On Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020, the Umatilla River in Pendleton was trying to handle a record-breaking 28,900 cubic feet per second of water through our city. Compare this to the previous highest flow in Pendleton â 15,500 cfs in 1965. The result was heavy flooding on both the far eastern and western ends of town.
Fortunately, in the main area of town, the levees held back the water with only a few exceptions. In the eastern Riverside neighborhood, flood waters raged through a residential area, across Highway 11, and into a commercial neighborhood. A major 12-inch sewer line was washed out, requiring immediate repair.
More than 270 homes in Pendleton were damaged, some completely destroyed, and several businesses suffered major flood damage. In the west, the powerful flood waters tore through the levees that protected two large factories, flooding them, and then tore more holes in the levees on the way downstream. The cityâs wastewater treatment plant was threatened and, fortu
$4.2 million grant to convert Ashland hotel into shelter for those hit by COVID, fires
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ASHLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) The Oregon Community Foundation announced Thursday that Options for Helping Residents of Ashland has been selected to receive the first Project Turnkey grant of $4.2 million in state funds to purchase and transform an Ashland motel into the new OHRA Center – a resource center and facility to safely shelter community members negatively impacted by wildfires and COVID-19 pandemic.
In November, the Oregon Legislature’s Emergency Board allocated $65 million in state funding to purchase financially distressed motels across the state to deliver safe shelter in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and wildfires. These properties may ultimately be converted into long-term housing. OCF is administering the funds and convening a statewide community advisory committee to select qualified applicants to ‘Project Turnkey.’
Ashland group receives $4.2 million grant to convert motel into shelter facility
Options for Helping Residents of Ashland is the first Oregon group to receive a Project Turnkey grant from the state in order to found a new shelter.
Posted: Feb 4, 2021 11:25 AM
Updated: Feb 4, 2021 7:23 PM
Posted By: Jamie Parfitt
ASHLAND, Ore. An Ashland-based organization will receive a $4.2 million grant from the state in order to buy and convert a local motel into a shelter facility, part of Oregon s newly-funded Project Turnkey.
The Oregon Community Foundation announced on Thursday that Options for Helping Residents of Ashland (OHRA) had been selected to be the first recipient of a Project Turnkey grant. The funds are meant to be used to create a resource center and shelter facility for people in the community negatively impacted by wildfires and the COVID-19 pandemic.
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BRATTLEBORO â School tax bills are no longer projected to increase by as much, thanks to quick work by the Vermont House Ways and Means Committee after reassessing how revenues will affect the Education Fund.
Rep. Emilie Kornheiser, D-Windham-2-1, who serves as vice chairwoman of the committee, said a yield bill that factors into school tax rates usually doesnât change projected rates all that much before they are voted on because state officials have a better grasp on revenues. But this year was different due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which brought about some concern about revenues that was later calmed by new information on how federal aid affected the Education Fund.