Presentation: A panel on the topic, “Creative Solutions to Housing Challenges in Clallam & Jefferson Counties.” The panelists below will share some of the projects and progress they are pursuing to address our regional housing issues.
Presenter: Suzy Ames, President of Peninsula College, will provide an update on the new instructional workforce programs that started in the 2023-24 school year and give a preview about programs in the works. She will also describe new efforts to support students who face challenges outside the classroom.
Presenter: Stephanie Lachman, Business Lender, VP based in Seattle will update the NODC on Craft3’s work for those who are not familiar, share the focus areas they have identified in their 2023 – 2027 strategic plan, and speak about recent success stories. View a PDF of the presentation
here.
Presenter: Aaron Whittemore from WSU’s Center for Sustaining Agriculture and Natural Resources, discussing anaerobic digestion and organic waste management challenges and opportunities on the Olympic Peninsula. The anaerobic digestion process produces biogases that can be used to generate renewable energy. It could have a number of applications in our area, including on farms and by solid waste districts.
Speakers: Helen Price Johnson, USDA State Director, and Timothy O’Connell, USDA Deputy Director for Washington State gave a presentation about some of the many funding programs that USDA has available to serve our area. A PDF of the presentation can be seen here.
Topic: Siobhan Canty, CEO of the Jefferson Community Foundation and 2021 Woman of the Year, will speak on the
Housing Solutions Network.
Topic: Jennifer Plowden from
The Trust for Public Land will present a study of the economic impact of conserved land, trails and parks on the North Olympic Peninsula. The report was commissioned by
North Olympic Land Trust and
Jefferson Land Trust.
Topic: NODC Program recap for 2020 and what's ahead in 2021. Karen Affeld, Executive Director's report can be viewed
here.
Topic: Report on the Feasibility of Thermally-Modified Hemlock Production on the North Olympic Peninsula by the
Composite Recycling Technology Center.
Topic: Eat Local First Olympic Peninsula with highlight from the first annual Eat Local Month campaign happening in September.
Topic:
Regional Broadband Initiative panel of speakers.
Topic: Port of Port Angeles and Port Townsend Maritime Updates
Speaker: Joshua Berger, Governor's Maritime Sector Lead; Associate Director, Washington State Department of Commerce; Board Chair and Founder, Washington Maritime Blue
Speaker: Richard Berndt, Economic Development Representative for Washington and Arizona for the Economic Development Administration (EDA)
Speaker: Chris Moore, Executive Director, Washington Trust for Historic Preservation
Speaker: Cara Loriz, Executive Director, Organic Seed Alliance
Speaker: Representative Derek Kilmer – Current Legislative Initiatives and Updates