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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Jackson is a temporary employee who came to the city as a RARE (Resource Assistance for Rural Environments) participant. But, she said, it’s not just her. “It’s a community-driven program,” she said. “The Main Street Program doesn’t function without the support and participation of community members, whether it be an event, an idea or a weekend project.” Jackson said normally, the Main Street Program is designed to revitalize downtowns. “We’re kind of going off track from the normal Main Street Program, where they concentrate on downtown only,” she said. “We’re doing a hybrid approach and we’re going to be trying to tie together the downtown, midtown and uptown. Reedsport isn’t a very large town, and we’re really spread out ... we really want to be more inclusive than exclusive.” To access the full story, click here. 4. New Resources from Natural Hazards Center Facebook Safety Check Emergencies often send people scurrying to social media feeds to see how their friends are faring. Now, Facebook has made that even easier with Safety Check. The new feature uses your most recent Facebook location to update your status after a disaster. If a disaster strikes in your area, you’ll receive a notification asking if you’re safe and your news feed will automatically be updated with the info. Want to see the new feature in action? Watch this video for more info. Stormproofing the City Is New York City ready for future natural disasters? That’s the question posed in this series by The Guardian, where experts share their knowledge of what the City is doing to prepare for natural disasters since the Hurricane Sandy. The series will interview scientists, emergency practitioners, and others in an effort to paint a complete picture of the many people working to prep the Big Apple for coming storms. Monster Guard We all know that disasters can be monstrous. Now kids can be disaster-fighting monsters, thanks to this free app developed by the Red Cross. Monster Guard lets children ages 7-11 attend Monster Guard Academy where, as the monster character of their choice, they bone up on ways to prepare for a variety of hazards. After all the lessons are learned, the kids graduate to a world where disasters are a little less scary. Check it out at the link above or text MONSTER to 90999 to receive a link for download. Large Emergency Event Digital Information Repository Want to be a “LEEDIR” in emergency response? Then this new Web site is for you. The Large Emergency Event Digital Information Repository, or LEEDIR, allows law enforcement and relief agencies to quickly issue a call for on-the-ground evidence in the wake of an emergency. The public then submits videos and photos to the site, allowing emergency personnel to easily collect and analyze crucial data. 5. Room to grow: North Coast Land Conservancy Gains 948 Acres SEASIDE — Seaside-based North Coast Land Conservancy recently gained 948 acres in Clatsop and Tillamook counties through a land transfer from The Nature Conservancy’s Oregon office. Page 2 of 6
The land transfer, completed Oct. 31, includes 95 acres added to the 1,813 acres of conserved land already owned by the local nonprofit NCLC. An additional 853 acres, owned by private timber companies, will be managed by North Coast Land Conservancy for conservation rather than timber harvest, the nonprofit land trust said. In total, the land transfer doubles the acreage NCLC protects through conservation easements. Katie Voelke, NCLC executive director, said The Nature Conservancy, a worldwide land-trust organization, often looks to partner with local land trusts such as the NCLC. To access the full story, click here. 6. Crowdfunded Parks Are Coming and That Isn’t a Bad Thing In the last four years, more than 30 new businesses have opened on Broad Avenue in the Binghamton section of Memphis. After years of decline, the wide, storefront-lined avenue is finally rebounding as the spine of a new arts district. Ask locals what drove the change and invariably, they will mention the Hampline, a bike lane connecting Broad to some of the city’s most popular neighborhoods and amenities. The Hampline is being built largely with federal, state and city grants, but when a $75,000 budget hole cropped up in 2013, community leaders decided not to wait for more grant dollars from Washington and instead, turn to a new source of funding: the crowd. To access the full story, click here. 7. Southwest Oregon Region Receives WealthWorks Northwest Award RDI is proud to announce the selection of Oregon’s southwest region, Coos, Curry, and Douglas counties, for the WealthWorks Northwest Construction award valued up to $375,000. The region is one of six WealthWorks Northwest (WWNW) pilots engaged in the exploration of a wealth creation value chain based on shared economic, social, and environmental values in which producers, processors, buyers, and others work together to create community wealth. The WealthWorks Exploration process brought together numerous communities, organizations, and stakeholders throughout southwest Oregon and produced a new collaboration to address the region’s food system needs. The southwest Oregon value chain is a regional food infrastructure system, focusing on food protein products, with Roseburg-based NeighborWorks Umpqua acting as the coordinating agency. To access the full story, click here. 8. To End Food Waste, Change Needs To Begin At Home It's a hot summer day outside Lincoln, Neb., and Jack Chappelle is knee-deep in trash. He's wading in to rotting vegetables, half-eaten burgers and tater tots. Lots of tater tots. "You can get a lot of tater tots out of schools," Chappelle says. "It doesn't matter if it's elementary, middle school or high school. Tater tots. Bar none."
