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Corvallis Sustainability Coalition and Waste Prevention Action Team Focus on the Future: Action in the Present Presentation to Master Recyclers November 24, 2020 Our Partners Currently 387 partner organizations • 211 Businesses • 133 Non-profits • 22 Education-related organizations • 11 Faith communities • 10 Government entities Our Partners 3 Degrees Bombs Away Café Confluence Design & Construction 350 Corvallis Bonnie Arent Lorenz, Acupuncture Corvallis Access Media A&S Accounting Bountiful Backyard Corvallis Area Metropolitan Planning Organization Abundant Solar Boys & Girls Club of Corvallis (CAMPO) Acme Construction Co. The Brave Life Initiative Corvallis Bicycle Collective Akro Construction Corp Broadleaf Architecture Corvallis Chamber of Commerce Alliance for Recreation and Natural Areas (AFRANA) Browser's Bookstore The Corvallis Clinic, P.C. American Dream Pizza & CrowBa Burcham’s Metals, Inc. Corvallis Community Acupuncture American Toy LLC Business Enterprise Center Corvallis Copy Center Animal Crackers Pet Supply Carol Trueba, Broker - Town & Country Realty Corvallis Custom Kitchens and Baths AnOvation Group LLC Carts and Tools Corvallis Daytime Drop-in Center ANS/HPS - OSU Student Chapter Cascade Pacific Resource Conservation & Development Corvallis Environmental Center Apicurious Cascades West Rideshare Corvallis Evening Garden Club The Arts Center Cascadia Expeditions Corvallis Fall Festival ASOSU Environmental Affairs Task Force CascadiaNow!, Corvallis Chapter Corvallis Family Clothing Swap Associated Students of Oregon State University CASSE - Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Corvallis Friends Meeting (Quakers) ATCO America Economy Corvallis Furniture Audubon Society of Corvallis Cattail Creek Lamb Corvallis Housing First Avery Addition Neighborhood Association Collaborative Employment Innovations Corvallis Interfaith Climate Justice Committee B.E. Solar Central Willamette Community Credit Union Corvallis Matters Bahá'í Community of Corvallis Charles R. Gerke AIA Architect Corvallis Men's Shelter Baklava Mediterranean Cafe Chintimini Wildlife Center Corvallis Montessori School Bald Hill Farm Cirello's Pizza Corvallis Multicultural Literacy Center Barker-Uerlings Insurance, Inc. Citizens Bank Corvallis Oddfellows I.O.O.F. Beit Am Jewish Community Citizens' Climate Lobby Corvallis Chapter Corvallis Pedicab Bella Vino Gift Baskets City Club of Corvallis Corvallis Public Schools Foundation Benton County City Delivery Service Corvallis Radiology Benton County Community Rights Coalition City of Corvallis Corvallis Right of Way Benton County Democrats Clean Corvallis Air Corvallis Rowing Club Benton County Env. Issues Advisory Committee Cleland Marketing Corvallis School District - 509J Benton County Fair Cloudburst Creative Corvallis School District Safe Routes to School Benton County Master Gardeners Coast Range Association Corvallis Senior Cohousing Project Benton County Rural & Special Transportation Services Coffee Culture Corvallis Sister Cities Association – Gondar Benton Habitat for Humanity CoHo Ecovillage Corvallis Social Equity Research Group Benton Soil & Water Conservation District Committees of Correspondence for Democracy & Corvallis Spring Roll Beyond Toxics Socialism Corvallis Waldorf School Birch Consulting Community Action for Racial Equity (C.A.R.E.) Corvallis Zen Circle Blackledge Furniture Community Independent Business Alliance (CIBA) Corvallis-Albany Farmers' Markets Block 15 Community Outreach, Inc. Country Vitamins Blue Dawg Promotions Community Services Consortium Coyle LLC Blue River Building LLC Compassion Entrepreneurs Craft Biscuit Bakery Our Partners CrawforDesign, Inc. Freshwaters Illustrated Integrated Resource Management Crescent Valley High School Friends of Corvallis Parks & Recreation Intertech CSC Youth House Gardens Friends of the Corvallis-Benton County Public Library Jackson Street Youth Services Da Vinci Days Friends of Witham Oaks Jammin' for the Hungry Darkside Cinema Furniture Share Jobs Addition Neighborhood Assn Debonair Enterprises Gaia Landscapes, Inc. Jon's Headlight Restoration Denison Farms Garden Spaces Sustainable Landscapes, LLC JTI Supply, Inc. design.christonium Garland Nursery Kaleidoscope Studios Dev Ethos Consultancy Corp. Gathering Together Farms Kapa Landscape Design LLC Devco Engineering Get Organized! Kate Hickok Media Productions DH Renewables Gluten Free RN Keller Williams Realty Mid-Willamette Diane's Urban Farm Retreat The Golden Crane Kidco Head Start – Kids & Company of Linn County DoubleCheck Writing & Editing, LLC Good Samaritan Episcopal Church LadyC's CakePan Dynamic Sustainability Consulting Goodfoot Farm Laughing Planet Café Eads Broadcasting Corporation GooseFoot Farm League of Women Voters of Corvallis Earth & Sea Salts Grace Center for Adult Day Services Legend