Monday Mailing
Year 21 • Issue 13 01 December 2014 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11.
People Still Moving to Oregon Rohinni's Lightpaper Is Incredibly Thin, And Printable Main Street Continues to Move Through Reedsport New Resources from Natural Hazards Center Room to grow: North Coast Land Conservancy Gains 948 Acres Crowdfunded Parks Are Coming and That Isn’t a Bad Thing Southwest Oregon Region Receives WealthWorks Northwest Award To End Food Waste, Change Needs To Begin At Home The ‘Poo Bus’ Just Hit the Road in the U.K The New Face of Hunger Funding Opportunities
1. People Still Moving to Oregon Oregon's population continued to grow in 2014, with the more urbanized areas of the state attracting the most new residents, according to preliminary estimates from Portland State University’s Population Research Center. The center released the preliminary 2014 population estimates for Oregon and its cities and counties on Tuesday. The results show Oregon’s population increased from 3,919,025 in 2013 to 3,962,565 in 2014 — a gain of 43,545 people. Three quarters of the growth was due to people moving to the state. To access the full story, click here. 2. Rohinni's Lightpaper Is Incredibly Thin, And Printable How would you use light if it was paper-thin and could be applied to any surface anywhere? When Rohinni CMO Nick Smoot asked me that question, I was pretty stumped at first.
Quote of the Week: “Your body will honor you with wellness if you honor it with awareness.” ~Anonymous Oregon Fast Fact: A coin toss decided the name of Portland in 1845. The losing name was Boston.
But he's already figuring it out. That's because Rohinni has developed a form of what it calls Lightpaper. It's a way to print lighting and apply it to nearly any surface, in any shape, and for any situation. It's a kind of stunning proposition that reminds me of the first time I heard about 3D printing. "With Lightpaper it's more of a platform of light that we don't even know how it's going to be used," explains Smoot. "All we know is that we're trying to unlock the ability to create light." To access the full story, click here. 3. Main Street Continues to Move Through Reedsport REEDSPORT — Reedsport’s participation in the Main Street Program is gathering steam and is helped with the hiring of Emesha Jackson as the city’s program coordinator.
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