OECDD Realignment Project Underway
Contributed by Perrin Damon, OECDD
Kick-off meetings for the OECDD Realignment Project began a month of intense work by five workgroups composed of internal and external agency stakeholders. The workgroups are: Communications & Outreach; Business, Innovation & Trade; Public Works/Infrastructure; Budget/Finance and Community-Based Programs.
The three program-related workgroups then held "deep dive" sessions on Community-Based Programs (CDBG, Rural/Tribal, Ports, Main Street, SBDC, TSP, RIB), Public Works/Infrastructure Programs and Business, Innovation & Trade Programs. OECDD received an amazing amount of feedback from internal and external stakeholders. Their comments, in the form of Successes, Challenges, Drivers & Constraints, helped each team to form Guiding Principles for the respective programs, and identify some alternatives for service delivery.
External stakeholders will share their thinking at OECDD's Feedback Forums that begin this week in The Dalles, Pendleton and Baker City. A cadre from OECDD and the Governor’s Office will visit these cities and five more (Bend, Medford, Eugene, Portland and Tillamook) over the next few weeks to listen to stakeholders' input about the guiding principles. So far more than 130 stakeholders registered to participate. The proposed service delivery alternatives will be provided to the OECD Commission for its consideration at its July 17-18 meeting in Roseburg. Once they have selected their preferred options, OECDD will begin Phase 2 workgroup work to build very tactical plans to get that work accomplished.
OEDA members who would like to participate in the Feedback Forums should contact mindee.sublette@state.or.us for an invitation.
