Morrow County

Workforce Housing Action Team

Project Purpose

Purpose of this project is to find a grant opportunity for southern Morrow county and get a holistic view of the housing problem and identify assets across the County.

Activity

Timeline

  • Oct 5, 2021 - We had our first meeting and identified a priority project and tasks for each teammate before our next meeting on Nov 5, 2021.

  • Dec 2021 - Morrow County received a Housing Implementation Plan grant for the communities in south Morrow County. The team helped organize communications with community leaders in Ione, Heppner, and Lexington to prepare for the infrastructure analysis project kick-off in January 2022.

  • Dec 2021 - Morrow County is partnering with Community ROCKit to analyze assets related to Workforce Housing in Morrow County and plan next steps.

  • March 2022 - Completed communications work. Started Rockit but that has been abandoned. Tech assistance grant is moving forward.

Resources


Meet the team

Our 8-member team was created under the Strategic Doing framework. We have one table guide leader to keep the conversation on track, and one knowledge keeper records the session and make sure everyone is on the same page. The team will meet every 30 days until the project is completed. Each team member leaves every meeting with a task to complete by the next meeting.

Julie Keniry

Table Guide Leader

Tamra Mabbott

George Nairns

Melissa Lindsay

JoAnna Lamb

Janette Eldrige

Questions?

Want to learn more or want to support this project?

Contact Julie Keniry, julie@revcenter.org