Here's your local news at a glance for Tuesday, the 29th of September.
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🏘️ Community
Jackson Park is set to undergo a five-phase renovation that includes a splash park, dog park, synthetic turf on Fagone Field, and basketball court upgrades.
The first phase will finish in summer 2027 near Jackson Elementary School + later phases will add further improvements.
The Pacific Power Foundation awarded $56,000 to 13 southern Oregon organizations (including two in Medford) that work to protect the environment and build community skills.
The funds will support outdoor education, volunteer opportunities, and new career training programs.
Staci Scalfari earned the Community Service Award for her work with SMART Reading — she volunteers weekly as both site coordinator and reader at two schools — and launched a new program at Phoenix-Talent Head Start.
Her nearly eight years of service impressed the Jackson County Board of Commissioners.
🎓 Education
RCC and OIT have partnered to launch a new 2+2 pathway that lets students earn a Bachelor of Science in Manufacturing Engineering Technology after completing an Associate of Science.
The program will be celebrated today at 2:30 p.m. at RCC's Table Rock Campus in White City.
🌲 Environment
The Pacific Power Foundation awarded $56K to 13 organizations in southern Oregon to support outdoor education, expand volunteer opportunities, and boost career training programs.
Funding benefits groups including Habitat for Humanity Rogue Valley — based in Medford — to strengthen community and environmental efforts.
The Rogue River Restoration Council rescued about 22,000 juvenile steelhead and coho salmon last summer from drying streambeds, relocating the fish into the Rogue River in Rogue Valley.
Volunteers & community members helped save a key spawning tributary, and the non-profit plans to expand its efforts next summer.
🏥 Health
AllCare Health awarded Recovery Café a $30K grant to support recovery circles, classes, meals, and recovery planning in Jackson County.
The Community Health Improvement grant will sustain the only peer recovery group for Spanish-speakers (providing vital links to housing and employment) (bolstering community health).
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