Update on Lane County Small Business Grant Funds – Application Launching @ 5pm
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Update on Lane County Small Business Grant Funds – Application Launching @ 5pm

ByTom Atkinson

We have some exciting updates regarding the grant funds Lane County will be receiving from the State of Oregon. First, the application will be going live 5pm today, Thursday, December 3rd on the Community LendingWorks website communitylendingworks.org/emergency-grants/ and will remain open through Sunday, December 13th. The application will be streamlined to take businesses approximately 5…

Holiday Farm Fire Survivors Should Appeal If FEMA Applications Denied
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Holiday Farm Fire Survivors Should Appeal If FEMA Applications Denied

ByTom Atkinson

Source: McKenzieRebuilds.org We are hearing reports from Holiday Farm Fire survivors that their applications to FEMA for individual assistance were denied. It is important that you know you have the right to appeal if you are denied. Often denials are because FEMA is missing a piece of information or document. Some common reasons for denial…

McKenzie School District Gets $200,000 Donation from Blueair
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McKenzie School District Gets $200,000 Donation from Blueair

ByTom Atkinson

Source: KVAL.com By Angelina Dixson Christmas came early for the McKenzie School District, in the form of a $200,000 donation. The district serves the communities hardest hit by the Holiday Farm Fire. Blueair, a national air purifier company, is donating the money on this Giving Tuesday. “One of the biggest needs still in the McKenzie…

Timber Unity Funds Tool Lending Library in Blue River to Open This Weekend
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Timber Unity Funds Tool Lending Library in Blue River to Open This Weekend

ByTom Atkinson

Source: RegisterGuard.com By Adam Duvernay Residents rebuilding after the Holiday Farm Fire soon will have a place to borrow chainsaws and other tools thanks to a timber and agriculture worker advocacy group. Timber Unity, a natural resources industries activism organization, has donated funds and tools for the beginning of a lending library in Blue River…

Wyden, Merkley Urge Extension of COVID-19 Relief
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Wyden, Merkley Urge Extension of COVID-19 Relief

ByTom Atkinson

Source: Wyden.Senate.gov U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today urged Senate leadership to include extensions of the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) and the Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC) programs in the next coronavirus relief package. Both of these programs are set to expire on Dec. 26,.Wyden and Merkley noted in their letter along with…

Orchid Health Mobile Clinic in Eugene Weekly!
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Orchid Health Mobile Clinic in Eugene Weekly!

ByTom Atkinson

Orchid Health’s mobile clinic will be in Eugene once a week starting on the 14th Dec. to help McKenzie River residents who are still based in the city. The Clinic will be located in the SW corner of the parking lot at the Trillium Building, 555 International Way on the 14th Dec. then returning after…

Wells, Septic Systems May be Eligible for FEMA Assistance
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Wells, Septic Systems May be Eligible for FEMA Assistance

ByTom Atkinson

Oregon residents who lost access to waterand sewer servicethrough their private wellsand septic systemsdue to the September wildfirescould be considered for financial assistance under FEMA’s Individualsand Households Program. Residents in Clackamas, Douglas, Jackson, Klamath, Lane, Lincoln, Linn and Marion counties designated for federal assistance to individuals and households due to 2020 wildfires may be eligible…

Denied by FEMA? Appeal!
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Denied by FEMA? Appeal!

ByTom Atkinson

  UPDATE: For more info and resources for those denied by FEMA please read our most recent post from McKenzieRebuilds.org on this here! If you received a letter from FEMA that says you’re ineligible for help, that’s not the last word. A quick fix like providing more information may change FEMA’s decision. If you have…

Relief Foundation Grant Extended to Dec. 15th
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Relief Foundation Grant Extended to Dec. 15th

ByTom Atkinson

Check out the full details here. OAR has secured $500,000 grant for housing relief through NAR’s REALTORS® Relief Foundation for the Oregon wildfires disaster. Just 300 of these grants remain.Who should apply? Any full-time resident and U.S. citizen or legally admitted U.S. resident who has lost their home to the Oregon wildfire disaster and is…