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 COURSES OFFER TRAINING ON SEISMIC ASSESSMENT
AND RETROFIT OF DETACHED SINGLE-FAMILY WOOD-FRAME DWELLINGS
News Release from Oregon
Office of Emergency Management
Seats are still available at the upcomning training for FEMA P-50 and FEMA
P-50-1, Simplified Seismic Assessment and Retrofit Guidelines for Detached,
Single-Family, Wood-Frame Dwellings. The classes, June 7 and June 8, will be
held in Salem to help building professionals learn about FEMA P-50 and FEMA
P-50-1 - Simplified Seismic Assessment and Retrofit Guidelines for Detached,
Single-Family, Wood-Frame Dwellings.
This course will present training on the FEMA P-50 and P-50-1 documents,
addressing seismic assessment and retrofit of detached single-family wood-frame
dwellings. These documents update and expand to national basis the
simplified assessment methodology and retrofit guidelines originally developed
for use in the City of Los Angeles following the Northridge earthquake (ATC-50
and ATC-50-1).
The target audience for this training includes building owners, building
officials, home inspectors, design professionals, home builders, emergency
planners, insurers, and lenders.
Classes will be held at Oregon Office of Emergency Management, located in
the Anderson Readiness Center at 3225 State St., Room 115, in Salem. For more information visit OEM's website.
To register for the June 7 training, visit https://fema-p50-june7.eventbrite.com. To register for the
June 8 training, visit
https://fema-p50-june8.eventbrite.com. For questions or additional
information, please contact Althea Rizzo, Oregon Office of Emergency
Management's geologic hazards awareness program coordinator: althea.rizzo@state.or.us.
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 May 2018 Southwestern Oregon Economic Indicators
Kale
Donnelly, East Cascades Workforce Analyst Oregon Employment
Department, Research Division
Coos County: A seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate of 5.4% and an increase of 60 jobs over the year.
Curry County: A seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate of 5.9% and an increase of 250 jobs over the year.
Douglas County: A seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate of 5.4% and an increase of 440 jobs over the year.
Review Snapshot: SW Oregon’s Ten Years of Economic Change. How have our counties’ populations changed in the last seven years, and what is driving that growth? Check out the graph included in this month’s indicators to find out.
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By, Henry L. Fields, Workforce Analyst/Economist Serving Lane County, Oregon Employment Department
The highlighted graph this month looks at the difference in
business ownership rates in Lane County compared to the state and by race and
ethnicity. The quick takeaways are that people in Lane County are less likely
to own a business than Oregonians as a whole, and that many of the gaps in
business ownership by race and ethnicity that are present nationwide are even
wider here in Lane County. The most recent data on business ownership is from
2012, so it may be that when 2017 data is released we see some progress being
made.
For this month, Henry highlighted analyses on Oregon statewide
issues that many people are curious about these days: population growth,
employment growth and wage growth. The Oregon Office of Economic Analysis also
covers the headwinds and tailwinds for the Oregon economy.
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Shawna Sykes,
Workforce Analyst/Economist, Oregon
Employment Department Research Division
What are
your strategies for attracting and retaining workers? Many hiring managers are offering new incentives to attract applicants during this tight
labor market. Paying new workers a sign-on bonus at hiring, a retention bonus
for staying beyond 6 months, offering referral bonuses to co-workers for
helping recruit a new worker, providing meals, housing, transportation, an
increase in wages, flexible schedule, and other work perks are just some of the
incentives I’ve heard about.
What is your company
is doing to attract and keep your workers. Contact Shawna and share
your thoughts. Have you
noticed the price increases at the gas pump lately? Read about how that affects
the local economy in Erik Knoder’s article Gas
Price Update.
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