Session 3: Examining Current Demographics and Trends

When:       March 8th, 2012

        Networking Coffee and check-in 8:30am to 9am

        Session 9am to 1pm

        Tour 1:30pm to 4:30pm

Location: Sherman County Fair Grounds

        66147 Lonerock Road        

        Moro, Oregon

Examining Current Demographics and Trends, our March 9th Stronger Economies Together Session took place at the Sherman County Fairgrounds. 

Materials for Session 3 include:

• Session 3 Flyer
• SET Session 3 Agenda
• Session 3 Summary
• Sandy Macnab's (County Agent, Sherman County Extension, Oregon State University) Welcome to Sherman County
• Maury Forman's (Senior Manager, Washington Department of Commerce) Information on Community Survivors and a link to their webpage
• Scott Bailey's (Regional Economist, Washington Employment Security Department) What Census Data Can Tell Us About the Gorge Region Presentation
• Dallas Fridley's (Region 9 Economist, Oregon Worksource) The Columbia Gorge's Key Workforce Challenges Presentation
• Don Meseck's (Regional Economist, Washington Department of Employment Security) Industry Trends in the Mid-Columbia Economic Development District Presentation
• Monica Babine (WSU Extension) and Paul Johnson's (USDA, RD) Mission Possible Presentation
• Mission Possible Group Exercise
• Mission Possible Results
• Sherman County Tour Agenda

To round out the picture of the Mid-Columbia region we formed through our assets and challenges discussion in February we brought in our three regional economists to give us the numbers.  Each of our local experts had a different focus to their discussion.

• Scott Bailey, Washington Department of Employment Security’s Regional Economist for SW Washington, looked at our demographic data including educational attainment, population, social characteristics and others.  
• Dallas Fridley, Oregon Worksource Regional Economist for Region 9, talked about workforce in our region-including addressing the great eight workforce challenges. 
• Don Meseck, Washington Department of Employment Security’s Regional Economist for South Central Washington, addressed industry and employment trends in the Mid-Columbia.  His discussion highlighted growing and declining industries as well as cluster analysis.

In this session, we covered current demographics and involved participants in a discussion of the information presented and how it relates to our assets and challenges as well as the Stronger Economies Together process. Throughout the presentations and in our group activity participants gave input.

Participants stayed with us for our optional tour of Sherman County after the morning session concluded .  We highlighted important community projects, the role volunteerism plays in development, and the renewable energy cluster. 

Thanks to our hosts for the day:

 

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