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EWEB Board Meeting with McKenzie Valley Community
EWEB have postponed their planned upriver meeting with the McKenzie community. The original planned date was in Sept. this was moved to Nov. when the fire struck and has now been shifted to next spring, exact date TBC. This meeting is important to everyone upriver because of EWEB’s watershed recovery role, but particularly important to…
Cooperator’s Update Monday 2nd November
Alyssa Brownlee – Housing Housing remains fluid and every challenging. She wants to reach out to Lazy Days because she understands they are not planning to rebuild. One of her goals is to get as many people back up river to support the local economy and the viability of our school. Last week the Oregon…
Cooperator’s Update Wednesday 21st October
Sean Davis Sean picked up perishables for the relief center yesterday from the Episcopal Church in sisters. Items to be unloaded at Blue River Relief Center. Alyssa Brownlee People are now connecting with caseworkers for housing and it feels like this will be a good model going forward. Alyssa will continue to work on housing…
Cooperator’s Update Monday 19th October
Nancy Schwan-Howard – Clinic Manager Orchid Health McKenzie River Clinic Nancy reported that the clinic is still working out of the quilt shop, but they are unsure at the moment whether that arrangement will be extended or if it might move to the Basketball Academy location (USBA). Once negotiations are concluded (hopefully within the next…
Cooperator’s Update Friday 16th October
Following the fires that have devastated so much of the McKenzie Valley since Labor day, a lot has happened to meet the emergency needs of victims and start supporting residents as they look towards the intermediate clean-up, building resilience as winter approaches, and looking forward towards the long-term efforts of rebuilding property and livelihoods. A…
Holiday Farm Fire – Virtual Community Meeting
Last night the official Holiday Farm Fire Facebook group hosted another information-packed live event, this time a virtual community meeting. The video of the meeting is embedded below so watch it for the latest updates and news from ODOT, EWEB, Lane Electric, Lane County Sheriff’s Office and Fire Operations Personnel.