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.
South Wasco Community Health Worker
Started in 2024 as an extension of the Columbia Gorge Health Council’s Bridges to Health program, following the completion of the 2023 Livability Assessment.
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.
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.
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.
South Wasco Youth Program
Gap: lack of youth support. It began in 2013 as a local school-based after-school initiative led by Amber Anderson.