Solving community problems in a new way..

The mission of Oregon Solutions is to develop sustainable solutions to community-based problems that support economic, environmental, and community objectives and are built through the collaborative efforts of businesses, government, and non-profit organizations.

	“I believe that to meet the challenges we face today it is essential to engage businesses, government, non-profit organizations and citizens in collective action. Oregon Solutions creates the place to come together and provides the means to reach community agreements that connect Oregonians in solving these challenges, in communities across the state.”
	- Theodore R. Kulongoski Governor, State of Oregon Chair, Oregon Solutions Network

In order to achieve sustainable solutions, we often need to work across sectors, jurisdictions, interests, and issues. Oregon Solutions provides the mechanism and the place for this type of problem-solving to occur. Using a new model, the Community Governance System, we work with communities to bring diverse partners to the table to reach an agreement.

Oregon Solutions highlights..

• The Oregonian higlights Oregon Solutions as a key "success story" of the last 20 years [link]
• Reedsport Wave Energy kicks off construction of 10 bouys. Read the article in the Daily Journal of Commerce: Wait is over for wave-energy facility to bouy up Reedsport [pdf]
• Oregon Secretary of State Kate Brown talks about Oregon Solutions in the Salem Business Journal article Re-inventing Our Timber Business [pdf]
• Stream Restoration Partnership is highlighted in The Oregonian, Evolve of die: It's crunch time for the Willamette River, November 28, 2009 [link]
• Listen to Oregon Public Broadcasting to hear the exciting story about Stream Restoration Partnership [link]
• Vernonia Schools Editorial in The Oregonian, Oregon's New Orleans reaches out for help, October 17, 2009 [pdf]
• Vernonia Celebrates funding for new schools Oregonian Public Broadcasting, November 4, 2009 [pdf]
• Milton-Freewater Levee article in the East Oregonian, Group ponders levee bond try, October 21, 2009 [pdf]
• Willamette Falls Locks article in the Oregonian, Second Chance for Willamette Locks October 28, 2009 [pdf]

Watch the US Department of Education video about Oregon Solutions - Vernonia Schools project..