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Baker County Comes Back

This report illustrates the serious economic challenges facing rural Oregon communities and relates the remarkable story of how one county in northeastern Oregon has responded, including the ways it successfully sought and utilized support from the Meyer Trust. Read more

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Eric Jones

Program Officer

What I do at the Meyer Trust:

Willamette River Basin Initiative work, mainly...

What is your favorite word?

Blogosphere

What sound do you love?

The sound of a basketball bouncing off an old wood floor, somewhere in Indiana.

If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the pearly gates?

Welcome, we need one more for a game, your ball.

Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?

Harry Bosch, Aragorn

What is your present state of mind?

Jittery

What is your motto?

If you won $100 million in the lottery tomorrow, who or what would you give the first 100K to?

Whatever college my stepdaughter decides to go to next year

What musician would you most like to see perform in your living room?

Bruce Springsteen with the E Street Band, David Grey

What is your secret ambition?

To dunk a basketball without the aid of a jet pack, or to use a jet pack to dunk a basketball, either one.

 
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