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This piece belongs to the series "State of the Re:Union"

Produced by Al Letson and Zak Rosen

Other pieces by Al Letson

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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Benjamin Beamer

Posted on May 02, 2010 at 01:46 PM | Permalink

Schrödinger's cat

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

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jessica rice

Posted on May 01, 2010 at 10:04 PM | Permalink

Home, beautiful home............

Thank you for doing this piece. You have put in words what I feel in my soul. I am incredibly blessed to be able to raise my children in such an amazingly beautiful, peaceful, caring and healing place.