We're creating equitable economic development and family-wage rural and urban jobs from sustainable wood products that are grown and manufactured in Oregon.
The U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) has awarded Oregon Mass Timber Coalition a $41.4 million Build Back Better grant to advance Oregon’s sustainable mass timber sector. This investment will drive jobs, sustainable forestry, and mass timber housing.
The Coalition is a partnership between Oregon’s leading research universities and government agencies.
The T2 Building Innovation Hub is a signature project of the Oregon Mass Timber Coalition, led by the Port of Portland.
Located on the 53-acre Terminal 2 site in Portland, the facility will build and supply mass timber panels for modular homes, which will be barged and trucked from Terminal 2 to communities in need around Oregon.
An Oregon group working to produce affordable housing and boost the state’s timber industry will get a big infusion of federal funds, the White House announced Friday.
The Oregon Mass Timber Coalition will receive more than $41 million from the Biden Administration to expand the use of mass timber in housing — particularly affordable housing that could help ease the state’s housing crisis.
The strong, sustainable building material may help revitalise forests.
Mass timber is emerging as an innovative solution to our growing need for housing. By taking lower-value wood fiber and pressing it into panels for modular home construction, mass timber products can speed up housing production while creating jobs and supporting forest restoration.
The new year-round pavilion under construction for the Eugene farmer's market is being constructed of mass timber.
The two-story center will replace two old buildings, including a former grocery store with no windows. Plans include mass timber and mass plywood materials for the building.