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ready. . . set. . . SNOW!

Posted on by Julia Havens

Top Story on the News Tonight: Snow

Just about every community in the state of Oregon is hunkering down for snow, snow and even more snow. Levels range from 1 to 3 inches along the south coast to 7 to 10 inches in areas east of the Cascade Range. The National Weather Service says the cold weather will last through the weekend and transition to milder and wetter conditions (a.k.a. rain) by the middle of next week.  With that in mind, the Resource Assistance for Rural Environments-RARE AmeriCorps participants took a moment to share photos of their community’s first winter wonderland conditions before the rain washes it all away.

Resource Assistance for Rural Environments - University of OregonThe mission of the RARE Program is to increase the capacity of rural communities to improve their economic, social, and environmental conditions, through the assistance of trained graduate-level participants, from across the US.  These RARE AmeriCorps participants live in and serve 25 rural Oregon communities assisting in the development and implementation of projects for achieving a sustainable natural resource base and improving rural economic conditions. The markers on the map represents the 25 RARE placements throughout Oregon for 2013-14.



Special thank you to Andrew Barbier, Aubrey Erwin, Jeremy Goldsmith, Laura Goodrich, Maggie Hanna, Julie Havens, Katherine Hayes, Blake Helm, Gabby Pauling, Maddie Phillips, Rebecca and Jason Sergeant, Saira Siddiqui, and Titus Tomlinson for sharing their photos with us.


 

			

	





	

		
		
Meet our RARE participants: Sarah Bronstein & City of Seaside
		

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Sarah received her Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Studies and Politics from Whitman College.  After attaining her Bachelors Degree, Sarah moved to Cottage Grove, Oregon to pursue the craft of pottery and recover her sense of purpose.   After a year and half in Cottage Grove, Sarah decided to serve as an AmeriCorps member with Cascade Bicycle Club in Seattle, Washington, where she acted as a program coordinator and advocate.  After her time with Cascade Bicycle Club, Sarah moved to Portland, Oregon to attend graduate school at Portland State University’s Masters in Urban and Regional Planning Program.  As a graduate student, she specialized in bicycle and pedestrian transportation planning.  Following her year with the RARE Program, Sarah hopes to find work in the public or private sector, pursuing bicycle and pedestrian planning and design for a small jurisdiction, parks agency or private consultant.


Placement: City of Seaside


Population: 6,457


Location: Seaside


Sponsor:  City of Seaside


Supervisor:  Kevin Cupples


County: Clatsop


Coast.   City Planning.


The City of Seaside has historically been one of the Oregon Coast’s most visited and popular oceanfront communities.  The City of Seaside encompasses approximately 3.9 square miles of land and 0.2 square miles of surface water.  A number of local facilities including but not limited to a convention center, parks, a public library, a water treatment plant and wastewater treatment plant are maintained by the City of Seaside.  Incorporated in 1899, The City of Seaside is led by an elected Mayor, a City Manager and six City Councilors.


The RARE participant placed with the City of Seaside will primarily focus on Tsunami and Earthquake Preparedness Educational Outreach.  Specifically, the participant will work with the City to strengthen preparedness activities, such as: development of an outreach study, further development of a supply cache program, establishing CERT teams, upgrading the City’s tsunami warning system, etc.  The RARE participant will also provide technical assistance, coordination and leadership, and act as a liaison between City staff and various stakeholders on development of a project implementation plan for Seaside’s Necanicum Estuary Natural History Park.  Additionally, the participant will play an active role in assisting relocations efforts of the local Food Bank.


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