Annual Gathering May 30
Putting the People in Planning
Thursday May 30, 2019, 5:00-7:00 PM
Columbia Center for the Arts, 211 Cascade Avenue, Hood River
Please join us for our 42nd Annual Gathering. We’ll have a great line up of speakers plus appetizers from Boda’s Kitchen and plenty of time to enjoy the good company of folks like you.
5:00–5:30: Informal Social with Appetizers and No Host Bar
5:30–6:30: Presentations and Speakers
SPEAKERS:
Do I Want That Torch?: Reflections on Building a Bigger Tent and Broader Vision for Oregon’s Land Use Program. Sam Diaz, Director of Community Engagement, 1000 Friends of Oregon
Q & A with Paul Blackburn and Mike Oates, Mayor of Hood River and Hood River County Commission Chair
Our Year in Review, Heather Staten, Executive Director, Thrive
Our Keynote Speaker: Sam Diaz
Sam Diaz serves as Director of Community Engagement at 1000 Friends of Oregon, a statewide nonprofit organization that defends and improves Oregon’s land use planning program. He coordinates the Portland for Everyone coalition, manages the 2019 Land Use Leadership Initiative in the greater Portland area, and helps broaden and diversify 1000 Friends’ partner organizations and members.
Questions? Contact Heather Staten at heather@thrivehoodriver.org or (541) 490-5225