On an average afternoon at the Crossroads Carnegie Art Center in Baker City, Oregon, you might hear children talking and laughing in ballet class and see local art adorning the walls. Home to local artists, the center serves around 12,000 eastern Oregonians and guests each year in a beautiful, historic 1909 Carnegie Library building with
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Advocate Archives - Page 7 of 8 - Cultural Advocacy Coalition of Oregon
February 19, 2022
Back in the Lobby Saddle Again!
CACO members! Please lift your voices with us to help Oregon’s arts and culture sector recover strong. Although HB 4040 won’t be moving forward, we do know that legislators have been tasked with crafting a $100 million economic development funding package to help in recovery of the pandemic. We must ensure that the creative economy’s important
February 11, 2022
News from the legislature on HB 4040!
The Oregon Legislature is meeting this week and members of the Cultural Advocacy Coalition of Oregon have been working hard to advocate for HB 4040. Ginger Savage, CACO board member and executive director of Crossroads Carnegie Art Center in Baker City, testified in support of HB 4040 in the House Economic Recovery and Prosperity Committee earlier
Your Cultural Arts & Culture Coalition of Oregon (CACO) team is hard at work preparing for the state’s 35-day legislative session, which starts on February 1, 2022. Many new faces and emerging new leaders will be replacing several long-time legislators including Speaker Kotek, Sen. Johnson, and Rep. Post. These changing political dynamics are overlaid with
August 25, 2021
Legislative Session Recap & Update
Oregon Legislative Recap From Lobbyist Paul Cosgrove Since the beginning of the pandemic emergency, the Oregon Legislature has met in three special sessions and one regular (long) session, and the Legislative Emergency Board has met an additional 13 times. All committee and Emergency Board meetings were entirely virtual. As required by the Constitution, final