EXHIBIT 99.1

Press Release

DGR Enterprises  Abandons Efforts to Acquire Onvia.com;  Declines  Invitation by
Onvia's  Board of Directors to Further  Extend its Proposal to Acquire Onvia for
$3.50 Per Share in Cash

Seattle,  WA,  Tuesday,  December  10,  2002  --  DGR  Enterprises,  Inc.  ("DGR
Enterprises"  or "DGR")  announced  today that it has  abandoned  its efforts to
acquire  Onvia.com,  Inc.  ("Onvia"  or the  "Company")  (Nasdaq:  ONVI),  after
deciding that it would not extend its offer dated November 14, 2002 (which offer
was extended previously on November 21, 2002) to purchase all of the outstanding
shares of Onvia for $3.50 per share in cash, or approximately $26.8 million. The
November 14 proposal  expired in accordance with its terms at 5:00 p.m. (PST) on
Friday, December 6, 2002.

A spokesman  for DGR stated that "Our offer to acquire Onvia expired on December
6 and we have today decided not to again extend our offer as requested by Onvia.
In our view,  the Board of Directors has had ample  opportunity to inform itself
of all available alternatives and to review our proposal, which we first made in
October,  later  increased in November and recently  extended  until December 6.
However,  rather than take constructive  steps toward  negotiating with DGR, the
Company has  implemented a Stockholder  Rights Plan, a device  typically used to
frustrate and thwart takeover attempts,  and sought that we indefinitely  extend
our  offer to permit  management  more time to seek an  alternative  it  prefers
better."  DGR noted that its  proposal was for all shares and all cash and would
have provided all shareholders the same price.

The DGR spokesman  went on to say that "DGR informed  Onvia early last week that
it did not intend to extend its offer  indefinitely,  but would  agree to extend
its offer if the Company would negotiate and enter into a letter of intent for a
transaction with DGR containing appropriate provisions to permit Onvia to accept
an offer for a higher price." Onvia did not respond to this proposal.

DGR  Enterprises  is owned by Glenn  Ballman,  Robert Ayer and David  Bell.  Mr.
Ballman  is the  founder  and former  Chairman  and Chief  Executive  Officer of
Onvia.com.  Mr.  Ayer is a  co-founder  and former  Vice  President  of Business
Development  at  Onvia.com.  Mr. Bell was an early angel  investor in Onvia.com.
Messrs.  Ballman,  Ayer and Bell currently own approximately 8.2% of Onvia.com's
outstanding  common stock.  DGR Enterprises is based in Darien,  Connecticut and
was formed for the purpose of making the proposal discussed above.

The Onvia.com Board of Directors is comprised of the following five individuals:
(i) Michael D. Pickett,  Chairman & Chief Executive  Officer of Onvia.com;  (ii)
Nancy J. Schoendorf, General Partner at Mohr, Davidow Ventures; (iii) Kenneth A.
Fox,  Managing  Director at Internet Capital Group,  Inc.  (Nasdaq:  ICGE); (iv)
Jeffrey C.  Ballowe,  Member of the Advisory  Board of Internet  Capital  Group,
Inc.; and (v) Steven D. Smith,  Managing  Director at GE Equity, a subsidiary of
General  Electric  Company  (NYSE:  GE).  There is presently  one vacancy on the
Board.  Each of these venture  capital firms is a pre-IPO  investor of Onvia and
collectively such firms own approximately 48% of the outstanding capital stock.

DGR  Enterprises'  legal  advisor  is  Chadbourne  & Parke LLP, a New York based
international law firm.

Seattle, Washington based Onvia.com helps businesses secure government contracts
and government agencies find suppliers on-line.

DGR  Enterprises  will file a Tender Offer  Statement  with the  Securities  and
Exchange  Commission if a tender offer is commenced.  This document will contain
important  information.  Onvia.com  shareholders  are advised to read the tender
offer  statement,  copies  of which  may be  obtained  from the  Securities  and
Exchange Commission's website at www.sec.gov free of charge.

For more information, contact Andrew Blum at 212-408-5100.