Page 30 RAIN Jan./Feb. 1984 PACIFIC NORTHWEST BIOREGION REPORT Catherine Johnson Northwest Ramble A rich mix of NEW ECONOMIC RESOURCES will be "fertilizing" rural and urban Northwest- erners and their projects this spring. The Puget Sound Cooperative Federation (24071st Avenue, Seattle, WA 98121; 206/292- 8313) is expecting to begin a loan program in March to assist small, cooperative businesses. It is also developing a support system to turn fledgling businesses into worker-owned cooperatives... . The Washington Small Farm Network (19 E. Poplar, Walla Walla, WA 99362; 206/529-4980) is operating a "user-friendly," low- interest lending system for small farmers and has prepared a 60- page, free management manual, covering marketing, production, and finance. .. . The Community Exchange Barter Network (206/ 632-1285) is putting traders in touch with traders through its monthly directory ACCESS to Goods. Listings are free; subscriptions 25 cents per issue.... MAP LOVERS should find the Oregon Landsat Mosaic a thrill. It's a composite of 74 satellite photographs with either lines of latitude and longitude (black and white) or roads, towns, counties, and waterways (three color). The cost is $13.00 ppd. ($12.00 in Oregon) from ERSAL, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331.... THE WASHINGTON NETWORK DIRECTORY can put you in touch with over 1,500 social change, A.T., and human growth organizations, services, and resources. Send $10.00 to Network Publications, 2462 60th S.E., Mercer Island, WA 98040. ... On the FUTURES FRONT, an unusual bouquet of school, business, nonprofit, government and community leaders in Gresham, Oregon, recently worked out guidelines and goals for directing the town's future. Veteran futurist Robert Theobald facilitated the project. For a summary of their ideas, contact the East County Futures Program, P.O. Box 696, Gresham, OR 97030.. . . And recommendations from the CRITICAL CHOICES '83 FUTURES CONFERENCE, held in June in Portland, are compiled in a 21-page report. Send $2.50 to Columbia Willamette Futures Forum, 0245 S.W. Bancroft, Portland, OR 97201.... A TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY group formed after the Portland-area Critical Choices '83
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