central oregon news: Central Oregon takes home National Green Building Award
- 03/27/07 06:54 AM
As published on the Oikos Green Building Source site, Central Oregon has received the prestigious National Green Building Award for single-family custom home building. This is the second year in a row that Central Oregon has won this award.
Environmentally friendly building has taken off here in Central Oregon with an estimated 340 homes in the Earth Advantage program in 2006, 220 in 2005 and an estimated 500 for 2007. The Earth Advantage Program certifies houses as environmentally healthy if the builders meet certain standards and agree to regular independent inspections. It's great to live in a community so vested in preserving … (3 comments)
central oregon news: Central Oregon and the new Deer Ridge Correctional Institution
- 03/27/07 06:27 AM
Madras, Oregon is getting a huge boost to their local economy. The addition of Deer Ridge Correctional Institution is expected to produce between 400-500 new jobs for this Central Oregon area with an estimated annual payroll of $22 million dollars. The new Jefferson County facility is situated on 200 acres three miles east of Madras and will house both minimum and medium security inmates. The new men's prison will contain 644 minimum security beds and 1240 medium security beds. Construction is almost complete and the new prison will begin taking inmates in September of 2007.
Applications for all positions at DRCI are currently being accepted. Click here for … (7 comments)
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