Posts by Jim Teece
Debunking Myths about Short-Term Rentals on the Oregon Coast
Short-Term Rentals (STRs) are a vital part of the Oregon Coast tourism landscape. Like the Transient Lodging Tax, they are subject to a lot of misinformation. As the Regional Destination Management Organization for the Oregon Coast, we’re invested in making sure that our communities are healthy and sustainable long term– both for visitors and for…
Read MoreDebunking Myths about Oregon’s Transient Lodging Tax
As the conversation around Oregon’s Transient Lodging Tax (TLT) grows, so do the myths surrounding it. As the Regional Destination Management Organization for the Oregon Coast, we’re invested in making sure that our communities are healthy and sustainable long term– both for visitors and for locals. TLT plays an important role in the economic landscape…
Read MoreTribes, 34 organizations, receive $23 million to support home repairs
OHA’s Healthy Homes Grant Program seeks improved housing conditions, health outcomes for low-income residents to prevent displacement PORTLAND, Ore.— Oregon Health Authority (OHA) has awarded $23 million to repair and rehabilitate homes of low-income residents to eliminate risks to residents’ health to the Nine Federally Recognized Tribes of Oregon and 34 local organizations. The funds…
Read MoreDemolition underway at SOU’s Cascade Complex
(Ashland, Ore.) — Southern Oregon University’s Cascade Complex, an obsolete cluster of nine residence halls and a cafeteria that have been largely unused since 2013, is being demolished over the next three months to make room for the anticipated development of a senior living center on the five-acre site at the southwest corner of campus.…
Read MoreConstruction underway on SOU’s latest solar projects
(Ashland, Ore.) — Southern Oregon University is making headway in its march toward becoming the first public university in the U.S. to produce all of the daytime electricity used on its campus, with more than $5 million in recent state, federal and student funding and multiple projects underway. SOU completed a rooftop solar installation on Lithia…
Read MoreOregon health care workforce growing, but challenges remain
Further support needed to train, recruit and retain diverse health professionals statewide SALEM, Ore. — While Oregon continues to make progress in bolstering and diversifying its health care workforce, challenges remain and more work is needed, concludes an Oregon Health Authority (OHA) report. The report also offers a wide range of recommendations to better support the…
Read MoreOregon DEQ awards $1.2 million for community-based waste prevention projects
DEQ awarded $1.2 million in Reduce, Reuse, Reimagine grant funds to 14 recipients in 11 counties across Oregon that stood out for their vision, creativity, and potential to make a meaningful difference in waste prevention. DEQ received 110 applications from across the state in which applicants demonstrated innovation, dedication, and community impact in their project…
Read MoreOregon joins $17 million multistate enforcement settlement with Edward Jones
Salem – The Oregon Division of Financial Regulation (DFR), a member of the North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA), has joined a $17 million settlement with Edward D. Jones & Co. L.P. (Edward Jones) resulting from an investigation into the broker-dealer’s supervision of customers paying front-loaded commissions for Class A mutual fund shares in light of…
Read MoreState finalizes redo of wildfire hazard maps, prepares new rules for high-risk property owners
by Alex Baumhardt, Oregon Capital ChronicleJanuary 8, 2025 Oregon fire experts have finalized their redo of state maps of wildfire hazard areas, showing that about 106,000 tax lots are in high-risk spots that could be subject to new building and landscape codes. Those property owners, who hold nearly 6% of the nearly 2 million tax…
Read MoreNew Mission and Three-Year Strategic Plan to Shape the Future of the Oregon Coast
A New North Star for the Oregon Coast Visitors Association The tourism economy intersects with nearly every aspect of the Oregon Coast – recreation, food, accessibility, housing, workforce, and so much more. As the coast evolves, the Oregon Coast Visitors Association (OCVA) is proud to announce a new Three-Year Strategic Plan that reaffirms our dedication to enriching coastal…
Read MoreFunding in place for wildlife crossing with key SOU role
(Ashland, Ore.) — A total of $37 million in federal and state funding has been secured to build a wildlife crossing over Interstate 5 south of Ashland, in a project that Southern Oregon University faculty and students have supported by monitoring wildlife patterns in the area. Oregon recently was awarded a federal grant of $33.2 million…
Read MoreKlamath dam removal workshop at SOU fosters collaboration
(Ashland, Ore.) — Southern Oregon University recently hosted the Klamath Dam Removal Research Collaboration Workshop, a follow-up seminar for the numerous groups and agencies working together on the world’s largest-ever dam removal and river restoration project. The November workshop brought together nearly 150 researchers, Tribal leaders and agency representatives to share information about ecological and…
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