Great news! The Hood River Urban Renewal Advisory Committee voted to recommend hiring MIG (a planning, engineering and design firm) to do a comprehensive urban design for the Heights Business District.

Thrive is here to ensure that Oregon’s land use laws are respected, and our communities and wild places protected. Legal action is never our first step, but when the stakes are high, it can be an effective tool. The Legal Defense Fund will ensure we never have to back down because of a lack of resources.

We're delighted to introduce Silvan Shawe, our new Community Engagement Director. Born and raised in the Hood River Valley, Silvan’s deep and personal experience with community building and farming made her ideal to spearhead our outreach to a wider Hood River audience.

We're pretty excited about the goodies that we will be auctioning at H is for Harvest, our big fall fundraiser, Saturday October 19. If you've got your eyes on an item but can't make the event, contact us to place an absentee bid. Or buy a golden ticket for $50. The winning golden ticket will be drawn at the beginning of the auction and will entitle the winner to any lot in the live auction (except for the Silcox Hut and Italy vacations).

Please join us at our 5th Annual H is for Harvest fundraiser on Saturday, October 19th from 6-9 pm at The Ruins in downtown Hood River for a harvest inspired evening of delicious food, local wine, and exciting auction items that celebrate our beautiful county and its bounty–and support our work. Tickets available online here

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 the good company of folks like you.

Find out where candidates for the Port of Hood River and the Parks and Recreation District stand on the issues and find out more about the two county tax measures at a Special Election Forum, Wednesday, May 8th from 5:30-8:30 p.m. at the Hood River Hotel, 102 Oak Street.

Come on down to the Board of Commissioners Monday May 20 for the final(?) hearing and find out if they adopt long awaited rules for Short Term Rentals (STRs) in Hood River County. The Commissioners held a first hearing in April and they are set to vote on the proposed changes at the May 20 hearing which starts at 6 pm at the County Administration Building, 601 State St. After a huge push from the public, the Commission will be deliberating on new rules that will require STR operators to be real residents of the STR property. Check out the petition to see comments from folks in Hood River on why these rules are needed. While we're hopeful that this code will be adopted, it's not done until the Board votes on the new code. Your presence at the hearing -either to give testimony or just to observe- will help. Under the proposed rules, only…