Rick Landt: “Using this ‘stranded’ money for park CIP projects would be totally consistent with the original intent of voters and would move cash-starved projects forward without resorting to property tax dollars.”
Ellen Craine: “All of us are impacted by the fire danger, limited water supplies, homelessness, lack of affordable housing — the list goes on and on. To address these crucial issues we need fresh leadership on the county level.”
Julie Akins: “I live in Ashland. I love the parks. I use them almost daily. No one is against parks. Save our parks by voting “yes” on 210 and 211.”
A concert featuring Grammy-nominated Imani Winds that was scheduled last spring at the Ashland Railroad Park but was cancelled because of Covid-19 has been rescheduled for 3:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 6, at First United Methodist Church, 175 N. Main St.
Beginning downhill skiers and snowboarders will have an easier time learning and honing their skills when the Mt. Ashland Ski Area opens this winter. The area will open a new learning center featuring a “magic carpet,” a conveyor belt that will allow skiers to slide onto the belt and move up a portion of the hill while standing still.
Oregon has been in a housing crisis for years. The next governor will set the state’s housing policy, wielding significant influence over whether current residents and their children can remain in the state and whether employers will be able to recruit workers needed to maintain or grow their businesses.
Rogue Grapevine: “This is a story about journeys that start in one direction and end up going in another, where both choice and accident play a part and deviations along the path turn out to be positive. It involves winemakers Brian Gruber and Vince Vidrine.”
Marni Koopman and Jim Hartman: “What does climate action look like? It’s pretty spectacular, actually. Clean energy for renters and low-income residents. … Our hard-earned dollars going to local companies for clean energy, and circulating within our local economy.”
Community leaders are partnering with city officials in Ashland to craft an economic revitalization plan after the recent completion of an economic diversification study commissioned by the Ashland Chamber of Commerce. Chamber representatives and members of ECONorthwest presented their findings and recommended next steps at the Oct. 3 City Council study session.
Steve Haskell: “If you have Tina Kotek as governor and still have a commissioner who doesn’t want to work with Salem, you will miss out in many ways. You need Denise Krause in office. She will work with Salem and the other local jurisdictions in our area in a way not seen presently.”
At just 21 years old, Ashland native Brooklyn Williams is stepping into her biggest role yet — the lead in Oregon Cabaret Theatre’s adaptation of “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King,” playing through Dec. 31.
A women’s singing group with member from the 27 Ukrainian families now taking refuge in Ashland will perform at a benefit concert Dec. 14.
The Trump administration will require that homeless service providers force people to receive behavioral health treatment in order to access long-term, federally supported housing, a move that could mean organizations across Oregon would have to choose between receiving federal dollars or state dollars — but not both.
A local artist who arrived in Ashland three years ago is having his first solo art show at the White Rabbit gallery in downtown Ashland. Micah Blacklight has been waiting for the chance to show the personal perspective of an injustice he has witnessed over decades.
This year marks the 10th annual Thanksgiving Community Peace Meal and the First Presbyterian Church of Ashland has offered to share their space with the community. SOJWJ is lining up volunteers and cooks, as well as those who can give financial support. They are expecting to feed more than 300 people.
Ashland has been approved for a federal loan of up to $73 million to replace its 76-year-old water treatment plant, the Environmental Protection Agency announced Thursday. The low-interest financing will allow the city to draw funds as construction progresses.
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