Lane County Emergency Management’s Disaster Recovery Manager, Matt McRae presented his April 2022 Holiday Farm Fire Recovery Update at the UMCC earlier this week. Take a look below.
Source: McKenzieRebuilds.org We have an important housing announcement for fire survivor families with limited or no income. Homes for Good will be accepting Project Based Voucher (PBV) waitlist applications for new housing complexes in Eugene and Springfield. Wildfire survivors will be getting preference on the waitlist. The waitlist time varies but those with preference are served first. The…
Val Rapp, President of board for McKenzie Valley Wellness owners of the land where the McKenzie River Clinic stood reached out to share the statement below. The Clinic building is gone, but the health practice continues. We will rebuild. Orchid Health staff are providing emergency fire-replacement prescriptions and other normal services available by phone. Call…
Source: AfterTheFireUSA.org After The Fire USA hosted a virtual meeting on Friday, March 11, to help fire survivors who have questions about mortgages and home financing post-wildfire. Understanding the complexities of finance post-wildfire disaster is complex and can be overwhelming. From insurance to mortgages to loans to contracts and more, the financial decisions you make…
Source: Portland Bureau of Emergency Management Today and tomorrow, temperatures will reach 90 degrees or higher, with the hottest times of day between 2 pm to 8 pm. Very hot weather can cause heat-related illness and death, especially earlier in the season before our bodies are used to warm temperatures. The most sensitive groups are…
New recovery tracking tools have been added at www.McKenzieRebuilds.org/recovery. You can see the number of building permits under review and issued, as well as average review time compared to 2020. The linked map view shows the same information parcel by parcel and also tracks how many properties in the fire perimeter have sold since last…
This morning at Roaring Rapids Pizzeria in Eugene, the unofficial mayor of Blue River, Melanie – “If you don’t know who I am you shouldn’t be eating this pizza” – organized a community meeting for evacuated residents of Blue River to discuss the cleanup, moving back upriver and plans to rebuild. Emily Reiman from the…
