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