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Chappelle is a solid waste consultant with Engineering Solutions & Design in Kansas City, Kan. Local governments hire his crew to literally sort through their garbage and find out what it's made of. On this day, he's trudging through Lincoln's Bluff Road Landfill. "In the country you get more peelings," Chappelle explained. "You get more vegetables." A lot of the waste he finds is food — from homes, restaurants, stores and schools. To access the full story, click here. 9. The ‘Poo Bus’ Just Hit the Road in the U.K No, it doesn’t smell bad. The makers of the Bio-Bus, the first bus powered by human feces and food waste in the U.K., made sure of that before the 40-seater debuted this week. The aptly nicknamed “poo bus” runs on sewage and food scraps that go through treatment, which removes odor-causing impurities and carbon dioxide. Propane is added in the process, and the resulting biomethane gas goes in dome-shaped tanks on the roof. The bus emits about 30 percent less carbon dioxide than a typical diesel vehicle, according to the BBC. To access the full story, click here. 10. The New Face of Hunger On a gold-gray morning in Mitchell County, Iowa, Christina Dreier sends her son, Keagan, to school without breakfast. He is three years old, barrel-chested, and stubborn, and usually refuses to eat the free meal he qualifies for at preschool. Faced with a dwindling pantry, Dreier has decided to try some tough love: If she sends Keagan to school hungry, maybe he’ll eat the free breakfast, which will leave more food at home for lunch. Dreier knows her gambit might backfire, and it does. Keagan ignores the school breakfast on offer and is so hungry by lunchtime that Dreier picks through the dregs of her freezer in hopes of filling him and his little sister up. She shakes the last seven chicken nuggets onto a battered baking sheet, adds the remnants of a bag of Tater Tots and a couple of hot dogs from the fridge, and slides it all into the oven. She’s gone through most of the food she got last week from a local food pantry; her own lunch will be the bits of potato left on the kids’ plates. “I eat lunch if there’s enough,” she says. “But the kids are the most important. They have to eat first. To access the full story, click here. 11. Funding Opportunities America's Farmers Grow Communities Project Through the program, farmers can direct a $2,500 award to a local non-profit organization that’s important to them and their community. Geographic coverage: Available in 40 states. Application Deadline: Nov 30, 2014 Community Facility Loans Loans to help create and improve essential community facilities in the rural West. Geographic coverage: Available in 13 western states. See program website for details.
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Application Deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis Sponsor: Rural Community Assistance Corporation (Western RCAC) Environmental Infrastructure Loans Loans to finance water and waste facility projects in the rural West. Geographic coverage: Available in 13 western states. See program website for details. Application Deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis Sponsor: Rural Community Assistance Corporation (Western RCAC) Ford Family Foundation Grants Offers grants to small, rural communities for community development; technical assistance; critical needs; and programs that offer increased access to health or dental services, youth development, or child abuse prevention. Geographic coverage: Oregon and Siskiyou County, California Application Deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis Sponsor: Ford Family Foundation Gannett Foundation Community Action Grants Supports local organizations with funding priority given to programs that focus on education and neighborhood improvement, economic development, youth development, community problemsolving, assistance to disadvantaged people, environmental conservation, and cultural enrichment. Geographic coverage: Limited to certain areas of 35 states and U.S. territories, see sponsor's website for more details. Application Deadline: Feb 28, 2015 Sponsor: Gannett Foundation Helen K. and Arthur E. Johnson Foundation Offers grants to projects that support community and social services, youth, health, seniors, education and civic and culture. Geographic coverage: Colorado, Idaho, and Oregon Application Deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis May and Stanley Smith Charitable Trust Grant program Grants for projects that offer assistance to foster youth, elder populations, veterans, and people with disabilities. Geographic coverage: Available in 14 Western states. Application Deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis Sponsor: May and Stanley Smith Charitable Trust National Network of Libraries of Medicine Pacific Northwest Region Funding Provides funding for National Network of Libraries members located in the Pacific Northwest region to assist them in conducting outreach and technology projects. Geographic coverage: Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington. Application Deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis Sponsor: National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Pacific Northwest Region
Northwest Health Foundation Event Sponsorships Provides sponsorship for events that promote health or contribute to the determinants of health in Oregon or southwest Washington. Geographic coverage: Oregon and southwest Washington. Page 5 of 6
Application Deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis Sponsor: Northwest Health Foundation Oregon Community Grant Program Offers grants to programs in Oregon that address health and well-being of vulnerable populations; educational opportunities and achievement; arts and culture; or community livability, environment, and citizen engagement. Geographic coverage: Oregon Application Deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis Sponsor: Oregon Community Foundation Plum Creek Foundation Grants Offers grants in 18 states to human service organizations; hospitals and medical programs, including funds for equipment; youth-serving organizations; community development projects; arts and culture projects; civic service organizations; and educational institutions. Geographic coverage: Available in areas of company operations in 18 states. Application Deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis Sponsor: Plum Creek Foundation Rural Community Assistance Corporation Housing Loans Offers loans to create, improve, or expand the supply of affordable housing for communities in the rural West. Geographic coverage: Available in 13 western states. See program website for details. Application Deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis Sponsor: Rural Community Assistance Corporation (Western RCAC) Sunderland Foundation Grants Supports capital improvement projects in the areas of higher education, churches, youth serving agencies, health facilities, community buildings, museums, civic projects, and housing projects. Geographic coverage: Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Arkansas, Iowa, Idaho, Oregon, Washington, Utah, and Montana. Application Deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis Sponsor: Sunderland Foundation Wells Fargo Corporate Giving Programs Funding for nonprofit organizations in the areas of community development, education, human services, arts and culture, civic responsibility, and environmental consciousness. Geographic coverage: Available in 40 States. Application Deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis Sponsor: Wells Fargo
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