Programs & Projects

⮑ Convenne → Listen → Plan → Support → Growth → Empower ↩

Most SWA projects follow a development path: SWA and the community identify a need, gap, or opportunity; SWA convenes partners and supports them to plan, build, and carry out solutions; SWA stays involved until the work is operational and can be continued by local or regional partner organizations for the long term. In other cases, SWA works with regional partners to pilot services or solutions locally that can then be extended into our area for the long term.

SWA also refers underserved South Wasco residents to existing services and keeps relationships with regional support services so people get a “warm handoff” when they need one.

Note: The SWA project filter tool is currently Under Construction and will be added soon.

Pamela Brown 11/14/26 Pamela Brown 11/14/26

Community Economic Development Planning (CED-P), 2024–2026

SWA was awarded a two-year Community Economic Development Planning grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on October 1, 2024.

Pamela Brown 11/12/26 Pamela Brown 11/12/26

Simnasho Tribal Market

SWA sponsored the market in 2024–25, securing funding from the Visit Central Oregon Future Fund, managing procurement, and assisting with startup support.

Pamela Brown 11/10/26 Pamela Brown 11/10/26

South Wasco Business Bridge

A small business and entrepreneur collaborative started in 2022 by SWA, Maupin Works, the Maupin Area Chamber of Commerce, CGCC/SBDC, and MCEDD.

Pamela Brown 11/9/26 Pamela Brown 11/9/26

South Wasco Park & Recreation District

The formation process began in 2016 with a Wasco County Board public hearing on February 18, 2016, at the Wamic School Community Center.

Pamela Brown 11/8/26 Pamela Brown 11/8/26

Maupin Broadband

Gap: lack of high-speed internet. The city completed a Google-funded feasibility study in 2014, secured initial funding in 2015, and designed the network in 2016.