Tallwood Design Institute Roundtable: Mass Timber and the Affordable Housing Market Wednesday, March 1 2:00 – 5:30 P.M. Pape Forum, White Stag Block UO Portland 70 NW Couch St. Portland, OR 97209 Please join the [...]
Join Communities Across Oregon For a Year With The RARE AmeriCorps Program! What is The RARE AmeriCorps Program? The mission of the Resource Assistance for Rural Environments (RARE) AmeriCorps Program is to increase the capacity of [...]
AOC is frequently asked for information regarding the various county related policy groups within Oregon that focus on federal and state land management. In total there are six. Below you will find details about each [...]
Portland, OR—The Oregon Environmental Quality Commission has appointed Richard Whitman to be the director of the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality. The commission worked with an executive search firm to conduct a national recruitment process. [...]
The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality has published a study on a market-based approach to reducing Oregon’s greenhouse gas emissions. At the direction of the Oregon Legislature and with extensive input from stakeholders and the [...]
State Land Board votes 2-1 State Land Board votes to move forward on sale of Elliott State Forest Members reject Gov. Brown’s plan to keep the land near Coos Bay under public ownership Oregon’s new [...]
Legislature takes action on bills of interest After 10 days of the 2017 Legislature there have been several bills of interest seeing action and others bills that have been scheduled. The House Energy and Environment [...]
Urge the co-chairs to fully fund the 2017-19 Veterans Budget and Ballot Measure 96 Key points to share with Legislators opposing cuts to veterans: Oregon voters overwhelmingly approved Ballot Measure 96 by 83 percent last [...]
The House Economic Development & Trade Committee heard from Business Oregon updating this new committee on the economic growth experienced by our state in the last few years. Highlights included: $21 Billion was exported last [...]
This headline is dated in an era of automatic transmissions, but it nevertheless describes the pace and mood at the Capitol. In the beginning of any legislative session, orientation to issues to be faced by each committee is [...]