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Vernonia Community Indicators of Vitality: 2013 Baseline Assessment Executive Summary

Creator:: Grotta, Amy
Abstract:: This document summarizes the Vital Vernonia Indicator Project, an effort aimed at exploring community vitality in Vernonia, particularly in light of recent catastrophic floods and subsequent rebuilding and community development initiatives. The Vital Vernonia Indicator Project is a collaboration of Oregon State University Extension Service, Rural Studies Program, and the...
Resource Type:: Technical Report

Vernonia Community Indicators of Vitality: 2013 Baseline Assessment Report

Creator:: Grotta, Amy
Abstract:: This document is a report on the Baseline Vital Vernonia Indicator Project, an effort aimed at exploring community vitality in Vernonia, particularly in light of recent catastrophic floods and subsequent rebuilding and community development initiatives. The Vital Vernonia Indicator Project is a collaboration of Oregon State University Extension Service, Rural...
Resource Type:: Technical Report

Measuring Community Action Program Impacts on Multi-Dimensional Poverty: Final Report of the Futures Project

Creator:: Torgerson, Melissa
Abstract:: The Community Action Partnership of Oregon (CAPO) approached Oregon State University to assist in developing statewide indicators which help local agencies better utilize data for continuous improvement. The project was expanded to include Washington and Idaho. This report summarizes the project's findings.
Resource Type:: Technical Report

2009 Wallowa County Vitality Assessment

Creator:: Etuk, Lena and Crandall, Mindy
Abstract:: This presentation summarizes a collaborative effort of the Wallowa Resources, Northeast Oregon Economic Development District and Oregon State University faculty members jointly affiliated with Extension Service and the Rural Studies Program to develop indicators of Wallowa County community vitality in a way that reflects the goals and values of the...
Resource Type:: Presentation

Vital Wallowa Indicator Project: 2009 Baseline Assessment Report

Creator:: Etuk, Lena and Crandall, Mindy
Abstract:: This report details a collaborative effort of the Wallowa Resources, Northeast Oregon Economic Development District and Oregon State University faculty members jointly affiliated with Extension Service and the Rural Studies Program to develop indicators of Wallowa County community vitality in a way that reflects the goals and values of the...
Resource Type:: Technical Report

Wallowa County Indicators of Vitality: 2009 Report Summary

Creator:: Etuk, Lena and Crandall, Mindy
Abstract:: This document summarizes a collaborative effort of the Wallowa Resources, Northeast Oregon Economic Development District and Oregon State University faculty members jointly affiliated with Extension Service and the Rural Studies Program to develop indicators of Wallowa County community vitality in a way that reflects the goals and values of the...
Resource Type:: Technical Report

Vernonia Community Indicators of Vitality: 2013 Baseline Assessment Report

Creator:: Grotta, Amy
Abstract:: This document is a report on the Baseline Vital Vernonia Indicator Project, an effort aimed at exploring community vitality in Vernonia, particularly in light of recent catastrophic floods and subsequent rebuilding and community development initiatives. The Vital Vernonia Indicator Project is a collaboration of Oregon State University Extension Service, Rural...
Resource Type:: Technical Report

Vernonia Community Indicators of Vitality: 2013 Baseline Assessment Summary

Creator:: Grotta, Amy
Abstract:: This document is a report on the Baseline Vital Vernonia Indicator Project, an effort aimed at exploring community vitality in Vernonia, particularly in light of recent catastrophic floods and subsequent rebuilding and community development initiatives. The Vital Vernonia Indicator Project is a collaboration of Oregon State University Extension Service, Rural...
Resource Type:: Technical Report

Tillamook County: 2020 Strategic Vision. Indicator Report & Assessment, 2009–2014. Executive summary

Creator:: Etuk, Lena
Abstract:: A product of the Vital Tillamook Indicator Project. This executive summary provides an overview of a collaborative effort of the Tillamook County Futures Council and Oregon State University faculty members jointly affiliated with Extension Service and the Rural Studies Program developed 50 indicators of Tillamook County: 2020 Strategic Vision in...
Resource Type:: Technical Report

