Greetings and welcome to Friday! Also, welcome to Spring!! First off, let's help Carrie and the Aquarium get some love in the Newsweek online poll for the best aquarium in the U.S. (we ALL know it is, be we need to vote!) - Here's where you can cast your vote [...]

Greetings and welcome to Friday! Looks like a gorgeous Spring weekend ahead of us - and NO time change to stress us out on Sunday. BUT today is the Ides of March, so when walking into a public place (especially if wearing a toga!) and folks start to converge upon [...]

Greetings and welcome to Friday! The day started with snow and hail (snail?) - and it'll probably end with a touch of rain for good measure - welcome to March! Here's our staff update for the week: Blue Economy:: This week, we wrapped up a subgrant agreement with OoNee Sea [...]

Greetings and welcome to Friday! It's also Super Bowl weekend (San Francisco vs Kansas City, for those of you who avoid such knowledge) - be sure to stock up on your avocados and tortilla chip! Here's our staff update for the week: Blue Economy:: I looked through our virtual and [...]

A HUGE thanks to all of you for your hard work in scoring the 2023-24 Community and Economic Development grant applications! It was a great Board of Directors meeting filled with lively and insightful discussion and the recommendation consensus feels solid. I'll coordinate with Administrator Johnson to get a slot [...]

First off, if you haven't yet heard the news - at this week's OCCC Board of Education meeting, Birgitte announced her upcoming retirement (at the end of September). Her ten years at the helm of the OCCC have been truly transformational. A hearty Huzzah for Birgitte's incredible stewardship! Read more [...]