Annual Gathering of the Corvallis Sustainability Coalition

1. Welcome to
SUSTAINABILITY
TOWN HALL 2013
CONNECT!CONNECT!
March 14, 2013

2. Our Vision
Corvallis is a community
in which the needs of the
present are met without
compromising the ability
of future generations to
meet their own needs.
It is a flourishing and thriving city with a vibrant
economy that respects, restores, and cares for the
community of life.

3. Connect to the Future

4. Connect to the Community
Mayor Julie Manning
City of Corvallis

5. A Model Sustainable Event
Waste
1. Compostable
food service
2. Recycling
stations
3. Bathroom
towels

6. A Model Sustainable Event
Energy
1. Lighting
2. Meter readings
3. 1,000 kWh of
Blue Sky power
= Not driving
1,265 miles
= Planting 15
trees

7. A Model Sustainable Event
Energy
Federal stimulus project
– 44% drop in electricity use
– 39% drop in natural gas use
– $24,327 saved since
July 1
– $32,000 projected annual
savings

8. A Model Sustainable Event
Food 1. Local 6 foods
– Foods from Benton County
plus the five counties
touching it
2. EcNow Tech
serving ware
3. Municipal tap water

9. A Model Sustainable Event
Water
1. Bathroom sink
flow rates
2. Low flow toilets
and urinals
3. Meter readings

10. Partner Organizations
3 Degrees/Blue Sky
350 Corvallis
Abundant Solar
Acme Construction Co.
Akro Construction Corporation
Allied Waste
Alternative Power & Energy Conservation (APECC)
Ameriworld Energy Management
American Toy LLC
Animal Crackers Pet Supply
Anne’s Agency
Apicurious
The Arts Center
ASOSU Environmental Affairs Task Force
Associated Students of OSU
ATCO America
Audubon Society of Corvallis
Avery Addition Neighborhood Association
Baby Go Lucky Diaper Service
Bald Hill Farm
BE Solar
Beaver Biodiesel LLC
Beit Am Jewish Community
Bella Vino Gift Baskets
Benton County
Benton County Community Rights Coalition
Benton County Env. Issues Advisory Committee
Benton County Fair
Benton County Master Gardeners
Benton Furniture Share
Benton Habitat for Humanity
Benton Soil & Water Conservation Dist.
Beth Young Garden Design
Blackledge Furniture
Block 15
Blue Dawg Promotions
Bombs Away Café
Bonnie Arent Lorenz, Acupunturist
Boys & Girls Club of Corvallis
Breaking Bread
Broadleaf Architecture
Business Enterprise Center
Carol Trueba, Broker – Keller Williams Realty
Cascade Pacific R C & D
Cascades West Rideshare
CASSE
Cattail Creek Lamb
CH2MHill
Charles R. Gerke AIA Architect
Ching Hai Intl. Assn. in Oregon
Chintimini Wildlife Center
Cirello’s Pizza & Pasta
Citizens Bank
City of Corvallis
City Delivery Service
Clean Air Lawn Care
Cleland Marketing
Coast Range Association
Coffee Culture
CoHo Ecovillage
Committee of Correspondence for Democracy & Socialism
Community Alliance for Diversity
Community Services Consortium (CSC)
Confluence Design & Construction
CORE Communications
Corvallis-Albany Farmers’ Markets
Corvallis Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (CAMPO)
Corvallis Bicycle Collective
Corvallis Chamber of Commerce
Corvallis City Club
The Corvallis Clinic, P.C
Corvallis Custom Kitchen & Baths
Corvallis Daytime Drop-in Center
Corvallis Doula Network
Corvallis Environmental Center
Corvallis Fall Festival
Corvallis Furniture LLC
Corvallis Homeless Shelter Coalition
Corvallis Independent Business Alliance (CIBA)
Corvallis Matters
Corvallis Oddfellows
Corvallis Oregon Tilth
Corvallis Pedicab
Corvallis Public Schools Foundation
Corvallis Rowing Club
Corvallis School District 509J
Corvallis UCC (Just Peace Committee)
Corvallis Waldorf School
Cottage Gardening Service
Country Vitamins
Coyle LLC
CrawforDesign, Inc.
Crescent Valley High School
CSC Youth House Gardens
Cycle Solutions
daVinci Days
Debonair Enterprises
Delta Engineering Services
Devco Engineering
DH Renewables
The Drawing Board
Downtown American Dream Pizza & Crowbar
Earth Charter Campaign
Earth & Sea Salts
EcNowTech
Ecoregon
Ecotecture® Publications
Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon
