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In The News

      Select articles and videos featuring our work...   

September 2020

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Cottage Grove Sentinel  — "Cottage Village welcomes first residents"

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  • Smart Magazine —  "Tiny House, Huge Opportunities" 

 

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  • The Union  —  "Nevada County seeks to create homeless village"

 

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Organizational Timeline

A brief overview of the path that got us here...​

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Jun. 2015   

Oct. 2014   â€¢

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May 2014   

Aug. 2013   â€¢

Dec. 2012   â€¢

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Opportunity Eugene Task Force on Homeless Solutions makes recommendation to City Council to establish a safe and secure place to be, independently financed with oversight by a non-profit organization

 

Opportunity Village Eugene incorporates as a 501(c)3 non-profit organization

 

Eugene City Council directs City staff to identify potential sites for Task Force reccomendation

 

Eugene City Council directs City staff to take the steps necessary to locate a pilot "micro-housing project for the homeless" on one-acre of City-owned land at 111 N. Garfield St.

 

Conditional use permit approved for Opportunity Village pilot project with no opposition present at final hearing

 

Opportunity Village ribbon cutting ceremony, first dozen residents move-in

 

Opportunity Village open house held following nine months of incremental construction

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Opportunity Village celebrates one-year of operation—watch the slideshow

 

Eugene City Council votes 8-0 to renew Opportunity Village lease through June 2016

 

Property purchased for Emerald Village

 

Name of non-profit changed from Opportunity Village Eugene to SquareOne Villages

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Partnership formed with Cottage Village Coalition

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Publication of the Village TOOLBOX

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Property purchased for Cottage Village

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Site development begins at Emerald Village

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Led advocacy effort to pass HB2737, to establish standards for building tiny houses legally in Oregon

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First residents move-in at Emerald Vilage

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Conducted presentations and workshops in a dozen different cities and counties in Oregon

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Tiny house Appendix adopted in Oregon Residential Building Code.

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Awarded 1 Million Months Challenge Grant to research & Develop our Village Model

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First walls raised at Cottage Village

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First residents move-in at Cottage Village

 

Feb. 2017   

Mar. 2017   

May 2017   

Jun. 2016   

Sept. 2018   

2017 - 2018   

Sept. 2020   

Feb. 2019   

Dec. 2017   

Mar. 2019   

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