Tillamook County: 2020 Strategic Vision. 2009-2014 Indicator Assessment Report

Creator:: Etuk, Lena
Abstract:: A product of the Vital Tillamook Indicator Project. This report details a collaborative effort of the Tillamook County Futures Council and Oregon State University faculty members jointly affiliated with Extension Service and the Rural Studies Program developed 50 indicators of Tillamook County: 2020 Strategic Vision in order to gain insight...
Resource Type:: Technical Report

Tillamook County: 2020 Strategic Vision. 2009-2014 Indicator Assessment

Creator:: Etuk, Lena
Abstract:: Part of the Vital Tillamook Indicator Project. This presentation summarizes a collaborative effort of the Tillamook County Futures Council and Oregon State University faculty members jointly affiliated with Extension Service and the Rural Studies Program developed 50 indicators of Tillamook County: 2020 Strategic Vision in order to gain insight into...
Resource Type:: Presentation

Rural Community Explorer portal (phase 1) final report

Creator:: Salwasser, Janine
Abstract:: The Rural Studies Program (RSP) at Oregon State University (OSU) and the OSU Libraries collaborated to create a Rural Communities Explorer portal (phase 1). (www.oregonexplorer.info/rural).
Resource Type:: Technical Report

Evaluation of the Ford Institute Leadership Program: 2009 Report

Creator:: Etuk, Lena, Sektnan, Michaella, Bowman, Sally, and Rennekamp, Denise
Abstract:: Findings of the 2009 evaluation of the Ford Institute Leadership Program. The evaluation focused on assessing the impact of the Leadership Program on individuals and networks. In addition, some suggestions for the future of the program were discussed.
Resource Type:: Research Paper

Evaluation of the Ford Institute Leadership Program: 2011 Report

Creator:: Etuk, Lena and Sektnan, Michaella
Abstract:: Evaluation revealing the impact of the Ford Institute Leadership Program on individuals and communities.
Resource Type:: Technical Report

Evaluation of the Ford Institute Leadership Program: 2010 Report

Creator:: Sektnan, Michaella, Rahe, Mallory, Etuk, Lena, and Bowman, Sally
Abstract:: Findings of the 2010 evaluation of the Ford Institute Leadership Program. Evaluation assessed impact of the Leadership Program on individuals, organizations, and communities.
Resource Type:: Research Paper

Child Abuse and Neglect in Klamath County, Oregon: A birds-eye view of service provision and community partner relationships

Creator:: Freeman, Misty and Wornell, Emily
Abstract:: This project was designed to get to the bottom of why child abuse and neglect rates continue to be so high in Klamath County. Community partners have a strong relationship with each other and are cooperating to address these issues; nevertheless, the numbers of children experiencing maltreatment remains well above...
Resource Type:: Working Paper

The profile of an agricultural economy: Malheur County, Oregon

Creator:: Obermiller, Frederick W., Iqbal, Muzaffar, and Stringham, Tamzen
Abstract:: This is a report of a survey-based, primary data inter-industrial trade model of the Malheur County economy. Such model, popularly known as county input-output models, are used to project impacts and monetary trade-offs associated with changes in external markets, local technologies, and input availabilities.
Resource Type:: Technical Report

Oregon Open Campus 2008 & 2020 Workforce Assessment

Creator:: Etuk, Lena
Resource Type:: Working Paper

Life on a lookout

Creator:: Allen, Lorene
Resource Type:: Other

How I learned to cook

Creator:: Allen, Lorene
Resource Type:: Other

Small Town

Creator:: Allen, Lorene
Resource Type:: Other

Big hearts behind the "big loop"

Creator:: Riley, Jo Lee T.
Resource Type:: Other

Growing up with Old Jeff

Creator:: Powell, Martha Alice
Resource Type:: Other

Under the maple tree... somewhere in Oregon

Creator:: Land, Lena
Resource Type:: Other

Batting rats

Creator:: Powell, Martha Alice
Resource Type:: Other

From the Willamette to the Coast Range

Creator:: Adams, James Davis (J.D.)
Resource Type:: Other

Remembering Laurel, Oregon

Creator:: Nelson, Gary
Resource Type:: Other

Vernonia: Rising Over Adversity

Creator:: Burch, Nancy and Andersen, Noni
Resource Type:: Other

Federal land management and county government: 1908-2008 - A report of the “changing federal county payments policy and rural Oregon counties: impacts and options” project

