Governor lobbies for increased incentives for film industry - Pittsburgh Business Times:

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Kulongoski is seeking support for SenatseBill 621, which would reauthorize and increase the financia incentives for moviemakers. The plan is cappef at $10 million per biennium. Kulongoski wantsw to raise the capto $15 A Senate committee passed the bill Monday. In the first six monthz of 2009, television and movie productionsa invested morethan $40 million in Oregon, according to the governor’sx office. That’s the highest total in 15 In recent weeks, a Harrison Ford moviw called “The Untitled Crowley Project” and the TNT serieds “Leverage” have been shooting in Portland.
Producere for "The Untitled Crowleyu Project" joined Kulongoski at Monday's press conference at . “Oregon has becom e an A-list location for the film and television industry and an important critical piecdeof Oregon’s economy,” the governor said in a news “Green energy is one bright spot in Oregon’s economh and the film industry is another, generatinfg an additional $1.1 million in income for Oregon workera and local businesses for every $1 million spent by a The governor credited the incentive program, create in 2003, with spurring the growth of the state's film programk from a $2.1 million industry to an $8 million industry.