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- Benjamin Beamer
- Username: benjaminbeamer
- Location: Oakridge, Oregon
- Joined PRX: Mar 26, 2010
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- "Oakridge, OR: A Work in Progress"
- Summary: Back in the timber industry’s heyday, the small mill town of Oakridge, Oregon was thriving. Business was booming. Then in the early 1990s, the saws stopped. The mills shut down and their economies crumbled. State of the Re:Union surveys how a town that has lost its identity reinvents itself through recreation, community-building, and entrepreneurial spirit.
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Schrödinger's cat
Benjamin Beamer
Posted on May 02, 2010 at 01:46 PM
Like Schrödinger's cat, Oakridge, "remains both alive and dead (to the universe outside the box) until the box is opened." To most, the heart and soul of Oakridge has remained a mystery. Your episode shows all sides of the Oakridge community: past & future, good & bad, abandonment & investment, but most of all hope. Thank you