Mission & Vision
Mission:
To invigorate communities by tying historical identities to modern workforce needs.
We do this primarily by brokering relationships between k-12 education and Professionals in Forestry and related sectors.
Vision & Statements:
Trajectory envisions a world where production and conservation work in harmony.
We believe that a workforce is the heart of a community and seek to align public perceptions with local industries.
We uphold resiliency as a characteristic by utilizing the pillars of Community Engagement, Workforce Adaptation, and Education.
Trajectory plots where a community comes from, where it is, and where it could be.
So, What The Heck Does That Mean?
Towns and cities form because of economic development in an area. An influx of people utilizing resources then requires support services and a town is born. In Oregon, most of the cities were founded around the Timber Industry. The secret is that the foresters and loggers that were the reason for Oregon's booming success haven't actually gone anywhere... Oregon is still the largest producer of softwood timber in the country and has been for almost a hundred years.
A state can't do that without rigorous replanting and active management, something that frequently gets left out of rhetoric and debates. Growing forests sequester carbon and provide multiple biozones for flora and fauna. They also provide over 60,000 jobs in nurseries, reforesting, sustainability management, logging/harvest, transportation, and mills; the jobs are also above average Oregon incomes.
Those Oregonians, and all Oregonians, pride themselves on their love of the forest. Even more than that, we all pride ourselves on being good stewards of the land as well. The whole world is looking for renewable and sustainable materials to replace the carbon-intense materials of concrete, steel, and plastics; Oregon stands ready with something that has been with us for eons... wood.
Mass Timber is coming to the US and around the world in a big way. New technologies in wood architecture provide a more ecologically minded building material, incredible flexibility, and amazing strength-to-weight ratios. Manufacturers and Suppliers are setting up in Oregon. The future of large construction is going to be created with renewable resources and more green technologies.
