2018 STEERING COMMITTEE

Annette Mills, Facilitator

Brandon Trelstad, Vice Facilitator

Cindee Lolik, Secretary

Lorie Bailey, Treasurer

Rob Dietz

Loma Hammond

Randy Macdonald

Sean McGuire

Zac Pinard

Ann Scheerer

Marge Stevens

David Toler

Hal Brauner, City Council Liaison

Annual Report | 2018

Our mission:

To promote an ecologically, socially, and

economically healthy city and county. www.sustainablecorvallis.org/your-donation-counts

Creating a healthy, welcoming community

Acting on climate

Addressing climate change at the local level is crucial to solving the problem globally.

Selected by the City of Corvallis to support the work of the newly appointed Climate

Action Advisory Board, the Coalition is helping to implement the “Community”

sections of the Corvallis Climate Action Plan.

We also worked with the City of Corvallis to advance the creation of the commercial

PACE (Property Assessed Clean Energy) program in our area. With support from

Coalition volunteers, this Coalition initiative is now being led by staff at the City and

the Oregon Cascades West Council of Governments.

Our Harvest Sunshine team hosted two events (“When the Grid Goes Out” and

“Solar Makes $ense”) that led to increased solar installations in our community.

Supporting active transportation

A culture of walking, biking, and bus ridership are key to a sustainable community.

The Coalition provided bike valet services for nearly 700 attendees at

Septembeerfest and Fall Festival. Volunteers transported the racks by bike.

We helped organize the 2nd annual Open Streets event, and continued to

promote bus ridership on the CTS through our “Get on Board” campaign.

During our 4th annual “Trip-by-Transit”, participants used the Linn-Benton Loop

bus to go to Albany and back, demonstrating how fun and easy it is to use public

transportation.

Fostering a secure local food system

A secure food system revolves around food that is locally produced, using practices

that renew and enrich the land and community.

Our “Eat 40% Local” campaign included “Simply Seasonal” recipes distributed to

thousands through social media, Food Day activities such as the community Apple

Crunch and distribution of free Farmers’ Market tokens to kids, and our 9th annual

Local Eats Week that featured local ingredients at 14 area restaurants.

The 9th edition of our Corvallis Garden Resource Guide was distributed to 800

current and prospective gardeners, and we sponsored three Edible Garden Tours

that featured community garden plots at different times throughout the season.

Neighborhood Planting Kiosks located at 16 residential and public sites displayed

weekly informational posters to support gardening and neighborhood connections.

The physical and social well-being of our residents are critical to sustainability.

Seeking positive solutions to address homelessness, the Coalition led the initial steps

to create Corvallis Opportunity Village. We enlisted the guidance of Square One

Villages, which provided a workshop for key social service and government agencies,

as well as a public presentation for interested community members.

In addition to continuing our Green Cleaning campaign to encourage people to

choose safe alternatives to hazardous household products, we initiated a project

focused on Indoor Air Quality Monitoring. Forty-six homes were monitored for a

week. Residents received reports and tips for improving indoor air quality.

Encouraging waste prevention

Protecting natural resources

Our personal well-being and the livability of our societies depend on a life-

support system that is healthy and thriving.

The Coalition continued regeneration projects along Dunawi Creek,

Lamprey Creek and the Mill Race, planting more than 1,000 native shrubs

and trees, and enlisting the help of more than 300 volunteers.

In collaboration with the City and other partner organizations, we

coordinated the design and installation of eight public watershed displays

in four Corvallis watersheds.

We coordinated the 9th Annual Natural Areas Celebration Week,

engaging community members in appreciation of our natural areas

through more than 25 unique events.

Promoting economic vitality

Vital to a sustainable community is a diverse, vibrant economy that meets people’s needs and

is anchored by a broad spectrum of locally owned, environmentally friendly businesses.

Our Saving Green program helped local businesses increase their energy and water

efficiency, reduce their waste, and save money in the process. For example, our part-time

staff helped 11 local businesses convert from tube fluorescent to tube LED lighting,

resulting in an annual savings of over 164,000 kWh and $16,000 on their power bills. The Coalition and its partners co-sponsored the 8th Annual Buy Local First Day & Holiday

Contest, encouraging community members to “think local first” when making purchases.

Nature’s patterns and cycles have shown us that waste-free systems are possible.

