1. Rebuilding Vernonia, OR Inventing a New Future

8. Elements of this ambitious project include: Creation of a safer and greener school system located outside the floodplain, designed to LEED specifications. The new school complex integrates solar electric and solar thermal systems, and combines net-zero design principles. Creation of a safer and greener school system located outside the floodplain, designed to LEED specifications. The new school complex integrates solar electric and solar thermal systems, and combines net-zero design principles.

12. Development of a fully self-sustaining electricity system by designing a system to use biomass from nearby forest thinning and fire management efforts to power the town, eliminating the need to import expensive and unreliable power. Development of a fully self-sustaining electricity system by designing a system to use biomass from nearby forest thinning and fire management efforts to power the town, eliminating the need to import expensive and unreliable power. Inventing a New Future

14. Construction of a more efficient, safer wastewater treatment facility outside the floodplain, begin downtown renewal and Main Street Program, complete street improvements, and build a Community Service Center. Construction of a more efficient, safer wastewater treatment facility outside the floodplain, begin downtown renewal and Main Street Program, complete street improvements, and build a Community Service Center. Inventing a New Future

16. Providing flood recovery and prevention assistance; including rehabilitating flood- damaged structures, elevating flood- damaged structures, and creating a stormwater drainage master plan to incorporate floodplain restoration as well as stormwater capture for beneficial uses. Providing flood recovery and prevention assistance; including rehabilitating flood- damaged structures, elevating flood- damaged structures, and creating a stormwater drainage master plan to incorporate floodplain restoration as well as stormwater capture for beneficial uses. Inventing a New Future

17. Same House Pre and Post Flood

18. Positioning community for increased economic development through workforce training in green building practices, provision of broadband internet services, and build out of a Light Industrial Site. Positioning community for increased economic development through workforce training in green building practices, provision of broadband internet services, and build out of a Light Industrial Site. Inventing a New Future

19. Implementing a Healthy Environment/Healthy Community Initiative, linking human health to forest health. Implementing a Healthy Environment/Healthy Community Initiative, linking human health to forest health. Inventing a New Future