Sisters business at a glance

•Venus Motors has announced the selection of Sisters as the location for its U.S. Corporate Headquarters. Venus Motors is preparing to assemble and distribute high-performance electric vehicles.

"We're very excited to have the opportunity to bring to Central Oregon much needed high-tech jobs in a green industry at a time when the need is so great," said Katie Cavanaugh, VP Venus Motors.

Representatives from Venus Motors headed to Washington D.C. last weekend to engage legislators in a conversation about job creation, funding, positive environmental impact and energy independence.

The team from Venus has scheduled their visit to coincide with President Obama's Forum on Jobs and Economic Growth. True to its mission, Venus is travelling to D.C. by train. They've chosen to travel by train because while diesel fuels the generator electric motors move the train.

•EcoUnit, Organic Valley food cooperative and Ray's Food Place are partnering in a shopper rewards program that awards customers with EcoUnit credits that can be redeemed to support local stewardship projects like tree planting, river restoration, removal of invasive species and watershed clean-up.

Through the end of the year, a purchase of any Organic Valley product from Ray's Food Place stores will earn shoppers EcoUnit credits that they can redeem to support the projects of their choice. The process for receiving and redeeming EcoUnit credits is simple:

1. Shop at Ray's Food Place and purchase Organic Valley products.

2. Receive 10 EcoUnit credits for a single Organic Valley purchase or 25 credits for purchase of two or more Organic Valley products.

3. Collect vouchers at the checkout, which contain EcoUnit credits.

4. Visit http://ov.ecounit.com to sign-up and to register EcoUnit credits to support a variety of local environmental projects, including willow tree planting along Hay Creek, a lower tributary of Oregon's John Day River; restoring the Deschutes River basin habitat; reviving and protecting the salmon runs of California's Blue Creek and Klamath Rivers; or cedar-tree planting efforts along Oregon's Elk River.

Shoppers who participate in the EcoUnit promotion will also be eligible to enter to win one of three prizes, including a year's worth of free Organic Valley dairy products.