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Building economic resiliency
URL: https://www.tfff.org/community-vitality/fall-2018-issue-2/building-economic-resiliencyForest fires. Floods. Earthquakes. Ice storms. There’s no way to predict when potentially catastrophic events will test the economic resiliency of a community. But as astrophysicist Carl Sagan once put it, “the more you know about the past... Read More
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Nonstop demands test UCC leaders
URL: https://www.tfff.org/community-vitality/2016-issue/nonstop-demands-test-leadersThe events of Oct. 1, 2015, spun Umpqua Community College into a whirlwind that demanded much more of college leadership than anyone ever would have anticipated. Multiple, competing demands came nonstop: evacuating the campus, coordinating... Read More
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What was unique: ‘true relationship bonding’
URL: https://www.tfff.org/community-vitality/spring-2012-issue-1/what-was-unique-%E2%80%98true-relationship-bonding%E2%80%99When Elin Miller moved to Douglas County in 2009, she didn’t know many people in the area. Recently retired from a high-powered career — her last job was as a presidential appointee overseeing a four-state region for the Environmental... Read More
