A message from ROW founder Brian Clem:
When I first ran for the Oregon legislature in 2006, I had thousands of conversations with my neighbors in Salem. On some issues, we fundamentally disagreed. On others, we were fully aligned. But here’s what always made me most hopeful:
When we sat down together and talked respectfully about our hopes, our fears and our values, we could almost always find common ground. We were united in what we loved about our state and valued most. That unity of purpose allowed us to move towards common sense solutions for our future.
That’s the Oregon Way
A message from ROW founder Brian Clem:
When I first ran for the Oregon legislature in 2006, I had thousands of conversations with my neighbors in Salem. On some issues, we fundamentally disagreed. On others, we were fully aligned. But here’s what always made me most hopeful:
When we sat down together and talked respectfully about our hopes, our fears and our values, we could almost always find common ground. We were united in what we loved about our state and valued most. That unity of purpose allowed us to move towards common sense solutions for our future.
That’s the Oregon Way
We’re all in this together
Oregonians experience the results of The Oregon Way every day in our innovative land use, growth and conservation policies. Our state’s most successful leaders like Tom McCall and Bob Straub developed the Oregon Way to get big things done and pioneer a better approach on problems that seemed intractable.
We need to Renew the Oregon Way in our state’s leadership to keep Oregon special and help fix what’s ailing our troubled democracy.
We believe in public service, civil discourse, respectful debate and thinking outside the box to find common-sense solutions. It’s that spirit of looking for good ideas wherever they come from, and researching best practices, that can overcome political barriers on critical issues.
We’ll be working to update and improve this roadmap for problem solving – and to help inform the public, so our leaders can find positive solutions for all our communities in a functional and collaborative manner.
We hope you’ll join us as we work to Renew the Oregon Way.
We’re ALL in this together.
Our founding members
Our founding members
Brian Clem
During his 15 years in the Oregon House, Brian Clem cleared the way for continued development of Washington County — the state’s second most populous county — and protected the headwaters of the Metolius River in Central Oregon.
Caddy McKeown
Former State Representative Caddy McKeown was born and raised in Coos Bay. Her public service began on the Coos Bay school board, where she served for 11 years and later was appointed to the to the Board of Commissioners of Coos Bay. In 2012, she was elected to represent coastal portions of Coos, Douglas, Lane and Lincoln counties in the Oregon House of Representatives where she served until 2020.
ARNIE ROBLAn
Former State Senator Arnie Roblan’s commitment to his community long precedes his election to public office. He was a founding board member of Friends of New and Sustainable Industry and served on the boards of several local organizations. He served as state senator for SD5 for 3 terms as well as 4 terms as Representative for House District 9 & two terms as Co-Speaker.
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