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The
Governor should hire a rural policy advisor and create an
advisory committee to support the new Office of Rural Policy.
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OECDD
should establish regional and rural economic development plans
that focus on near term job creation.
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The
Department should invest at least 20% of the Strategic
Investment resources on job creation projects in rural Oregon. |
On April 21, 2004, the Governor announced the creation of the
new Office
of Rural Policy. The Governor is currently forming
the advisory committee.
The
Oregon Economic and Community Development Department (OECDD)
was reorganized with teams focusing on Business Development,
Community Development, and Capital Projects. Department staff,
in each of the three teams, has been assigned to specific
regions of the state, including all rural areas. HB 2011
extended the operation of the Community Solutions Team under a
new name – the Governor's Economic Revitalization Team –
and made it statutory. GERT is continuing to work on
industrial site readiness statewide and engagement of local
leadership to further rural economic development.
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