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A Few Words from Jim
June 2022 Innovation The state is about to award every region that asked for it, an innovation grant to hire a consultant that will help the region go after a much larger and harder to get innovation hub grant. I’m serving on the task force that is working hard to…
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Crowdsourcing Broadband Data with Faster Internet Oregon
FEDERAL INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act will allocate $65 billion to improving broadband internet throughout the country. The bill will distribute $100 million to each state for expanding internet access in unserved and underserved communities. Funding will focus on bringing broadband to areas that lack adequate speeds, choice, and…
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ReWork Your Business
By Marshall Doak, Director, Southern Oregon University SBDC With the thought that emerging out of the COVID Pandemic business shutdowns we have a different economic environment and feel than when we went in, I have been reading an interesting book that offers alternate advice on how to move forward with a…
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Southern Oregon Business Expo to be held August 4th, 2022
Calling all Southern Oregon business professionals, entrepreneurs, and business owners! Join us at the Rogue Valley Country Club on AUG 4th, 2022, for the V3Connect Business Expo benefiting the local 501C3 SORIN – Southern Oregon Research and Innovation Network! This will be an upbeat business event with DJ Veach keeping it fun and professional! This is a ticketed…
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Taking solar to new heights
Interview with Jeff Sharpe, Life-long Entrepreneur and Community Advocate, Founder and CEO of Stracker Solar Jeff Sharpe is the Founder and CEO of Stracker Solar, an Ashland-based solar manufacturer and installer firm. He has been a professional engineer and the founder/owner of various successful businesses for the past 35 years.…
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How an Ashland Dental Office Generates Maximum Solar Energy with the Smallest Footprint
And reduced project costs by 60% with local incentives, federal and state tax credits Dr. Brandt Cullen, owner of Ashland Family Dentistry, has decided to go solar because of the long-term financial stability and energy security it would provide his business. When researching solutions and local solar installers, he found…
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Franz Bakery partners with Stracker Solar to make new facility Net Zero electric
Six elevated Strackers will power new Franz Bakery Outlet Store and Depot in White City, producing 170,000 kWh clean solar energy per year Ashland, Oregon – May 12, 2022: Ashland’s Stracker Solar was chosen to design and build a state-of-the-art solar installation for Franz Bakery’s new Outlet Store and Depot…
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Siuslaw Pioneer Museum Receives Critical Funding From Bonneville Power Grant Through Florence Area Chamber Of Commerce
Lifelong Florence resident Del Phelps has had a fear that kept him up at night. But he’s sleeping a little better these days. “An orange glow shows from the window. Soon, it radiates out another. And another. Before the neighbors can call 911 the entire library wing of the Siuslaw…
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Ten SOU trustees appointed and confirmed
Three new and seven continuing members have been appointed by Gov. Kate Brown and confirmed today by the Oregon Senate to serve on the Board of Trustees of Southern Oregon University. The new trustees are Brent Barry, superintendent of the Phoenix-Talent School District; SOU faculty member Andrew Gay; and SOU alumna…
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First Presbyterian Church of Ashland gifts scholarship to SOU Native American Studies
What began as a partnership among Southern Oregon University and community organizations to see Indigenous Peoples’ Day instituted at SOU and in the City of Ashland a number of years ago has continued to evolve into further advocacy for Native people. Representatives of the First Presbyterian Church of Ashland signed…
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SOU Digital Cinema program launches unique “Crew Experience”
After a two-year pandemic delay, Southern Oregon University has launched its innovative, new, 12-credit spring immersion course called “The Crew Experience.” Student filmmakers spend an entire term learning on location, collaborating under the supervision of faculty and experienced industry mentors on the set of a significant film project designed to…
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