Element Graphics, Inc.
Emerald Forest Architecture
Energy Trust of Oregon
Energy Wise Lighting
Farmland LP
FireWorks Restaurant
First Alternative Food Co-op
First Presbyterian Church
First United Methodist Church
Fitzpatrick Ecological Consulting
FixMyGadget
Footwise
Freshwater Illustrated
Friends of the Corvallis-Benton County Public Library
Friends of Witham Oaks
Full Circle Creamery
Gaia Landscapes, Inc
Garland Nursery
Gathering Together Farm
GECO (Global Environmental Change Org.)
Geologie
Get Organized!
Get Smart! Resource Efficiency Program
Gluten Free RN
The Golden Crane
Good Samaritan Episcopal Church
Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center
Grass Roots Books & Music
Green Cascades, LLC
Green Currents
Green Planet Dreams
Green Thumb Printing & Design
Greenbelt Land Trust
Handcrafter Corvallis
Health Equity Alliance
Healthy Aging Coalition
Healthy Youth Program – Linus Pauling Institute
Heartland Humane Society Thrift Store
Holistic Body Therapy
Holly Oak Music Studio
Home Grown Gardens
Hospitality Vision
HOUR Exchange
Hull Home Efficiency
Indoor Airman Home Performance
Integrated Resource Management
Intertech Inc.
Institute for Applied Ecology
Intl. Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 280
Jobs Addition Neighborhood Association
JTI Supply, Inc.
Kaleidoscope Studios
Kapa Landscape Design
Kate Hickok Media Productions
Keller Williams Realty Mid-Willamette
Knollbrook Peace House
League of Women Voters of Corvallis
Legend Homes Corvallis Communities
Linn-Benton Pacific Green Party Chapter
Live Well Studio
Majestic Theatre Management
Marys Peak Natural Resources Interp. Center
Marys River Grange
Marys River Watershed Council
McClellan Temporaries
Metzger Green Build
MicroEPIC Productions
Mid-Valley Bicycle Club
Mid-Valley Health Care Advocates
Native Plant Society of Oregon
Natural Choice Construction LLC
Natural Choice Directory
Neighborhood Naturalist
North College Hill Neighborhood Association
North Jackson Company
Northwest Earth Institute (Corvallis)
Northwest Naturescapes
Nova Garden Designs, LLC
Oregon Green Schools
Oregon State University
Oregon Toxics Alliance
Oregon Wildlife Institute
OSU Campus Recycling
OSU Community Service Center
OSU Environmental Humanities Initiative
OSU Extended Campus
OSU Extension – Benton County
OSU Folk Thrift Shop
OSU Hydrogen Club
OSU Student Sustainability Initiative
OSU Sustainable Energy Initiative
Owen Dell & Associates
Pacific Timbercraft
PFLAG
PreservationWORKSPrudential Real Estate Professionals
Resilience Network
RESULTS Corvallis
Robert Mauger, Attorney at Law
Rod Terry, Designer
Ron Hall Concrete
Roxy Dawgs
Seasons of Life Ceremonies
Seventh Generation Building Guild
Sibling Revelry
Sierra Club (Marys Peak Group)
Signe Danler, Realtor/Ecobroker
Silverman Studios
Sky High Brewing
Slow Food Corvallis
Soilsmith Services, Inc.
Solar CREEK
Solar Ki
SoupCycle
Spindrift Cellars Winery
Spring Creek Project
St. Anne Orthodox Church
St. Mary’s Care for Creation Committee
STEPS (OSU)
Stoker’s VitaWorld
Sunbow Farm
Sundborn Children’s House
Sunrise Corner Community Garden
Sunwize
Susan Binder, Designer
Sustainable Building Network
Sustainable Forests Partnership
Sweet Yoga, LLC
Ten Friends Foods LLC
Ten Rivers Food Web
Timberhill Athletic Club
Tina Taylor – Counseling & Consulting
Tix R Us, LLC
T. Gerding Construction Company
Tyee Wine Cellars Ltd.
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Corvallis
University Housing & Dining Services, OSU
Veterans for Peace, Chapter 132
Village Roots Eco-playschool
Virginia Shapiro, DC
Visit Corvallis
Vitality Farms LLC
Weinsteiger Mustard Company
Western Pulp Products
Whiteside Theatre Foundation
Wild Garden Seed
Willamette Disc Golf Club
Willamette Living Magazine
Willamette Mustard Company
Willamette Neighborhood Housing Services
Willamette Seed & Grain
Willamette Watershed Productions
Wineopolis
Your LOCAL Real Estate Team

