Alsea Community Effort

05/21/2026

Alsea Community Effort Board members Kathy Plaza and Meredith Howell are at Benton County Museums today participating in the monthly Corvallis Art Walk. Stop by and visit!

05/13/2026

Thank you Benton Community Foundation for helping us fix two broken windows in the Mary Rounds Community Room through the Emerging Needs Grant program. Board member and ACE Secretary Kathy Plaza will be coordinating the work with Bashful Bob's Inc. to get the new windows installed.

The Alsea Community Library uses the community room for programs and ACE holds art exhibits and community programming in the space. The picture below is from a harp workshop from last Summer with Ahyeh Frankfurter and Lisa Lynne from Monroe, Oregon. (They were fabulous!)

05/07/2026

Benton County works every day to keep our community moving . From roads and public safety to health services, elections, parks and more. Want to learn how county government works, find departments, or explore current opportunities to get involved? Visit the Benton County “Your Government” page to connect with local services and resources.

Learn more: https://www.bentoncountyor.gov/our-government/


Benton County Health Department Benton County Sheriff's Office Community Health Centers of Benton and Linn Counties Benton County Natural Areas & ParksBenton County Developmental Diversity Program Nancy Wyse, Benton County Commissioner Benton County Event Center & Fairgrounds

05/06/2026

05/06/2026

ACE is very happy to share that Oregon Community Foundation has awarded the organization $8,000 for operating expenses. We plan to use a portion of those funds to continue to publish the Alsea Valley Voice. Thank you OCF!

Across Oregon, nonprofits are stepping up in big ways, and this spring, they’re getting a boost to go even further.

Through 258 grants totaling nearly $5.2 million, Oregon Community Foundation is supporting organizations in every corner of the state. Strengthening community well-being. Expanding economic opportunity. Building arts infrastructure. Helping families stay stable.

From a domestic violence services provider in Yamhill County…
To a Spanish-language community radio station in the Columbia River Gorge…
To an organization furnishing homes for families starting over in Central Oregon…

These investments reflect the power of local solutions.

Most of the funding — $4.77 million — comes through Community Grants, providing flexible support so nonprofits can meet rising demand, sustain staff, and keep essential programs running.

Here’s what that looks like in action:
✨ Supporting wildfire preparedness and a new volunteer fire district in the Row River Valley
✨ Expanding affordable preschool, summer camp and after-school programs on the North Coast
✨ Furnishing thousands of homes for people rebuilding their lives
✨ Providing culturally relevant services for survivors of domestic and sexual violence
✨ Connecting youth with caring mentors across Southern Oregon

“Oregon is full of people working hard to improve the lives of our neighbors across the state,” said Kim Koenig, Director of Community Programs for Oregon Community Foundation. “We’re grateful to our donors for sharing resources to support big ideas and smart solutions.”

05/04/2026

Alsea Community. Please see the message below from Corvallis-Benton County Public Library Director Ashlee Chavez. She would love to have more responses from Alsea Community Library users and non-users!

Library Strategic Plan 2026

Thank you for being a library patron. We want to hear from you!

Please take our survey here: cbcpl.net/survey

En español: cbcpl.net/encuesta

We are developing the Corvallis-Benton County Public Library’s next five-year strategic plan, and your experiences, ideas, and hopes for the library are essential in helping us understand what our community needs most. Please take a few minutes to share your input through our community survey.

Your feedback will help guide our priorities, improve our services, and shape the future of our library. The survey will be open until May 10, 2026.

I appreciate your time, your perspective, and your support.

Warmly,

Ashlee Chavez

Library Director

Corvallis-Benton County Public Library

05/01/2026

The April/May edition of the Alsea Valley Voice is now posted on the Alsea Community Effort website and here athttps://www.alseacommunityeffort.org/_files/ugd/bc74bd_bf245bcc31434316ba15b4955f4a3c96.pdf

Also, please get your articles in for the June/July edition of the AVV. Deadline for the next edition is May 15th.

04/21/2026

04/21/2026

Today is National Library Workers Day during National Library Week! We wouldn't be able to serve our community without all of the incredible folks that work in our libraries, so we just wanted to take a moment to recognize and celebrate the hard work of our staff!