Kaye Kloster, SCORE Volunteer and Regional Coordinator explains SCORE services and how they help business owners through the life of their business. SENDR business owners and brothers, Ben and Drew Balzer, talk about the assistance they have received in specialty areas from SCORE volunteers as they run their business, now international.
Food Hero and More with Katie Ahern on the OSU Extension Connection
Katie Ahern from the OSU Extension Service talks about Food Hero and other family and community health programs for Deschutes and Crook Counties.
La Pine 2045 - Building a Comprehensive Plan
City of La Pine Principal Planner, Brent Bybee, discusses the process for updating the city's Comprehensive Plan. Incorporated as a city in 2006, La Pine first filed a comprehensive plan in 2010, but it needs to be updated. The process will be driven by citizen interests. The timeline calls for adoption in 2025.
Conversation with Mary and Randy Travis: Life After a Stroke
Louise Kaplan, host of the Wednesday Point, shares her conversation with couple Mary Travis and country music star Randy Travis. Randy Travis suffered a stroke in 2010 and Mary and Randy share their inspirational story about the impact and how they are living with the challenges of aphasia. Randy and Mary Travis visited Bend at the invitation of Stroke Awareness Oregon to educate and share their story.
Mediated Dispute Resolution with Community Solutions of Central Oregon
Katharine Dalton, the Executive Director of Community Solutions of Central Oregon, talks about the challenge of difficult conversations and ways to find resolution and save relationships.
"Gaining Ground: The Fight for Black Land" with Marcus LeGrand and Sharon Maier-Kennelly
Carolyn Esky talks to Sharon Maier-Kennelly, Executive Director for the High Desert Food and Farm Alliance, and Marcus LeGrand, COCC’s Afro-Centric Program Coordinator about the Central Oregon premiere of the film "Gaining Ground: The Fight for Black Land.”
To learn more about the Good Deeds Project that Marcus LeGrand mentions in this podcast, check out this Critical Conversations podcast with guest Riccardo Waites.
Lena Berry and Stephanie Hunter from Redmond Collective Action
Redmond Collective Action is making waves in the small, conservative city by providing a platform for enhancing diversity. Two of its co-founders, Lena Berry and Stephanie Hunter, discuss their role and ongoing work in the organization.
Who Gets to Live Here? The Search for Local Housing Affordability
Kellen Klein, the Executive Director of Citizens 4 Community, previews an upcoming Sisters Community Forum discussing Who Gets to Live Here? The Search for Local Housing Affordability.
Roundhouse Foundation and Pine Meadow Ranch Center for Arts and Agriculture
The Sisters-Based Roundhouse Foundation provides generous financial and relational support for both arts and agricultural projects in rural communities, environmental stewardship, social services, and education, plus a whole lot more.
Gardening with Amy Jo Dettweiler on the OSU Extension Connection
Amy Jo Dettweiler is an OSU Professor and the Extension Horticulturist for the OSU Extension Service serving Deschutes, Crook, and Jefferson Counties. She talks about the unique challenges of gardening in Central Oregon
Other-abled Adults Are Living Happy Lives of inclusion in Central Oregon
The Central Oregon Collective has been supporting other-abled adults in their pursuit to live happy engaged lives of inclusion. Amy Ryan, Director of Human Resources, walks us through more than 50 years of service to the community.
Seed to Table in Sisters, Oregon
Founder and Farm Director Audrey Tehan tells the Seed to Table story and why it's such an important part of Sisters Country. Learn how this four-acre nonprofit farm and has grown over the past 10 years to educate local school children, supply high desert food pantries, provide local produce shares to the community and operate the Sisters Farmers Market.
Earth Day 2024 with The Environmental Center
Priscilla Calleros from The Environmental Center and poster artist Sage Flannery share plans for the Earth Day celebration on Saturday April 20, 2024.
Redmond City Update with Councilor Clifford Evelyn
Redmond City Councilor Clifford Evelyn talks about upcoming issues on the ballot (term limits, dispensaries, and nepotism) along with the progress the City has made on issues of public safety and services to the community. City Councilor Evelyn will again be on the ballot for his second term.
Preview of We Are Home - Thrive Central Oregon's Spring Film Festival
Thrive Central Oregon's Founder and Executive Director, Sarah Manke, shares the latest efforts to help people find stable, affordable housing in the high desert and previews the We Are Home spring film festival.
MountainStar Family Relief Nursery
Staley Micken, Development Director for the MountainStar Family Relief Nursery, talks about National Child Abuse Prevention Month and MountainStar’s work to protect children from abuse through education and support for children and families including the Diaper Drive and other campaigns.
OHSU Survey: How Welcoming Is the Central Oregon Community
Camilla Dolhman, Community Research Project Manager at Oregon Health and Science University, talks about the development and the results of the survey to assess how welcoming Central Oregon is with the many changes happening in the area.
Heart of Oregon Corps
Leanna Williams, Development Director for the Heart of Oregon Corps, talks about programs to connect youth ages 16-24 with training and educational opportunities to help them independently thrive.
Cultivate Bend
Board Members Kyle Krull and Paul Evers describe the efforts of Cultivate Bend, a mutual benefit trade organization, 501(c)(6), formed to cultivate a vibrant ecosystem for the natural products Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) sector throughout Central Oregon. Their mission is to listen and meet the specific needs of our growing population of CPG entrepreneurs, operators, and leaders at every stage and be representative of every Central Oregon community - geographic, gender, racial, ethnic, and culture. They also inform about an documentary presentation at the Tower Theater supporting regenerative farming and equity in the farming industry.
Fire Prevention and Fire-wise Landscaping with Ariel Cowan on The OSU Extension Connection
Ariel Cowan, Regional Fire Specialist for the Central Region for the OSU Extension Service, discusses fire prevention, fire-wise gardening, and the Extension Services’ homeowner workshops.