Creator:: Adams, Vincent T. and Gaid, Dawn Marie
Abstract:: Working Paper Number RSP 0804. This report represents part of a study being conducted by the Rural Studies Program at Oregon State University that will analyze the impacts of reduced Federal land payments to counties on the services provided by county government in Oregon, and on citizens, businesses and institutions...
Resource Type:: Working Paper

Economic impacts on Oregon counties of the termination of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act (P.L. 106-393)

Creator:: Sorte, Bruce, Lewin, Paul, and Weber, Bruce
Abstract:: Our analysis in this paper estimates what the impact on Oregon counties would have been if Secure Rural Schools funding had not been continued. We show the SRS payments to counties for 2006-07 and thus the expected annual net loss of revenues if SRS payments had ended. This estimate is...
Resource Type:: Working Paper

Economic impacts on Oregon counties of the termination of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act - an update

Creator:: Sorte, Bruce, Lewin, Paul, and Weber, Bruce
Abstract:: Our analysis in this paper provides updated estimates of what the impact on Oregon counties would have been if Secure Rural Schools funding had not been continued. The original report used estimates from the June 2008 Initial Report of the Governor’s Task Force on Federal Forest Payments and County Services....
Resource Type:: Working Paper

Garibaldi, OR

Creator:: Porter, Ruth
Abstract:: This is a story by Ruth Porter, about her experiences living in Garibaldi, Oregon.
Resource Type:: Other

Conceptual foundations of economic research in rural studies : A proceedings

Creator:: Weber, Bruce, Castle, Emery N., Oakerson, Ronald, Hite, James, Kilkenny, Maureen, and National Rural Studies Committee
Abstract:: The papers in this collection grew out of an organized symposium at the 1998 meetings of the American Agricultural Economics Association: "Conceptual Foundations of Economic Research in Rural Studies." The symposium was organized to provide a forum for discussion of the new frameworks of rural capital and economic geography, to...
Resource Type:: Conference Proceeding

Sectoral output multipliers for rural counties : lessons from Oregon's input-output studies

Creator:: Weber, Bruce A., Mandelbaum, Thomas B., and Wood, Stephen B.
Abstract:: People interested in economic development in rural communities are often faced with the need to estimate impacts of economic changes or to forecast population, employment, business activity, or public service demands. An economic "tool" that is often used to assist in this task is the "multiplier." This circular is designed...
Resource Type:: Technical Report

A primer on rural community sustainability [2002]

Creator:: Castle, Emery N.
Abstract:: This Primer is intended to serve Extension personnel and community leaders as they work in local communities facing decisions with long-range implications. Some communities may engage in long-range planning without any compelling reason to do so, except that they believe it is a good thing to do. More communities will...
Resource Type:: Technical Report

Information regarding the origin of selected Oregon city names

Creator:: McArthur, Lewis A. and McArthur, Lewis L.
Abstract:: Information regarding the origin of 50 city names in Oregon. The attached list includes Lewis L. McArthur's shortened versions of Oregon Geographic Names entries that he kindly allowed to be used for the Oregon Rural Explorer Project.
Resource Type:: Other

Homeless youth services in Douglas County: from two perspectives

Creator:: Edwards, Mark, Torgerson, Melissa, and Sattem, Jennifer
Abstract:: This report describes the observations and opinions of Douglas County homeless youth and of the social service providers and advocates focused on assisting them. Initiated by the county’s Commission on Children and Families, and conducted by Oregon State University researchers, this study provides data and analysis which may assist service...
Resource Type:: Working Paper

Wildland-urban interface maps vary with purpose and context

Creator:: Stewart, Susan I., Wilmer, Bo, Hammer, Roger B., Aplet, Gregory H., Hawbaker, Todd J., Miller, Carol, and Radeloff, Volker C.
Abstract:: Maps of the Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) are both pragmatic policy tools and powerful visual images with broad appeal. While the growing number of WUI maps serve the same general purpose, this paper demonstrates that WUI maps based on the same data can differ in ways related to their purpose, and...
Resource Type:: Working Paper

Assessing community capacity in Rural America: some lessons from two rural observatories

