Local Economies

Building Community Wealth

A community-based process in five counties (Umatilla, Malheur, Union, Grant, and Baker) for attaining short- and long-term sources of revenue and employment by identifying local resources, engaging local initiative and talent, and designing a locally endorsed and sponsored vision of community quality of life. This process can rebuild wealth for individuals, businesses, communities, and governments through a community visioning process focusing on the triple-bottom line: people, profit, and planet.

Banking on Oregon - How a State Bank Could Put Oregon Money to Work for Us

In the wake of the Wall Street melt down, it may come as a surprise to the average Oregonian that our State still does the vast majority of its banking with the so-called “Too Big To Fail” banks on Wall Street. Given the scale of the State’s banking needs, there has been little other choice. Recently, however, there has been a lot of talk about creating an Oregon State Bank – modeled after the successful Bank of North Dakota – as a way of bringing some of that money home again.

Creating an Oregon State Bank

Oregon Rural Action's efforts with a coalition of other organizations to create a State Bank of Oregon that would put Oregon money to work for us. Oregon State Treasurer Ted Wheeler has already announced his support, as have both Republicans and Democrats in the State Legislature. We need your help to build support for their proposal and ask our Legislators to vote for it. Find out how you can help...

FAQs on the State Bank Proposal

Answers to frequently asked questions about the proposal to create a State Bank of Oregon that would put Oregon money to work for us. (From Oregonians for a State Bank)