11. Volunteers

12. Based on the 4 Natural Step
“system conditions”
for a sustainable society
Guiding Objectives

13. Champion $1,000

14. Sustainers $500
Corvallis Odd
Fellows

15. Sponsors $250

16. Supporters $150
Kate Hickok
Media
Productions
Corvallis First United
Methodist Church,
Natural Step Ministry Team

17. Bud & Jan Ames  Lorraine Anderson  Kirk Bailey  Robyn Bassett  Nancy Baumeister
Jason Bradford  Kathy Brewer  Kaci & Christopher Buhl  Lauren Burkum
Susan Christie & Matt Mathews  Richard & Rosalie Clinton  Cogan Owens Cogan
Lyn Cornell  George Corrigan  Kent & Trish Daniels  David Dickson & Erica McKenzie
David Eckert & Annette Mills  Thomas & Lynn Ekstedt John Elder  John Gaylord
Robert & Betty Griffiths  Roberta & Don Hall  Loma Hammond Anne Harding & Bob Scott
Dagmar Johnson & Fred Hughes  Don & Sandy Kuhns  Lee & Suzanne Lazaro
Brian C. Lee  Cindee Lolik & Gary Cinnamon  Marie Long  Linda Lovett
Shelly Murphy  Jeanne Raymond  Loretta Rivard  James Paul Rodell Jan Schaeffer
Bettina Schempf & Jeffrey Miller  Anne Schuster  Virginia & Dan Shapiro
Frances Stilwell Martin E. Thompson  Maria & Charlie Tomlinson  Biff & Maret Traber
Cliff & Jo Anne Trow  Kari & Piet van Zee  Cheryl Good & Michael Viliardos
Dick & Doris Waring  David Wells  Julie Williams  Bill & Penny York
Town Hall Heroes $50+

18. Organizing Team
Kathleen Nickerson, Fair Coordinator
Town Hall Organizers
Kaci Buhl, Dave Eckert, Kate Hickok Feldman, Melissa
Hamilton, Loma Hammond, Karen Kos, Annette Mills,
Jennifer Nitson, Andrea Norris, Cassandra Robertson,
Emily Stimac, Brandon Trelstad
 Communications Committee
 Finance Committee
 Fundraising Committee

19. Town Hall Volunteers
 Greeters & Registrars
 Exhibitors & Action Team Members
 Musicians
 Transportation Monitors
 Recycling Station Monitors
 Table Leaders & Recorders
 Presenters

21. Sustainability

22. Town Hall 2013 • CONNECT!CONNECT!
AGENDA
PART 1: Connect to the
Community
PART 2: Connect to the
Economy
PART 3: Connect to Action

23. PART 1:
Connect to the Community
2012 Community Scrapbook
CONNECT!CONNECT!

24. Table Discussion #1
QUESTION:
Is there anything you’d like to share that
you or someone you know did during the
past year that has helped create a more
sustainable community?

25. PART 2:
Connect to the Economy
CONNECT!CONNECT!
Enough Is Enough

26. Connect to the Economy
Richard Hervey, City Council President
Rob Dietz, Author
Enough Is Enough

27. 2011: Buy Local First

28. 2012: Business of the Week

29. Economic Vitality
Possible initiatives for 2013
•Small Investors
•Food Processing
•Arts as Economic Driver

30. Economic Vitality
Establish local investing options for
small local investors

31. Economic Vitality
Develop capacity for
local food processing

32. Economic Vitality
Partner with the local arts community
to promote the arts as an economic driver

33. Table Discussion #2
QUESTION:
Which of the following projects do
you think would be most effective in
helping to build a sustainable
local economy?
1 – SMALL INVESTORS
2 – FOOD PROCESSING
3 – ARTS AS ECONOMIC DRIVER

34. PART 3:
Connect to Action
CONNECT!CONNECT!

35. Connect to Action
Sustainable Corvallis:
From Vision to Action
 2020 Vision Statement (adopted 1998)
 Community Sustainability Initiative
(2008)
 3 Town Hall Meetings
 12 Volunteer Work Groups

36. Connect to Action
 Long-range, visionary goals
 Strategies & actions to achieve them
 12 Topic Areas
Community Sustainability
Action Plan

37. Action Plan Revision
Step 1: Review/Revision
by Action Teams
Step 2: Public Forums
•Community Inclusion
•Economic Vitality
•Education
•Energy
•Food
•Health & Human Services
•Housing
•Land Use
•Natural Areas
•Transportation
•Waste Prevention
•Water

38. Kevin Grant, Program Manager
Benton & Linn Counties
Action Plan Revision

39. • Action Teams
• Community members
Action Plan Revision

40. Connect to Action
ACTION TEAM “Speed
Dating”
• SELECT 3 topic areas
• GO to 3 tables (5 min.
each)
• LEARN/ASK
• RECEIVE topic area Action
Plans

41. Community Inclusion
VISION: All people of Corvallis have a sense of belonging; they are treated
justly, have a sense of connection, and are represented in the community.

42. Economic Vitality
VISION: Corvallis is home to a vibrant, diverse and sustainable economy
anchored by a broad spectrum of local, environmentally-friendly businesses.

