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North Bend Mainstreet Hosts Open House for Supporting Local Organizations and Gathering Feedback

BY NATE SCHWARTZ Editor

The ILWU Local 12 Union Hall was the location for the North Bend Main Street Program’s most recent event, a community open house. Organizations of all shapes and sizes were invited to table and engage with their neighbors, showing off the wide variety of different businesses, non-profits, etc. that call the city home. Bay Area Beautification and Operation Rebuild hope were on hand, representing just a couple of the area’s 401c non-profits. Broadway Pharmacy was one of the businesses present, showing off the ways they contribute to community health. Government services and organizations were too. The North Bend Public Library’s table explained all that they provide to the community through their programming and available resources, and

the local Coast Guard chapter showed how they keep locals safe on the water. “The work that we do is for our community, so when we invite them in and we ask them to collaborate on what we’re doing, as far as future events or projects, then we’re really doing our work for the people as we’re supposed to,” explained Main Street Community Development Manager Stephanie Wilson. The Mainstreet Program itself had four tables set up to get direct feedback from citizens as to how they should grow in four specific areas: organization, design, economic vitality, and promotion. Those perusing the open house were asked to write their ideas for each of these areas on big butcher paper, and engage with Main Street representatives. The ‘organization’ table, for instance, asked visitors how they could strengthen their

volunteer outreach, and which orgs they should partner with. The ‘economic vitality’ table asked ‘What would make Downtown North Bend more vibrant?’. All of this allows the community to feel engaged in the future of North Bend and know that their voices are essential in steering the ship toward what best serves its residents. “There’s a lot of working parts to National Mainstreet, this is their platform. Each state has a coordinator and then each local program works it how best fits them,” explained Wilson. “So, for us we educate the community on what we’ve been doing and what we plan on doing, because they might not realize how much goes into it. They can come and see it here in person

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South Coast Hospice Celebrates 40th Anniversary of Service to the Area

BY NATE SCHWARTZ Editor

After speaking with a number of attendees at South Coast Hospice’s 40th anniversary celebration, I was struck by the overwhelming sense of caring that was on display. Each member of the team there took the

time to really engage with me, and share their unique perspective. In an area of healthcare that can seem so heavy, their moods were buoyant and welcoming, exactly what you’d hope a hospice environment would be. That itself is a testament to why they have been able to

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garner the community support needed to maintain service for four decades. Starting as an all-volunteer organization in a donated building, the non-profit has continued to provide end-of-life and palliative care to a huge chunk of the South Coast. Beyond in-home support and

patient symptoms. “I think that it’s a cliché that gets used too often, but I know it’s true in hospice and that is: ‘It takes a village’. In a week, we can have ten different staff members interact with one

holistic compassionate care, the organization provides community education, support groups, and has a specially tailored program for the veterans who make up 30% of their patients. Hospice prioritizes the acceptance of death and therefore the value of life, just as much as the actual managing of

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