Betty Tamm,
Executive Director

605 SE Kane Street
Roseburg, OR 97470

Phone: (541) 673-4909
Fax: (541) 673-5023
btamm@umpquacdc.org www.umpquacdc.org

Incorporated: 1991

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STRATEGIES & ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Affordable Homes
Through 2002, Umpqua CDC (Umpqua) has completed 144 single-family, multifamily, and special needs homes in Douglas and Curry Counties, including four developments financed with Federal Low Income Housing Tax Credits. Some of the scattered-site developments are: the Landing Place triplex in Sutherlin; the Schaeffer House, a duplex in Roseburg; the Neuner-Davis House, which serves four developmentally disabled women; and Cedar Point Cottages, which consists of ten single-family rental cottages in Port Orford.

As 2002 began, Umpqua celebrated the grand opening of 145 rental homes in seven complexes located in two counties. There are 100 more homes in the development pipeline. Among this number are 37 residences, as well as four ground-floor commercial spaces, in the renovated Grand Hotel in Roseburg.

Umpqua is also considering acquiring and renovating an existing complex with 66 apartments in Bandon.

Community and Economic Development
In late 1992, the organization created the Specialty Wood Products Cooperative to provide marketing, networking, and business education opportunities for producers of secondary wood products, and developed an incubator facility for them.

In 1994, Umpqua began its award-winning Micro-Enterprise Development and Lending (MEDAL) Program. It provides loans of up to $15,000 for new and emerging businesses in Southwest Oregon, and targets low-income entrepreneurs. The program involves help with business planning, market analysis, and training in financial management. Since it started, it has assisted 189 entrepreneurs, creating or assisting over 50 businesses, and loaning over $100,000.

Umpqua is also developing Umpqua Re-Builders, a new building deconstruction and materials re-use enterprise. The company will recycle used building materials to produce quality materials for sale. It will reduce waste in landfills, provide 13 jobs for low-income residents, and create affordable building materials. Umpqua Re·Builders will also open a retail store offering a variety of patio, yard, and interior accessories manufactured from used building materials, supplied by micro-entrepreneurs in the MEDAL Program and other micro-enterprise programs throughout the state.

Umpqua also provides technical assistance to augment the development capacity of many small towns. It has served as a project developer and manager for at least eight communities. Some examples are the Washington School in Oakland, the Non-Profit Campus in Roseburg, and the Agricultural Extension/Community Hall in Myrtle Point.