• Learning from Persistence

    By Sienna Fitzpatrick, Community Development Specialist, Central Oregon Intergovernmental Council I looked around the shop in Madras—a product of the Downtown Association I worked with—suddenly struck by the fact that I had no idea what I was doing. Again. This shouldn’t have been a shock for me, since this isn’t my first time in the […]

  • The Glamorous Aspects of Natural Hazards Planning

      It’s been an eventful year. Twelve months ago, I had a very limited understanding of planning and an even smaller amount of hands-on experience.  When I started down the road as a planner, I had assumed I would get involved in some of the more glamorous aspects of planning such as transportation or smart […]