Hello from Garfield! Updates from Executive Director Jody Opheim – April 25, 2025
If ever there was a time to play the drum roll app on your phone, this is it (if you don’t have it, I highly recommend downloading it…you will use…
Nine rural Washington communities named for pilot initiative
Nine communities throughout Washington will be participating in a pilot initiative aimed at helping rural towns find the technical expertise and funding they need to tackle their often overwhelming infrastructure…
Hello from Garfield! Updates from Executive Director Jody Opheim – April 6, 2025
Community work is, I’ve realized, a little like getting ketchup out of a glass bottle. You’re working away, trying to break things loose, waiting…full of anticipation (cue classic commercial jingle)…
Hello from Garfield! Updates from Executive Director Jody Opheim – March 20, 2025
Timing is everything – whether you’re baking a cake, trying to hop on a moving merry go-round (do those still exist?), or figuring out how to replace a crumbling but…
Hello from Garfield! Updates from Executive Director Jody Opheim – March 7, 2025
It seems appropriate, on a rare day when the sun is shining brightly outside my office window, to talk about our latest endeavor with the wonderful folks at ZEN. We…
Hello from Garfield! Updates from Executive Director Jody Opheim – February 26, 2025
With March almost here, and having just spent a few days in southern Arizona, I am thrilled at the prospect of Spring arriving soon. I am also excited about Easter…
Hello from Garfield! Updates from Executive Director Jody Opheim – February 12, 2025
With all that is going on at the federal level these last few weeks, I grow increasingly concerned that rural communities will be forgotten in the relentless churn of sudden…
Hello from Garfield! Updates from Executive Director Jody Opheim – February 5, 2025
I have been asked many times since early last week how the Trump Administration’s executive orders have affected PRWA and its work. Some of the orders have severely impacted our…
Hello from Garfield! Updates from Executive Director Jody Opheim – January 28, 2025
Partners for Rural Washington is following the latest actions of the Trump Administration closely today as federal funding plays a huge role in the infrastructure and facilities work we do…
National Funding Initiative Invests $400,000 with Partners for Rural Washington
GARFIELD, Wash. – Partners for Rural Washington’s ability to help small rural communities in the state just got a $400,000 boost, thanks to a grant from Resource Rural, a national…