In Search of the Oregon Coast Trail…
It is critically important for us to come together and make decisions as a region about how we use our lands and our resources, as well as how we welcome our visitors. The Oregon Coast [...]
It is critically important for us to come together and make decisions as a region about how we use our lands and our resources, as well as how we welcome our visitors. The Oregon Coast [...]
County commissioners Lianne Thompson (Clatsop), Margaret Magruder (Columbia) and Erin Skaar (Tillamook) have begun convening community water learning efforts in each of their counties. AOC County Solutions is partnering with a water contractor to [...]
The Oregon Coast Trail (OCT) connections project is relaunching to an important phase in its work. The COVID-19 pandemic interrupted a series of community based efforts to help address gaps and safety issues along [...]
Oregon Community Foundation (OCF) announced that Project Turnkey is gaining momentum with three additional grants awarded to properties in Corvallis, Eugene and Lincoln City. Corvallis Housing First (CHF) was selected to receive one of [...]
Oregon Community Foundation (OCF) announced that Project Turnkey is gaining even more momentum with three additional grants awarded to properties in Klamath, Medford, and Pendleton, Oregon. Klamath County was selected to receive one of [...]
After five years of fostering consensus based work through counties, County Solutions director and founder, Greg Wolf announced his retirement effective October 31 this year. Wolf built a career and a life deeply rooted [...]
In a county commissioner led process, the Oregon Coast Trail Connections project has advanced to an important, new stage. With a distance of 382 miles of hiking path along the Oregon coast between Oregon’s [...]
Association of Oregon Counties (AOC)-County Solutions worked with the Legislature and Sudden Oak Death (SOD) task force to secure funding for an integrated pest management program to prevent and slow the spreading of Phytophora ramorum, [...]
Awareness of maritime workforce needs is rising in Oregon. In a recent letter from Workforce and Talent Development Board (WTDB) Chair, Ken Madden to Governor Kate Brown, Madden underscored the desperate need Oregon has to [...]
Owners of Oregon’s more than 1,000 aging tide gates will have access to new engineering tools that will help them replace their tide gates, with funding announced this week to help expedite tide gate replacement [...]