Grand Lake Stream: Preserving a Forest Community for Future GenerationsThe town of Grand Lake Stream and the Downeast Lakes Land Trust used the New Markets Tax Credit program to preserve its woodlands and sustain the local economy.
Rough & Ready: An Oregon Sawmill Gets a New Lease on LifeIn 2010, the last standing mill in Josephine County, closed its doors due to a precipitous decline in federal timber supply. Rough and Ready is a 92 -year-old family owned business, and when it shuttered its small diameter mill, 85 employees lost their jobs in a county that already carried one of the highest unemployment rates and poverty levels in Oregon.
In 2014, Ecotrust and partners helped to reopen the mill with creative financing from the New Markets Tax Credit Program