A $45,000 grant from Oregon DEQ enabled us to create a new program to

prevent wasted food called No Food Left Behind - Corvallis. In its first year, the

program has reached thousands of people through Farmers’ Market outreach

and consumer education, including a website and printed materials that offer

tips for food purchasing, storage, and preparation.

We distributed thousands of copies of the Corvallis Area ReUse Directory at 70 locations, keeping countless perfectly good items from being landfilled.

Our 90 Recycling Block Captains delivered waste prevention information to nearly 4,000 Corvallis area households every 4 months.

Celebrating community

Recognizing the sustainability accomplishments of our partner organizations and

action teams helps inspire further action.

The Coalition’s annual Sustainability Fair and Town Hall was attended by more

than 500 people. Our “Community Scrapbook” slide show highlighted the work of

our partners, and Town Hall keynoter Asher Miller of the Post Carbon Institute

helped attendees explore the path to a resilient community.

Our Quarterly Gatherings and monthly Sustainability Events Calendar provided

opportunities for community members to learn about our partners’ activities.

OUR VISION FOR THE COMMUNITY

Corvallis is a community in which the needs of the present are

met without compromising the ability of future generations to

meet their own needs. It is a flourishing and thriving city with a

vibrant economy that respects, restores, and cares for the

community of life.

OUR GUIDING OBJECTIVES

Our community will:

1. Reduce and ultimately eliminate our community’s

contribution to fossil fuel dependence and to wasteful use of

scarce metals and minerals. Use renewable resources

whenever possible.

2. Reduce and ultimately eliminate our community’s

contribution to dependence upon persistent chemicals and

wasteful use of synthetic substances. Use biologically safe

products whenever possible.

3. Reduce and ultimately eliminate our community’s

contribution to encroachment upon nature (e.g., land, water,

wildlife, forests, soil, ecosystems). Protect natural

ecosystems.

4. Support people’s capacity to meet their basic needs fairly and

efficiently.

2018 DEVELOPMENT

HIGHLIGHTS

We continued our efforts to develop a

strong financial and volunteer base for the

organization in several ways:

Determined that the funds received

from the City of Corvallis for our

support of the Climate Action Advisory

Board will be used for a major climate

action project.

Increased the Annette Mills Corvallis

Sustainability Coalition Endowment

Fund by more than 16%.

Successfully applied for a grant from

the Oregon DEQ that will fund the

development of an online Directory for

ReUse and Repair.

Sponsored a retreat for Steering

Committee members and action team

leaders that focused on social justice.

Insights and tools from the retreat will

be used to create a process for our

action team projects and events to

model social equity.

Help the Coalition continue to develop!

Send us a note about how your involvement with the Coalition

has touched your life.

Tell one new person about the Coalition in 2019.

Consider a financial gift or an increase in your giving this year.

If you care to make a donation,

please send your check to:

Corvallis Sustainability Coalition

PO Box 2310

Corvallis, OR 97339

For further information or to make an online donation, please visit:

www.sustainablecorvallis.org

Our tax ID number is 27-1003508.

Thank you for your support!

FINANCIAL SUMMARY

Thank you to our donors We gratefully acknowledge those who supported us with their gifts in 2018.

INDIVIDUAL DONORS

Ralph & Marge Alig (EP)

Bud & Jan Ames (EP, EF)

Lorraine Anderson (S)

Xan Augerot

Rebecca & Cory Badger (M)

Kirk Bailey

Stephanie Heindel & Lorie Bailey (EP, M)

Zach Baker

Keith Barton (M)

John Krochta & Marg Bartosek

Mike Beilstein (EP, M)

Ali Bonakdar

Emily Bowling (M)

Jim Boyle (EP)

Jason & Kristin Bradford (EP, M)

Kathy Brewer

Mary Leigh Burke (M)

Lauren Burkum

Alcyon Lord & Wendy Byrne

Jim Davidson & Valerie Caldwell

Cheryl Stevenson & Jim Cannon (EP)

Marta Capriles (M)

Valori George & Courtney Childs

Martha Clemons & Charles Miller (EP, M)

Richard & Rosalie Clinton (EP)

Lauri Richer & Tim Corbett

Lyn Cornell

Peg Cornell (EP, M)

Kent & Trish Daniels (M)

Signe Danler (M)

Hal Darst

Alan Deitch (EP)

Owen Dell (S, M)

Suzy Denner

Tru Denton

John Deuel

Bob Devine (EF)

Rob Dietz (M)

Carol Douglas

Judy Dugan (EP)

