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June 2019
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Organizational Timeline
A brief overview of the path that got us here...
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Opportunity Eugene Task Force on Homeless Solutions makes recommendation to City Council to establish a safe and secure place to be, independently financed with oversight by a non-profit organization
Opportunity Village Eugene incorporates as a 501(c)3 non-profit organization
Eugene City Council directs City staff to identify potential sites for Task Force reccomendation
Eugene City Council directs City staff to take the steps necessary to locate a pilot "micro-housing project for the homeless" on one-acre of City-owned land at 111 N. Garfield St.
Conditional use permit approved for Opportunity Village pilot project with no opposition present at final hearing
Opportunity Village ribbon cutting ceremony, first dozen residents move-in
Opportunity Village open house held following nine months of incremental construction
Opportunity Village celebrates one-year of operation—watch the slideshow
Eugene City Council votes 8-0 to renew Opportunity Village lease through June 2016
Property purchased for Emerald Village
Name of non-profit changed from Opportunity Village Eugene to SquareOne Villages
Partnership formed with Cottage Village Coalition
Initial release of the Village TOOLBOX
Property purchased for Cottage Village
Site development begins at Emerald Village
Led advocacy effort to pass HB2737, to establish standards for building tiny houses legally in Oregon
First residents move-in at Emerald Vilage
Conducted presentations and workshops in a dozen different cities and counties in Oregon
Tiny house building code adopted in Oregon Reach Code.
Awarded 1 Million Months Challenge Grant
First walls raised at Cottage Village
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2017 - 2018 •
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Dec. 2017 •
In The News
Select articles and videos featuring our work...
August 2019
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Eugene Weekly — "One Home at a Time"
April 2019
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Cottage Grove Sentinel — "Walls Raised on First Tiny House"
November 2018
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Register Guard — "SquareOne Villages, Innovator of the Year Award"
June 2018
March 2018
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Register Guard — "Tiny home, big deal"
December 2017
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Register Guard — "Tiny homes in Eugene provide a housing bridge for the homeless"
July 2017
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Portland Tribune — "Village movement gains traction as housing alternative, goes mainstream"
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Tiny House Blog — "A New Tiny House Community for Low-Income"
May 2017
Apr. 2017
Mar. 2017
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The Guardian — Tiny houses: salvation for the homeless or a dead end?
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Register Guard — "Eugene tiny house developer buys Cottage Grove lot with plans for ‘Cottage Village’"
Jan. 2017:
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Narratively — "Can Tiny Homes Solve America's Homeless Problem?"
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Ethos Magazine — "Tiny Homes, Big Community"
Oct. 2016:
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Register Guard — "Square One Villages takes first step for homeless project in Eugene"
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Cottage Grove Sentinel — "Cottage Villages Coalition envisions 'tiny houses' for area's unhoused"
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KEZI — "Community Group Aims to Bring Tiny Affordable Houses to Cottage Grove"
Aug. 2016:
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Register Guard — "Most homeless aren’t outsiders"
May 2016:
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Register Guard — "Eugene's Second Tiny Home Community"
Mar. 2016:
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Yakima Herald — "Micro-housing for the homeless: Can it work in Yakima?"
Feb. 2016:
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Smart Magazine — "Tiny House, Huge Opportunities"
Nov. 2015:
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Boise Weekly — "Applying the Lessons of Eugene to Housing Boise's Homeless"
Jul. 2015:
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Record Bee — "Tiny Houses, Big Vision"
Apr. 2015:
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The Guardian — "Can Oregon's tiny houses be part of the solution to homelessness?"
Mar. 2015:
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Eugene Weekly — "The Emerald Village"
Jan. 2015:
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Buzzfeed — "Home Petite Home"
Nov. 2014:
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The Oregonian — "Tiny houses for the homeless thrive in Eugene"
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City Lab — "Eugene Oregon's Radical Solution to Homelessness"
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North Coast Journal — "It's time for an Opportunity Village"
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Times-Standard — "Common ground: Creating opportunities for change"
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The Union — "Nevada County seeks to create homeless village"
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Aug. 2014:
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Inhabitat — "How Tiny House Villages Could Solve America's Homeless Epidemic"
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The Oregonian — "Tiny Houses as Affordable Housing?"
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May 2014:
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Good Times — "A Long Way From Opportunity"
Feb. 2014:
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Associated Press — "Tiny Houses Help Address Homeless Problem"
Oct. 2013:
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KLCC — "Opportunity Village: Eugene's Newest Gated Community"