Homes Corvallis Communities Earth Charter Initiative Grass Roots Books & Music Lemon Twist Web Design, LLC Earthfort Green Girl Life in Balance Acupuncture EcNowTech Green Planet Dreams Linn Benton Food Share Ecotecture® Publications Green Spring Farms Linn Benton Health Equity Alliance Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon Greenbelt Land Trust Live Well Studio Edward Jones - Tim Euhus Greenwillow Grains Lorraine Anderson, Writer/Editor Edward Jones - Trevor Bulman Growing Family Birth Center The Majestic Theatre Element Graphics, Inc. Harcombe Farm Mamalia's Baklava Emerald Forest Architecture HatchLab Corvallis Manage My Co-op Energy Trust of Oregon Healthy Youth Program - Linus Pauling Institute Marys River Gleaners Energy Wise Lighting Heartland Humane Society Thrift Shop Marys River Grange Enviofuel Holly Oak Music Studio Marys River Watershed Council Ethnographica Consulting Home Grown Gardens Mattress Mania Fairfield Farm Home Life McLellan Temporaries Farmland LP Hospitality Vision MicroEPIC Productions FireWorks Restaurant HOUR Exchange Mid-Valley Bicycle Club First Alternative Food Coop Hull Home Efficiency Mid-Valley Doula Network First Congregational United Church of Christ IBEW Local 280 Mid-Valley Harvest First Presbyterian Church In the Moment Stress Reduction Mid-Valley Health Care Advocates First United Methodist Church Indoor Airman Midway Farms Fitzpatrick Ecological Consulting Innovate Oregon The Mushroomery Footwise Institute for Applied Ecology NAACP Corvallis/Albany Branch Our Partners Native Plant Society of Oregon Pacific Green Party Linn-Benton Chapter St. Mary's Catholic Church Natural Choice Directory Pane Relief Window Cleaning Sunbow Farm Nearly Normals Peak Sports Sunbow Produce Neighborhood Naturalist Pegasus Games Sundborn Children's House Never the Same Permaculture Rising Sunrise Corner Community Garden North by Northwest Transportation Foundation PFLAG Corvallis/Albany SunWize North Jackson Company Philomath Montessori School Susan Binder, Designer Northwest Earth Institute Play It Again Sports Sustainable Forestry Partnership Northwest National Marine Renewable Energy Center Post Carbon Institute Sweet Yoga Northwest Naturescapes Premium Efficiency, Inc. T. Gerding Construction Company Northwest Realty Consultants PreservationWORKS Ten Rivers Food Web Novo Veritas Produce for the People The Reynolds Law Firm Old Blue Raw Honey Rapid Refill Print Solutions The Society of National Industry Old Mill Center for Children and Families Republic Services The Thyme Garden Orange O Barber Salon RESULTS Corvallis Timberhill Athletic Club Oregon Agriculture in the Classroom Foundation RHT Energy Tina Taylor - Stress Solutions Oregon Beverage Recycling Cooperative Rice's Pharmacy Town & Country Realty Oregon Ceremonies Rod Terry,… Designer Tyee Wine Cellars Ltd Oregon Green Schools Ron Hall Concrete Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Corvallis Oregon Screen Crafts Room at the Inn Valley AIDS Information Network Oregon State Credit Union Roxy Dawgs Valley Eye Care Oregon State University Samaritan Health Services Veterans for Peace, Linus Pauling Chapter Oregon Wildlife Institute Schroff, Tudor Insurance Agency, Inc. Virginia Shapiro, DC – Integrity Natural Health OSU Advantage Accelerator Seeds for the Sol Visit Corvallis OSU Campus Recycling Shady Grove Farm Corvallis Vivacity Spirits OSU Center for Civic Engagement Shelton Turnbull - Green Solutions Printing Welding Wizardry OSU College of Forestry Shonnard's Nursery, Florist, & Landscape Western Pulp Products OSU Divest - Students Engaging Tomorrow Showing Up for Racial Justice, Corvallis Chapter White Wind Superfoods: Organic Juice Bar OSU Ecampus Sibling Revelry Whiteside Theatre Foundation OSU Environmental Arts and Humanities Initiative Sierra Club - Marys Peak Group Wild Garden Seed OSU Environmental Health Sciences Center Sierra Club - Oregon Chapter Wild Yeast Community Supported Bakery OSU Extension - Benton County Silverman Studios Willamette Disc Golf Club OSU Folk Club Thrift Shop Sky High Brewing Willamette Gardens OSU Hydrogen Club Slow Food Corvallis Willamette Investment Advisors OSU Spring Creek Project Smith, Davison & Brasier, PC Willamette Living Magazine OSU STEPs Softstar Shoes Willamette Neighborhood Housing Services OSU Student Sustainability Initiative Soilsmith Services, Inc. Willamette Watershed Productions OSU Transportation Services Solar Ki Windsmith Music OSU University Housing & Dining Services SoupCycle Wineopolis Our Climate South Corvallis Food Bank Youth Volunteer Corps of Corvallis Owen Dell & Associates Spindrift Cellars Zoetic Architecture St Anne Orthodox Church Supporting Our Partner Organizations Communication & Collaboration • Monthly Events Calendar • On-line Communications • Quarterly Gatherings • Sustainability
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