A business consultant can bring experience, perspective, or specialized knowledge that you don’t have in-house at your company. These can all be valuable assets when you’re facing a problem you haven’t solved before, but hiring a consultant isn’t automatically the right answer. Sometimes the real is…

Good food can make a night out. Add live music, and you've got even more reason to stick around. Albany, Oregon has several places where you can pair live entertainment with dinner, drinks, food carts, locally made beer, or wine. The experience ranges from recurring blues and acoustic jams to schedu…