Scott Dybvad (M)

Diane McGrath & Judith Edelstein

Ken & Sarah Edwardsson (EP, M)

Lynn & Tom Ekstedt

Jack Elder (EP, M)

Molly Engle (CA, M)

Peter Erskine (M)

Alvin Eshe & Janet Wolf-Eshe (EP, M)

William & Nancy Evenson

James Feldmann

Louise Ferrell

Thomas Field

Victoria Findlay (M)

Greg Fitzpatrick

Sharon Forster-Blouin

Liz Frenkel (EP)

Cathy & Pete Frischmann

Dawn Marie Gaid (M)

John Gaylord (CA)

Theresa Gibney (EP)

Liv & Dave Gifford (EP)

Leslie & Bill Glassmire (EP, M)

Kenneth Corbin & Jean M. Goul

Jim Gouveia

Barbara & Gordon Grant

Kevin Grant (M)

Peter Greenberg

Jeremy & Jessica Groom

Joan Gross

Maureen Gump & Jeffrey D. Gump (EP)

Ken Haines

April & Craig Hall Cutting (M)

Don Alan & Roberta Hall (EP)

Kathy & Frank Hall

Vanguard Charitable Trust on behalf of Cliff

& Gay Hall (EP)

Julie Halter

Loma Hammond (EP, M)

Paul & Nonie Harcombe

Philip Harding (EP, M)

Jeanette Hardison (M)

Peter Harr

Aleita Hass Holcombe

Cindy Scott & Alan Hemmingsen (M)

Mary Hewitt (S)

Carol & Jim Holm

Lee Holt

John Swanson & Jeanne Holmes (EP)

Stewart Holmes & Maya Abels (M)

Uta Hussong-Christian

James & Sara Ingle

Ruth Johns

Dick & Nancy Johnston (EP)

Peter Stoel & Karen Josephson (EF, EP)

Judith Kenner (M)

Laurel Kincl (M)

Rachel Kirby & Rob Singleton (M)

Alan Kirk

Lori Salus & Gregg Kleiner

Leslie Knight (M)

Lisa Krause

Don & Sandy Kuhns

Phoebe Lansing-Lee (M)

Jerry & Lyn Larson

Suzanne & Lee Lazaro (EP, M)

Brian Lee

Aaron & Amy Lesan (M)

Marfa Levine

Sherrie Barr & Philip Lewin

Benjamin Lilley

Deanna Lloyd

Cindee Lolik (EP, M)

Marie Long (EP)

Jane Luther

Alice Lyman (EP)

Pat & Betty Malone (EP, EF)

Kate & Chris Mathews (EP)

Marissa Matsler (M)

Conall McCumber

Jessica McDonald (M)

Joey & Ashley Merback (EP, M)

Deb Merchant (M)

David Eckert & Annette Mills (EP, M)

Jim Mitchell

Marilyn Henderson & Michael Mix (EP, EF, M)

Linda Modrell

Ruby Moon (M)

Pat & Dee Mooney

Mary Ellen Lind & Dennis Murphy

Rochelle Murphy (EP)

Robert Murray (M)

Michael Neeley-Brown (EP, M)

Peter Nelson

Earl Newman

Scott & Chris Newsham (M)

Gary & Laura Nolan (S)

Andrea Norris (M)

Karen & Andrew Nousen (CA)

Suzanne Ortiz (EP)

Rachel Ozretich

Thomas & Susan Palmrose (EP)

Jerry & Judith Paul (CA)

Beth Brown & Ralph Penunuri (M)

Nicholas Pereira

Dave Persohn (EF)

Anna-Maria & Jim Phelps (EP, EF)

Becky Picton (M)

Zac Pinard

Donna Pioli

Jon & Rachel Polansky (M)

Fred G. Prahl (EP)

Dave Rabinowitz (EP)

Kirk Rensmeyer

James Paul Rodell (M)

Bailey Payne & Leigh Santy (EP)

Jan Schaeffer

Ann Scheerer (M)

Jeffrey Miller & Bettina Schempf

Irene & Armand Schoppy (M)

Anne Schuster (M)

Robert & Maria Scott (EP, CA)

Dan & Virginia Shapiro (EP)

Deb Carey & Raymond Shockey (EP, CA)

Viviane Simon-Brown (M)

William Simonson (EP)

Court Smith

David & Linda Smith (EP, M)

