Options for Helping Residents of Ashland purchased an underutilized Ashland motel and transformed it into The OHRA Center: a year-round low-barrier shelter with 52 rooms for guests; a resource center with a professional staff of six to assist anyone seeking help with rent, jobs, utilities, benefits and more; and a permanent home for the shower trailer.
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.
As part of an approach to address a multi-million-dollar shortfall, and to invest in projects hoped to lead to revenue boosts and more housing opportunities for Southern Oregon University students, the university plans to demolish Cascade Hall and solicit proposals for building senior housing units as part of a new, mixed-use complex.
Members of Ashland’s Housing & Human Services Commission, city staff, other agency representatives and the public discussed Ashland’s housing affordability problem last Thursday at the city’s first in-person forum on the topic since 2019. Residents are encouraged to complete a survey currently underway to help better define the issue and identify solutions.
An Ashland nonprofit announced Thursday it has launched a $2.5 million campaign to renovate the former Super 8 motel that was the first of its kind to receive state funding from a program that pays to acquire motels for use as shelters for people experiencing homelessness, at-risk of homelessness or displaced by wildfires.
A mixed-use development planned between Helman and Water streets in Ashland has been denied by the city’s Planning Commission, a decision in line with the recommendation of the city’s Historic Commission.
New Mt. Ashland Ski Area General Manager Andrew Gast won’t have far to go to his new job, as he’s currently director of finance and administration at Southern Oregon University in Ashland.
A workplace discrimination lawsuit against the Ashland Parks and Recreation Department has been partially dismissed, with claims outside the statute of limitations to be removed. The judge ruled plaintiff Laura Chancellor, who worked for the department for 18 years, may refile an amended suit.
Options for Helping Residents of Ashland purchased an underutilized Ashland motel and transformed it into The OHRA Center: a year-round low-barrier shelter with 52 rooms for guests; a resource center with a professional staff of six to assist anyone seeking help with rent, jobs, utilities, benefits and more; and a permanent home for the shower trailer.
Birds’-Eye View: KSON partners plan to restore 2,480 acres of oak habitat within the Little Butte Creek Watershed and Table Rocks using ecological thinning, prescribed fire, noxious weed abatement and native understory planting.
KS Wild Side: “(The Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument) contains an extraordinary array of plants, animals, and distinct ecoregions, all with increasing needs for protection.”
Janai “Grandma Boom” Mestrovich: “Play is said to be active meditation for being in the present moment.”
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