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 [...]

Greetings and welcome to Friday! We hope you all survived ice-mageddon. I bet some of you (Susan and I included) have stories to share of white-knuckled driving horrors. We have also started, in earnest, putting together a basic survival kit for a much longer duration - just in case! This [...]