PARTNER WITH US
Good Partners Help Rural Communities Do More
Come alongside Rural Oregon.
Across Rural Oregon, small communities care for large landscapes with limited resources. Neighbors look after one another, volunteers fill gaps, and local knowledge carries communities through fires, storms, long distances, and changing times.
The Row River Valley is one of those places.
Much of our work began because someone saw a need and stepped forward. Good partners have helped us take the next step.
Foundations, agencies, businesses, conservation organizations and technical experts have brought funding, land, equipment, knowledge and experience alongside the commitment already here.
We welcome partners who want to know this community, understand the realities of Rural Oregon, and help strengthen work that is already underway.
Where Partners Can Help
Rural communities are resourceful. We also know when we need knowledge, equipment, funding or experience that we do not have locally.
That is where partnership can change what is possible.
Some partners fund a piece of work. Others bring engineering, conservation, construction, planning or nonprofit expertise. Some donate land, materials or equipment. Others open a door, make an introduction, answer a question or help us understand something we have never done before.
Current opportunities include:
- Rural fire station construction and public safety infrastructure
- Wildfire mitigation and preparedness
- Watershed and environmental stewardship
- Neighborhood preparedness and community connection
- Support for older and isolated residents
- Technical assistance and professional expertise
- Equipment, materials and skilled services
- Community programs and volunteer projects
If your work touches Rural Oregon and you see a place where our efforts meet, we would like to talk with you.
Come See It
Rural Oregon makes more sense when you spend some time in it.
Come drive the twenty miles into Dorena, Culp Creek, and the Disston area. See the distances our volunteer firefighters cover and the places where cell service disappears. Walk part of the Disston Pathway beside the Row River. Visit the sites of our future fire stations. We’d love you to show you around.
And meet the people.
Meet some of the neighbors who helped create a fire district, cleared defensible space around homes, formed Neighborhood Teams, delivered newspapers, cared for the pathway, and kept showing up when something needed doing.
We will show you what has worked. We will also show you where we are struggling and where help could make a difference.
There Is More to Learn Here
The Row River Valley is one small rural community.
We don’t believe that what works here will automatically work everywhere. But many of the challenges we face are familiar across Rural Oregon: distance, limited infrastructure, wildfire, aging populations, gaps in communication and services, and the difficulty small communities face accessing expertise and funding.
We are learning what can happen when local knowledge, community commitment and outside resources meet in the same place.
Some of those lessons may be useful elsewhere.
We know we have plenty to learn from other rural communities too.
You are Invited
If you represent a foundation, agency, business, nonprofit, educational institution, conservation organization or another group working in Rural Oregon, we would like to know you.
Come visit the valley.
Meet some people.
See the work.
Then let’s sit down and see where we might be able to help one another.
We would welcome the opportunity to show you around the Row River Valley, get to know you, and introduce you to the work our community is building together.
Please contact Kathleen Istudor, Executive Director, at info@rowrivervalley.org
You are Invited
If you represent a foundation, agency, business, nonprofit, educational institution, conservation organization or another group working in Rural Oregon, we would like to know you.
Come visit the valley.
Meet some people.
See the work.
Then let’s sit down and see where we might be able to help one another.
We would welcome the opportunity to show you around the Row River Valley, get to know you, and introduce you to the work our community is building together.
Please contact Kathleen Istudor, Executive Director, at info@rowrivervalley.org
Together, we build more than infrastructure. We build the foundation for a connected,
resilient community where neighbors and future generations can thrive.