Patricia & Robert Smythe

Phil Sollins (EP)

Sarah Spangler (M, EP)

Patrick Hadlock & Cynthia Spencer

David Sprowls

Steve & Leigh Ann Starcevich (M)

Marge Stevens (M)

Christine Stillger

Jim Stratton (M, EP)

Russell Sullivan

Mark & Donna Tarasawa (M)

Rod & Linda Terry

Janet Throop (EP)

David Toler

Bonnie Tomski (M)

Tom Smith & Jean Townes (CA)

Biff & Maret Traber (EP, M)

Brandon Trelstad (EP, M)

Cliff & Jo Anne Trow

Froggi Van Riper (M)

Elizabeth Waldorf

Gregg Walker

Lynn Walker (M)

Richard & Doris Waring

Melissa Weintraub (M)

David Wells (EP, M)

Patricia Werner

Larry Weymouth (M)

Denis White

Robert White (M)

Scobel Wiggins

Elisabeth Williams

Julie Williams (M)

Greg Wilson (M)

Sandy Smith & Jack Wolcott (M)

Ella May & Barry Wulff

Bill & Penny York

Faye Yoshihara

Lois Zaerr

ORGANIZATIONAL DONORS

Abundant Solar (S)

Audubon Society of Corvallis (EP)

Blackledge Furniture (EP)

Block 15 Brewing Company (S)

Bountiful Backyard (S)

Broadleaf Architecture

Caves Bier & Kitchen (S)

Corvallis Baha’i Community

Corvallis Chamber of Commerce (S)

Corvallis Copy Center (EP)

Corvallis Odd Fellows (S, EP)

Corvallis Radiology (S)

Corvallis Waldorf School (S)

Delta Tau Chapter of Sigma Nu

Denison Farms (EP)

Devco Engineering (EP)

Diane McInally, CPA, LLC (EP)

Earthfort (EP)

Energy Wise Lighting (S)

First Alternative Food Co-op (EP, S)

Footwise (S)

FUMC Environmental Care Team (S) Gaia

Landscapes (S)

Garland Nursery (S)

Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center

(EP, S)

Greenbelt Land Trust (S)

Hewlett-Packard

Laughing Planet (EP)

League of Women Voters of Corvallis (EP)

Linn-Benton Pacific Green Party (EP)

Marys River Cohousing (S) Mid-Valley Bicycle Club (EP)

Mid-Valley Health Care Advocates (S)

Oregon State University (S)

Peak Sports (EP)

Republic Services (S)

Sevenoaks Native Nursery LLC (EP)

Sibling Revelry (S)

Sierra Club - Marys Peak Group (S)

Sky High Brewing (S)

Slow Food Corvallis

Solar Ki (S)

Susan’s Garden & Coffee Shop (S)

Sweet Yoga

The Arts Center (S)

The Color Wheel Company

The Thyme Garden (S)

Town & Country Realty (S)

Unitarian Universalist Fellowship

of Corvallis (S)

Valley Catering (S)

Veterans for Peace Chapter 132

Virginia Shapiro, DC – Integrity Natural

Health (S)

Western Pulp Products (S)

Wild Yeast Bakery

Willamette Gardens

Windermere Realty

CA – Climate Action Fund

EF – Endowment Fund

EP – Engaged Partner ($250+ donor)

M – Monthly Donor

S – Sponsor of event and/or project

The Corvallis Sustainability

Coalition has over 350 partner

organizations. For a complete list

of our partners, go to

www.sustainablecorvallis.org.

Thank you to

our volunteers The Corvallis Sustainability Coalition is

primarily a volunteer organization.

We are very grateful to our hundreds

of volunteers for their generous gifts

of time, energy, and talent.

A special thank you to those who led

our action teams in 2018:

COMMUNITY INCLUSION

Johannah Hamilton & Jason Seivers

ECONOMIC VITALITY

Cindee Lolik

EDUCATION

Ashley Merback & Rachel Kirby

ENERGY

Brandon Trelstad & Cassandra

Robertson

FOOD

Rebecca Fallihee, Donna Tarasawa,

& Mark McGuire

HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES

Mac Gillespie & Diana Rohlman

HOUSING

Debi Friedlander

LAND USE

Ann Scheerer

NATURAL AREAS

Molly Monroe

TRANSPORTATION

Kevin Grant

WASTE PREVENTION

Dawn Marie Gaid &

Jeanette Hardison

WATER

Dave Eckert