Creator:: Marre, Alexander and Weber, Bruce
Abstract:: Building community capacity is a central concern of both policymakers and community residents. Both want to understand why some communities are more successful in achieving positive social, economic and environmental outcomes, and how to increase the capacity of communities to achieve these outcomes. This is particularly true in communities that...
Resource Type:: Working Paper

Policy and place: requirements of a successful place-based policy

Creator:: Castle, Emery N. and Weber, Bruce
Abstract:: How does one identify, articulate, and relate the forces and influences at work in different geographic places? A satisfactory answer to this fundamental question is required for the formulation of a place-based public policy. Since 1986 the authors of this paper have been concerned with this question, and have evaluated...
Resource Type:: Working Paper

Defining rural Oregon: an exploration

Creator:: Crandall, Mindy and Weber, Bruce
Abstract:: In this report we explore alternative ways of defining “rural” by mapping and comparing four different classification systems: three created for nationwide use, and one created specifically for Oregon. Several of the most frequently noted differences between the ‘two Oregons’ are the lower educational attainment, lower employment rate, lower average...
Resource Type:: Working Paper

Food insecurity in rural Benton County: an ethnographic study

Creator:: Gross, Joan and Rosenberger, Nancy
Abstract:: In 2003 the US Census Bureau found that 11.2% of the United States population was food insecure at some time during the year. The curious nature of such statistics only increases when we shift our gaze to the state of Oregon. This state enjoys a temperate climate and good farmland,...
Resource Type:: Working Paper

Demographic trends, the wildland-urban interface, and wildfire management

Creator:: Hammer, Roger B., Stewart, Susan I., and Radeloff, Volker C.
Abstract:: Testimony of Roger B. Hammer, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Sustainable Rural Communities Initiative, Oregon State University before the House Interior, Environment & Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee, Oversight Hearing on Wildfire Management, February 12, 2008
Resource Type:: Working Paper

Education's effect on poverty: the role of migration and labor markets

Creator:: Weber, Bruce, Marre, Alexander, Fisher, Monica, Gibbs, Robert, and Cromartie, John
Abstract:: Improving the quality of education and encouraging students to stay in school is one possible strategy for reducing poverty and raising local well-being in rural areas. A potential obstacle to this strategy, however, is outmigration to metro areas due to the lack of demand for this better-educated rural workforce, and...
Resource Type:: Working Paper

Non-metropolitan hunger and food insecurity in the Northwest

Creator:: Grussing, Jay D. and Edwards, Mark
Abstract:: Using the Current Population Survey and its Food Security Supplement for 2002-2004, this analysis examines food insecurity and hunger in the Northwest. First comparing to earlier analyses, we document decreasing food insecurity and hunger for Oregon and Washington as a whole. Consolidating those two states and Idaho to describe the...
Resource Type:: Working Paper

An intellectual journey: transgressions of a neoclassical economist

Creator:: Castle, Emery N.
Resource Type:: Working Paper

Restricted opportunities, unfortunate personal choices, ineffective policies? What explains food insecurity in Oregon

Creator:: Bernell, Stephanie, Weber, Bruce, and Edwards, Mark
Abstract:: As the extent of household food insecurity in the US has become better understood, policymakers at the federal and state levels have sought to learn more about the multiple causes of food insecurity. Some have sought the explanation in the personal choices about marriage, child bearing, education and other life...
Resource Type:: Working Paper

Food insecurity and hunger in Oregon: a new look

Creator:: Edwards, Mark and Weber, Bruce
Abstract:: Oregon has had the highest hunger rate among all U.S. states for four of the last five years. In this report, we re-examine the data on which these rankings were computed and explore how Oregon’s food insecurity and hunger rates vary across demographic groups.
Resource Type:: Working Paper

Economic interrelationships in a small farming area: towards an estimate of the threshold of agricultural production for sustainable farming

Creator:: Rashford, Benjamin, Lewis, David, Evonuk, Rose, and Weber, Bruce
Abstract:: This report is intended to increase the understanding of interrelationships in a small farming community. It consists of three main sections. First, it begins with an historical review of agriculture in the Willamette Valley, Oregon. Since every agricultural region has unique components it is important to begin any modeling process...
Resource Type:: Working Paper

Rural Studies Program Annual Report 2006-2007

Creator:: Oregon State University. Rural Studies Program
Resource Type:: Technical Report

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