Activists pitched tents in front of Corvallis City Hall and in a nearby park to protest the city s policies regarding unhoused people.
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Corvallis resumed posting notices and clearing campsites in May after putting that policy on hold for more than a year due to the pandemic. The city does allow people to sleep in city parks and in front of city hall, but all belongings must be removed upon waking up.
That makes life even harder for people in a difficult situation, say activists.
“Our homeless community never has a chance to get their feet on the ground and start to utilize the resources that we have for them because they keep getting posted and moved,” said Robin Frojen, an OSU professor who’s camping in front of City Hall for 24 hours to protest the policy. Corvallis has this not-in-my-backyard attitude, and these people are our community as well. We can t turn our backs on them.
Nearly a decade ago, Oregon State University reopened its dormant creamery in Withycombe Hall and students started making Beaver Classic cheese.
The gourmet dairy product has remained something of a secret to many mid-Willamette Valley residents, however, said Robin Frojen, creamery and cheese plant manager.
âYears later, I still struggle with the fact that people donât know we make and sell cheese here,â Frojen added.
That low profile could be about to change.
OSUâs College of Agriculture Sciences is doing a relaunch and redesign of the Beaver Classic brand, and jerky, honey and other products created on campus will be sold online under that umbrella.
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