The Oregon Community Foundation, in collaboration with Meyer Memorial Trust, The Ford Family Foundation and American Red Cross created a collaborative fund in 2020 called the Community Rebuilding fund to help assist communities impacted by the 2020 wildfires. McKenzie Community Communications applied for funding through this program for an emergency GMRS Repeater Network for use […]
The McKenzie Communications team officially placed their first McKenzie Free WiFi hotspot in March of 2021 to replace the once taken down by the Oregon Internet Response (OIR) team. The hotspot is located in the parking lot between Takodas and Blue Sky Market. The free internet hotspot was installed with the help of technology partners, […]
McKenzie Community Communications was officially incorporated on February 20th, 2021. The mission of MCC is to create a more reliable, resilient communications infrastructure for the McKenzie River Valley. MCC was formed in the aftermath of the Holiday Farm Fire by Ken Engelman, Steve Severin and Kevin Leinbach who all formed the original board of directors. […]