Connecting Markets to Underserved Communities
In the spring of 2010, the NODC worked with several partner organizations to develop a project to increase the access and availability of locally grown produce to underserved audiences including low-income families, tribal members and seniors. Community partners included local farmers markets, First Step Family Support Center, Olympic Community Action Program, and the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe. A grant application was submitted to USDA-FMPP, and partial funding was awarded for the project in October 2010.
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Strait ERN is a collaborative network working toward a healthy and resilient ecosystem that sustains all life and human wellbeing on the North Olympic Peninsula and along the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
NODC partners with regional stakeholders on an annual conference that addresses the energy and environmental resilience concerns of the North Olympic Peninsula.
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) will explore the feasibility of Marine Renewable Energy (MRE) to increase grid resilience on the North Olympic Peninsula. As a partner on the project, NODC will build on previous regional planning processes for climate change adaptation, natural disaster resilience and energy to develop and lead a multi-criteria decision-making approach to engage communities and Tribes across the Peninsula in the project to identify needs and define important project metrics.
