence, the City of Gresham encourages its residents to become inventors and creators of startups in retail, music, printing, beauty, healthcare, legal, home services, medical support, CNA services, media, information technology (IT), restaurants, makeup, online sales, cleaning services, car repair, education technology to help Gresham’s local business community to grow.