Readings

• Kenneth Wilkinson. 1991. The Community in Rural America. Middleton, WI: Social Ecology Press. Chapter 1
• Bill Grigsby. 2001. Community Vitality: Some conceptual considerations. Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development. Working Paper no. 6, October
  • mainly pay attention to the big picture concepts, and how they change over time, and
  • measures of vitality or resilience near the end of the document–starting on page 9 of the pdf (they’re identified, cited, and explained).
• Definitions of community resilience

Video

• Carnegie UK. 2012. Exploring community resilience. 
• Oregon Sea Grant. 2015. Coastal Climate Change: Community resilience–the Neskowin Case. 

Small group discussion on Wednesday this week–your work for the week–on the local economy–will be the subject matter. 

Come on Wednesday with a summary of what you have learned, but if the class doesn’t share earlier in the week, you will all only have individual pieces of the puzzle.

• Event links
  • Chamber
  • Rita Monahan Wellness event (fundraiser for OHSU student scholarships)
  • La Grande Little League (couple of options, May 14 & 21)
  • Visit Union County (some things in May)
  • La Grande Armory
  • HQ (mostly music venue)