A delegation from The Dalles recently traveled to Missouri as part of the community’s involvement in the national Center for Rural Innovation cohort. Port of The Dalles Executive Director Andrea Klaas says she and Carrie Pipinich of the Wasco County Economic Development Commission made the trip. Klaas says the purpose of the cohort is how to bring in and support tech entrepreneurship in rural communities. Klaas says they met with representatives of communities who have had some success with tech entrepreneurship, and saw examples of entrepreneurial networking space.