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Regional Long Term Recovery Projects
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Project 1: Focus on Below Market-Rate Ownership Housing
Support below-market rate (BMR) for-sale replacement housing for former and current homeowners who are fire survivors.
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Project 2: Accelerate Development of Affordable Housing
Speed up the creation of affordable housing both within the Almeda Fire footprint and other developed areas of Jackson County.
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Project 3: Support First-Time Homebuyers
Develop new tools to allow renters who are fire survivors to own a home.
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Project 4: Reduce Insurance Premiums
Promote wildfire risk reduction standards as a potential approach to reducing residential insurance premiums.
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Project 5: Build Back Brick-and-Mortar Businesses
Support infill commercial development along the Highway 99 corridor and Phoenix’s and Talent’s downtown areas.
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Project 6: Leverage the Cities’ Ability to Boost Redevelopment
Utilize urban revitalization tools to create conditions likely to produce or hasten favorable future commercial development.
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Project 7: Provide for Long-Term Behavioral Health Services
Provide long-term behavioral health services for wildfire survivors.
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Project 8: Expand Hazardous Fuels Reduction
Determining and implementing processes to reduce hazardous fuels throughout the community.
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Project 9: Improve Fire Safety on Evacuation Routes
Commission a traffic study that would provide the verifiable data needed to seek funding for improvements along main evacuation routes.
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Project 10: Strengthen Emergency Notification Systems
Create a multi-layered/redundant Emergency Notification System.
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Project 11: Encourage Connected Streets
Promote connected streets with a minimum of two ways in and out for new subdivisions.
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Project 12: Promote Defensible Space Standards
Establish uniform defensible space standards.
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Project 13: Set One Standard For Fire-Resistant Homes
Recommend following the wildfire construction provisions in the Oregon Residential Specialty Code (ORSC).
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Project 14: Support Fire-Safe Education
Establish more robust and sustainably funded education programs to train residents about fire-safe construction, fire-resistant landscaping, and defensible space.
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Project 15: Be Prepared for the Next Disaster
Institutionalize and align the efforts of JCC LTRG and Rogue Valley Community Organizations Active in Disaster (RV COAD).
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Project 16: Make the Bear Creek Greenway Safe
Leverage the Envision Bear Creek Plan to secure long-term funding for fuels reduction, maintenance, security, and enhancements.
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Project 17: Provide For Multilingual Communications
Encourage multilingual communications in all notifications, literature, and meetings related to recovery, adaptation, and resiliency.
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Project 18: Address Food Insecurity Funding
Identify available funding sources and partners to help reduce food insecurity.
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Project 19: Expand Transportation Options
Improve mobility options and headways between residential neighborhoods, employment centers, and commercial areas.
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Project 20: Embrace Sustainable Development
Encourage sustainable development strategies to help maintain equilibrium in the built environment and the natural systems of Jackson County.
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Project 21: Improve Local Social Determinants of Health
Work to improve factors that influence health outcomes.