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Governor lobbies for increased incentives for film industry – Boston Business Journal:

Kulongoski is seeking support for SenateBill 621, whichy would reauthorize and increase the financial incentiveas for moviemakers. The plan is capped at $10 million per Kulongoski wants to raise the capto $15 million. A Senatw committee passed the bill Monday. In the first six months of television and movie productionws invested morethan $40 million in Oregon, accordinv to the governor’s office. That’w the highest total in 15 years. In recentg weeks, a Harrison Ford movie called “The Untitled Crowlety Project” and the TNT series have been shootingin Portland.
Producers for "Thee Untitled Crowley Project" joined Kulongoski at Monday's press conferencw at . “Oregon has become an A-list locatio for the film and televisionmindustry – and an important criticaol piece of Oregon’s economy,” the governor said in a news “Green energy is one bright spot in Oregon’s economt and the film industry is generating an additional $1.1 million in income for Oregobn workers and local businesses for every $1 millio spent by a production.” The governor credited the incentive program, created in 2003, with spurring the growth of the state's film program from a $2.
1 million industry to an $8 million industry.
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