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Orange Dahlia

WITH GRATITUDE

To The Ford Family Foundation, Meyer Memorial Trust, and the Oregon Community Foundation for granting the funding and support to make this project possible. 

 

To the Urban Rural Connection Project Regional Dialogue Cohort 

for your time and serious thought energy 

throughout the Regional Dialogues: 

 

Senator Margaret Carter, Class 2

Senator Susan Castillo, Class 16

County Commissioner Melissa Cribbins, Class 27

Tom Fuller, Class 1

Jake Gibbs, Class 28

Simon Hare, Class 28

Charles "Chuck" Hudson, Class 25

Vicki Nakashima, Class 13

Valeria Pimental, Class 29

Kelly Poe, Class 30

Connie Saldana, Class 19

Steve Schulz, Class 32

Kristin Steele, Class 32

and

Mariana Lindsay, Urban Rural Connection Project Coordinator 

Cliff Jones, Facilitation Trainer

For Phase 2, three committees of leaders each focused on one of the three “Priority Issues” that the URCP Cohort identified. The charge of each committee was to advance or raise awareness about each issue in some way. 

 

Thank you for your creativity, commitment and for perseverance

 

Broadband Equity 

Issue: Broadband Access

Cameron Camp, 

Maria Chavez-Haroldson, Class JJCL #1

Brad Earl, Class 21

Kate Lasky, Class 29

Mike McArthur, Class 14

Jim Rennard, Class 21

Sal Sahme, Class 19

Ashtika Welikala

 

E-vengers

Issue: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Amy Carlson, Class 37 

Sean Ealy

Jan Elfers

Tom Fuller, Class 1

Peter Lawson

Kerani Mitchell

Analicia Nicholson, Class 32

Carol Turner, Class 5

Annie Valtierra-Sanchez, Class 37

Anthony Veliz, Class 15

 

Grass Is Always Greener

Issue: Land Use Policy and Voices Not Heard

Rick Allen, Class 8

Randy Franke, Class 2

Greg Holmes, Class 38

Jenna Marmon

Michael Mills, Class 9

John Oberst, Class 24

Jim Scherzinger, Class 19

 

Oregon Land Use: Add Your Voice, Speakers 

Suzanne Dufner, Community Development Director, Monmouth

Gary Harris, Harris Farms, Madras

Allan Lazzo, Executive Director, Fair Housing Council of Oregon, Portland

Tamra Mabbot, Planning Director, Umatilla County 

Maui Meyer, Former County Commissioner, Hood River 

 

Thank you also to our partners and contractors supporting the priority issue projects: 

Marcela C. Cinta, Spanish Translator

Brady Holden, Documentary Filmmaker 

Frances Portillo, Class 15, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Trainer and Facilitator

Brian Prawtiz, Class 34, of BP Media 

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