43. Energy
VISION: Corvallis has achieved energy security and net zero greenhouse
gas emissions.

44. Food
VISION: We are fed primarily by food which is locally produced, using
practices that renew and enrich the land and community.

45. Housing
VISION: All residents have access to affordable housing options. Housing
is energy efficient, provides a healthy living environment, and reduces
waste through recycling and preservation; and all new construction
minimizes impacts on our resources and environment.

46. Land Use
VISION: Corvallis is a compact, small city with walkable neighborhoods, a
vibrant downtown, and diverse natural areas interwoven in urban
landscapes, whose community members actively participate in land use
planning decisions.

47. Natural Areas
VISION: Our natural features, hillsides, floodplains, streams, wetlands and
other open spaces and natural areas are protected and treasured.

48. Transportation
VISION: Corvallis is a hub in a regional transportation system that includes
sustainable transportation modes for people and goods.

49. Waste Prevention
VISION: Corvallis is a waste-free community.

50. Water
VISION: Water conservation efforts decrease the amount of water city
residents use, and streams and creeks are clean and clear.

51. Education
VISION: Everyone understands fundamental life-support systems, feels
connected to environment, and has high awareness of environmental
footprint and what it takes to balance economic, environmental, and
community needs while building opportunities for future generations to
meet their own needs.

52. Health & Human Services
VISION: All residents have the opportunity to enjoy a positive state of
health including physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the
absence of disease or infirmity.

53. Connect to Action
ACTION TEAM “Speed
Dating”
• SELECT 3 topic areas
• GO to 3 tables (5 min.
each)
• LEARN/ASK
• RECEIVE topic area Action
Plans

54. STAGE
CI
(2)
EV
(4)
Ed
(2)
En
(4)
Food
(5)HHS
(2)
Ho
(3)
LU
(3)
NA
(3)
Tr
(4)
WP
(3)
Wa
(3)
Topic Area Locations
CI: Community Inclusion
EV: Economic Vitality
Ed:Education
En:Energy
Food
HHS: Health & Human Services
Ho:Housing
LU:Land Use
NA:Natural Areas
Tr: Transportation
WP: Waste Prevention
Wa: Water
Action Team Speed-
dating

55.  Help with one or more Coalition
action team projects
 Join the Sustainable Corvallis
Google Group
 Donate or pledge to the Campaign
for Future Generations
RESPONSE FORM
CONNECT!CONNECT!

56. 2011 Oregon Sustainability Award2011 Oregon Sustainability Award
•For utilizing a grassroots-led
process to create a
Community Sustainability
Action Plan”
•A model for communities
pursuing all three core
components of sustainability
•Environmental
•Social
•Economic

57. Development Coordinator
– Fundraising
– Community Outreach
Coalition Staffing NeedsCoalition Staffing Needs

58. Coalition Staffing NeedsCoalition Staffing Needs
Action
Team
Coordinator

59. Coalition Staffing NeedsCoalition Staffing Needs
Administrative Assistant
Annette Mills - 2013
Annette Mills – 2014?

60. Funding Plan
– Annual budget of $80,000
– Financial schedule (2012-16)
Capacity Building Campaign
– Donations, grants, events
– “Campaign for Future Generations”
Campaign forCampaign for Future GenerationsFuture Generations

61. Campaign forCampaign for Future GenerationsFuture Generations
$20,000
Fundraising
Goal for 2013

62. Goal: $20,000
Total as of
March 13, 2013
$7,000
Campaign forCampaign for Future GenerationsFuture Generations

63. Guardians ofGuardians of
FutureFuture
GenerationsGenerations
(Gifts of $1,000 or more)
* Maria & Charlie Tomlinson
* Anonymous Donor
Campaign forCampaign for Future GenerationsFuture Generations
WANTED
(x 10)
HAVE YOU
SEEN ME?

64. TONIGHT!TONIGHT!
$1,000 Challenge Grant$1,000 Challenge Grant
(Gifts of $1 to $100)
Campaign forCampaign for Future GenerationsFuture Generations
KEEP
CALM
AND
GIVE
MONEY

65.  Help with one or more Coalition
action team projects
 Join the Sustainable Corvallis
Google Group
 Donate or pledge to the Campaign
for Future Generations
RESPONSE FORM
CONNECT!CONNECT!

66. Connect to the FutureConnect to the Future

67. Connect to the Economy
…and the winners are…

68. Results of Vote
Small Investors = ___ votes
Food Processing = ___ votes
Arts as Economic Driver = ___ votes
Economic Vitality

69. CONNECT to the FUTURE
CONNECT!CONNECT!

70. Connect to the FutureConnect to the Future

71. Focus on the Future,
Action in the Present
www.sustainablecorvallis.org
CONNECT!CONNECT!