Emerging New Economies in the Pacific Northwest
Henry Sessions reports from Oak Ridge, Oregon on a former logging town that’s having some success moving from a timber economy to new jobs and industry. Four hundred jobs were lost when its largest employer, a local lumber mill ,shut down several years ago. But the community has capitalized on the its attractive location to aggressively pursue new, more sustainable industries.
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