We can announce that Tim Laue has resigned from the Board of the McKenzie Community Development Corporation so he can take care of his personal home rebuilding. His resignation has been accepted and his time on the Board is appreciated.
We have a new member in Jane Wilson and will be publishing a bit about her experience and her relationship to the area on our About Us page soon, but in the meantime, we are happy to welcome her to the organization.
Honey Paddle is a 13-acre apiary featuring the sale of delicious bee-crafted honey. Each year they experiment with planting different cover crops for the bees to craft delightful versions of McKenzie honey. Its owners Amber and Brian were displaced by the fires last year, and also lost many of the farm’s hives to smoke, yet…
211 is still maintaining a wildfire response line for all wildfire survivors in Oregon. They will route survivors to resources, and also direct them to local DCMs. Contact them here: https://www.211info.org/contact They also maintain a website here that includes a lot of useful info although some of it appears to be out of date (e.g….
Those are the words of Lesa Henson, a Holiday Farm Fire survivor who received a very special gift in time for the holidays last year. That gift – a hand-made quilt featuring all 50 state birds – was the result of collaboration and acts of kindness by many individuals in the #McKenzieStrong community. From the…
Over the last few days, I’ve had a lot of questions come up about the replacement timeline. Folks have been concerned that they only have until September of this year to replace their dwellings. The good news is that House Bill 2289, which was passed in June, has extended the deadline for replacing dwellings in…
Lane County’s Land Management Division has just announced that Marianne Nolte has been selected to fill Lane County’s new “Holiday Farm Fire Permit Navigator” position. This is an important new function within the Land Management Division – and as the name implies the Permit Navigator position was created with the singular mission of assisting Holiday…
Source: KEZI.com The donation is generated through BottleDrop’s Containers for Change program By: Chiann Nobrega BLUE RIVER, Ore. — BottleDrop customers have donated $2,500 to the McKenzie Community Development Corporation in support of the rebuilding efforts after the Holiday Farm Fire. “Families and communities continue their work to recover and rebuild from the Holiday Farm…
