Community Service Positions – University of Oregon, Resource Assistant for Rural Environments (various OR locations)

Deadline: April 30, 2012
Resource Assistance for Rural Environments (RARE) is a unique AmeriCorps Program serving Oregon’s rural communities through economic and community development and natural resource planning. RARE’s mission is to assist Oregon’s resource-dependent rural communities while providing supported, applied experience to graduate level students from across the US. RARE members live in rural communities for eleven months and serve cities, counties, non-governmental organizations or state agencies to improve economic and environmental conditions in rural Oregon. Each RARE participant focuses on community specific projects that fall within the following focus areas: downtown development, public health, transportation planning, community education, economic development, food systems planning, and natural resources planning.

http://csc.uoregon.edu/rare/application/