On January 30th, Kate Maddigan, Rose Fitcyk, and Sadhu Aufochs Johnston joined host Manda Aufochs-Gillespie, to talk about the state of Cortes Island, the recent Vital Signs survey, CHS’ Rainbow Ridge housing project, and the stories and data of “now”. This is an important community update!
Continue reading Folk U – Vital Signs Round Table
When the Cortes Island Foundation released Cortes Island’s Vital Signs Report last month, Executive Director Manda Aufochs Gillespie said she’d like to go into specific sections in more detail.
“One of the things that really stood out to me is the information around income and work and economy. This area starts around page 13 in this document and I’m going to be using a lot of words to talk about this, but when you look at the report there’s graphs, little quotes and etc. that make it easier to read.”
She suggested inviting Kate Maddigan, from the Cortes Community Economic Development Association (CCEDA), to get another perspective.
Continue reading A Closer look at Cortes Island’s Economy
The Cortes Island Community Foundation (CICF) just published the Cortes Island’s Vital Signs report.
“ When I started with the Community Foundation a few years ago, I was already in the community, trying to make things happen. In particular, I tried to make things happen in the most grassroots small nonprofit ways possible, but often in the area where I saw that there was a lot of need. Very quickly, I was in the process of writing grants and trying to figure out how to bring in those resources that I knew were out there somewhere,” explained Manda Aufochs Gillespie, Executive Director of the Cortes Foundation.
Continue reading The 2024 Vital Signs Report for Cortes Island
