Greetings and happy Friday! As a reminder, Paul is currently cruising the Rhine River and is out on vacation through the 20th.
Here’s our weekly team update:
- Partner Support/Community Support
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- Art, Oysters & Brews 8/1,8/2 12-5pm on Main Street in Toledo – Stacie, Sarah, and Leslie are in the process of distributing event posters across the county and beyond. Stacie and Sarah prepared for and led the AOB planning meeting with the City of Toledo, Timbers, and other partners on Wednesday. Stacie posted to social media promoting the food & beverage options for the event, and shared the volunteer sign up sheet. If anyone would like to join us, you can sign up here. The Toledo Chamber is giving volunteers a $10 Timbers voucher per shift to be used during the event! GP has generously agreed to sponsor the City of Toledo community mural this year.
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- CCFW – Sarah met with Jim to finalize the implementation plan for CCFW’s new strategic plan.
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- City of Lincoln City – Sarah put together some information on EDALC’s blue economy efforts to support the City of Lincoln City and their consultants on a new study for their EPA Technical Assistance grant work. She is meeting with them next week to continue the conversation.
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- OCCC – Sarah put together a letter of support for OCCC’s grant application for Blue Economy workforce development.
- Blue Economy/O2IH
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- Mango Materials – Stacie worked with the aquarium and HMSC to coordinate a visit from the Mango Materials CTO to collect water samples on her way up the coast next week.
- Economic Mobility
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- Co-Design Planning Meeting – Leslie met with Allyson, Gia, and City of Newport Summer Intern, Erin, to catch up on the planning process and next steps for this program. Co-Design team invites will go out in the next few weeks, and we aim for onboarding to start in August.
- Entrepreneurship
- Fail Fest – Paul paid the deposit to reserve Primaltones for 11/12/26.
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- CWIH – Paul submitted the third interim report on Monday. Stacie attended the monthly CWIH Core Team meeting in his place on Friday.
- Stacie attended the final Q2 Rural Creator workshop on Product & Brand Photography on Thursday.
- Core Economic Development Services
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- Major Employers Report – Sarah continued to reach out to businesses for their employment numbers.
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- Oregon Prospector – Sarah updated Oregon Prospector listings and added new ones.
- Community Connecting
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- Take Action Lincoln County – Leslie shared EDALC’s June Sponsorship update on LinkedIn, connected to CTSI’s monthly Sponsor Recognition Post on Facebook. Please help spread the word by liking and sharing the post and sponsorship opportunity with your networks! If Instagram is your chosen platform, please share EDALC’s Instagram post. The website gained new sponsors this week, reaching a total of $5,530 from 14 sponsors. Please consider this opportunity to show your support with CTSI’s Cultural Traditions – become a Nesika Illahee Pow-Wow Dance Award Sponsor today! Contact Leslie with any questions: leslie@businesslincolncounty.com
- See Leslie’s full weekly update here: July 10, 2026 EDALC CC Weekly Report
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- Organizational Management
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- Marketing & Communication – Stacie managed social media and updated the media tracker.
- Admin – Stacie worked with OCCC IT and our Xerox support person to get both the old and new printers connected to the updated network/up and running. Stacie, Sarah, and Leslie used this week’s team meeting time to review and update their job descriptions.
That’s it for this week – thanks for ALL that you are doing out there. Keep us posted if you have anything you want us to share – we love hearing from you! Have a wonderful weekend!
Cheers,
-The EDALC Team (Paul, Sarah, Leslie and Stacie)