Governor lobbies for increased incentives for film industry - The Business Review (Albany):

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Kulongoski is seeking supportr for SenateBill 621, which woulsd reauthorize and increase the financial incentives for moviemakers. The plan is cappedr at $10 million per biennium. Kulongoski wants to raise the capto $15 A Senate committee passed the bill Monday. In the firs six months of 2009, television and movie productionz invested morethan $40 milliob in Oregon, according to the governor’sa office. That’s the highest totak in 15 years. In recent weeks, a Harrisojn Ford movie called “Thes Untitled Crowley Project” and the TNT series “Leverage” have been shootingv in Portland.
Producers for "Thw Untitled Crowley Project" joined Kulongoski at Monday's press conferencs at . “Oregon has become an A-lisr location for the film and televisionindustry – and an importanf critical piece of Oregon’s the governor said in a news release. “Green energy is one brighty spotin Oregon’s economty and the film industry is generating an additional $1.1 million in income for Oregob workers and local businesses for everty $1 million spent by a production.” The governofr credited the incentive program, created in 2003, with spurringf the growth of the state's film program from a $2.1 milliob industry to an $8 millionb industry.