Greetings and welcome to a sunny and warm Friday and what looks to be a gorgeous weekend!   A bit shorter update this week - Stacie has been out, attending the League of Oregon Cities conference in Pendleton with her husband Andrew. Next week, we’ll have the full band back [...]

Greetings and welcome to Friday!   We’ve got a shorter update this week. Paul was out Wednesday and Thursday (for Susan’s 60th birthday). Leslie was at the NADO conference (helping to deliver the session: "Advancing Regional Sectors Through Collaboration") and the Regards to Rural (R2R) conference (helping to deliver the [...]

Greetings and welcome to Friday!   As a reminder, the Youth Entrepreneurship Program pitch event (the third year!) will be on May 13th at Hatfield (the Gladys Valley auditorium). The link to the free tickets is below in the report - if you can, please make plans to attend to [...]

Greetings and welcome to Friday and welcome to April!   Thanks to all who could attend our April Board of Directors meeting yesterday, and thanks for all of the constructive feedback on our 2026 Economic Summit and our update to EDALC’s bi-annual organizational report.   Gregory shared some WAY exciting [...]

Greetings and welcome to Friday!   Paul (and Susan) are off doing a Midwest family visit over Spring Break - he’ll be back in the office next Wednesday.   Here’s our weekly team update: Partner Support/Community Support  Art, Oysters & Brews - Paul, Stacie and Sarah had a meeting about [...]

Greetings and welcome to Friday and to the first day of Spring!    Next week is Spring Break. We hope some of you have some escape plans. Paul will join Susan (for the first time in quite a few years) on her annual pilgrimage to visit her Mother in rural [...]