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We are proud to announce that two MIG projects received 2024 ASLA Oregon Design Awards on September 27. The Chehalis Basin: The Local Actions Non-Dam (LAND) Alternative received the Honor Award in Analysis & Planning/Research, and the Green Ribbon Honor Award in Analysis & Planning/Research. We would like to thank our partner firms Stillwater Sciences, ECOnorthwest, Stowe Development & Strategies, Northwest Hydraulic Consultants and GeoEngineers Inc. for their work on this plan. The second project recognized by Oregon ASLA is Hidden Creek Park West, which received the Award of Excellence. We would like to thank the City of Hillsboro, KPFF Consulting Engineers, R&W Engineering, Structural Nexus, Morgan Holen, DCW, FFA, P&C Construction and Earthscape Play who helped take the inclusive play park from concept to reality.

New season, new faces! We're so excited to welcome these four great people to the ECO team. Please join us in congratulating them on their new roles! ⭐ Zoe Fairlie: Senior research analyst ⭐ Zach Lesher: Senior research analyst ⭐ Emmie Lacy: Proposal coordinator ⭐ Shay Lesser: Staff accountant (And hey — we're still hiring for a few positions! Check out econw.com/careers to see how you can add your expertise to the ECO fam.)

Climate change affects nearly all the work we do. It’s a leading factor in planning where and how cities grow. It shapes transportation, water, and energy policy debates. And it’s entered the education space as states and localities consider how to train workers for the growing clean technology economy. Some of our work focuses explicitly on climate change, while the rest works to understand how to move forward under its shadow. This week, the climate is heavy on all of our minds, and we're thinking of our friends in the Southeast who are living through historic storms. If you work at ECO, you work on climate change. Read on to learn about the ways in which ECO is helping to address climate change, from projects on water and fire to workforce for a new green economy: https://lnkd.in/gt5BGbdq Thank you to Becky Steckler for contributing to this month's spotlight! 🌟

🏔 We're hiring — in #Denver! 🏔 ECO is on the lookout for a full-time Project Director in Denver, CO to work on a growing book of housing policy and economic development work in Colorado and the Intermountain West—and to help to execute a strategy for growth in the region. If you love public policy, there are few better fits anywhere in the U.S. ECO has weighed in on everything from tax reform and rent control to dam removals and drug legalization. This Project Director will have the opportunity to make a deep impact on Colorado’s housing and land use policies, helping to shape the neighborhoods, walkable communities, and equitable cities of the future. It’s the rare job that allows you to get paid to think about how to improve the community in which you live. Please share with your Denver friends — we can't wait to meet you! Learn more and apply here: https://lnkd.in/g4GshgXw

📸Thank you everyone for coming to the 2nd annual Placemaking Summit hosted by AIA Las Vegas. This year’s theme was “Building Heathy Places”. This event covered the critical role the built environment plays in shaping physical, mental, and social health outcomes. Session 1: Healthy Places by Design - Brett Robillard, Gensler - Mike Davis, CCP, The Concord Group - Wendy Sun AIA, LEED AP, ASC,NCARB, TSK Architects - Scott Habjan, E4H Environments for Health Architecture - Moderator: David Kim, Matter Real Estate Group Session 2: Integrating Parks and Equity into Healthy Cities Erin R., Park Project Manager, City of North Las Vegas Session 3: Healthy Neighborhood Investments and Community Development to Improve Health and Racial Equity in Low-Income Neighborhoods - Tyler Bump, ECOnorthwest - Michelle Merced, Neighborhood Housing Services of Southern Nevada - Me - Moderator: miguel dávila uzcátegui, Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada Thank you to all the speakers, committee members, volunteers and AIA Las Vegas staff! Thank you to Ryan Holden and The Concord Group for sponsoring this event! Thank you to Boy Scouts facility and venue team for assisting us with this event! The American Institute of Architects (AIA) Rick Van Diepen Carlos Fernandez Troy Moser Quyen Luu Daniel Hidalgo Ellen Huber, LEED AP Kristina White

Last week, on a sunny Friday afternoon, you may have seen some ECO team members making good on their promise to work toward a better world: cleaning up the streets of downtown Portland, Oregon. ECOnorthwest participated in the “We Believe in Portland” effort, where hundreds of employees from downtown businesses gathered to see the impact our collective efforts could have on our office’s backyard. We helped to clear many bags of trash, leaving our city's sights and streets clean and enjoyable. We look forward to the next “We Believe in Portland” cleaning event, slated for April 2025! Will we see you there?

ELEVATE: Portland | Meet the Keynote elevate-portland.com Tracy Hadden Loh - The Brookings Institution Fellow – Brookings Metro, Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Center for Transformative Placemaking Tracy Hadden Loh is a Fellow with the Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Center for Transformative Placemaking at Brookings Metro, where she integrates her interests in commercial real estate, infrastructure, racial justice, and governance. She serves on the boards of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, Greater Greater Washington, and District Bridges. Her most recent writing includes two co-authored chapters in Hyperlocal: Place Governance in a Fragmented World and a series on the future of downtowns, including what to do about public safety and adaptive reuse. She also previously served two years on the city council of Mount Rainier, a small town in Prince George’s County, Maryland. REGISTER TODAY: https://lnkd.in/gMUFh2FT SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR EVENT SPONSOR: ECOnorthwest

🚧 Growing states need construction aggregate for new roads, schools, and houses. Aggregate—the raw gravel, sand, and crushed stone that is used to make asphalt and cement—comes from mines that are within affordable shipping distances of where development happens. This location requirement creates conflicts that lead to mines not being developed. For years, industries have warned of the dire consequences of construction aggregate scarcity—a reality that is now nearly upon us. Nowhere is this more evident than in Florida. Facing the risk of insufficient aggregate for both construction and climate resilience efforts (crucial for mitigating flood and storm damage), Florida’s DOT commissioned this study, led by our partner LAMPL/HERBERT CONSULTANTS, INC. ECOnorthwest answered the question: What would happen if Florida simply did not have enough aggregate? Read the study here: https://lnkd.in/g3hKaq7B Thanks to ECO's Robert Whelan for leading the effort to understand the impacts of this complex problem.

⚖ We’re hiring a Research Analyst with a focus on Equity! ⚖ This is a rare job that allows you to get paid to think about how to improve the world that you live in. We’d love to consider you for this position if you enjoy working on a dynamic interdisciplinary team, conducting analysis to inform and illuminate complex social issues—especially involving education, urban systems, and social policy. Plus—you'll get to work with Jade Aguilar and her amazing team!

⭐ WE'RE HIRING! ⭐ ECOnorthwest has two open opportunities to support economic and public policy research and analysis in our Environmental and Natural Resources practice area. These are the rare jobs that allow you to get paid to think about how to improve the world that you live in. We’d love to consider you for these positions if you enjoy working on a dynamic interdisciplinary team, conducting applied economic analysis to inform and illuminate complex natural resource issues—especially involving water, forests, agriculture, climate, and renewable energy. We're looking for: 🌄 SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER (Master's degree + 5+ years of experience): https://lnkd.in/gW9Wt3Kd 🏔 ASSOCIATE (Master's degree OR Bachelor's + 2+ years of experience): https://lnkd.in/gn5AwD_J