Our Work
IVCanDO does a lot of things! Our programs and projects cover 7 broad categories. Explore our past and present work below.
Cave Junction Farmers Market
The mission of the Cave Junction Farmers’ Market is to support our local community of farmers and families by providing a vibrant marketplace for all to gather. Cave [...]
Historic Cascadia Signage Project: Redwood Hwy. 199
Historic Cascadia Signage Project: Redwood Hwy. 199 This project aims to follow 2015’s highly successful Oregon Caves Hwy. 46 Historic Signage Project, which revived the 1930’s era Cascadia style [...]
Tourism & Recreation Planning
Tourism & Recreation Planning Cave Junction Parks and Recreation Masterplan This grant-funded masterplan was led by IVCanDo's Roger Brandt in close collaboration with the City [...]
Illinois River Forks State Park
Illinois River Forks State Park Adopt-A-Park Agreement IVCDO led the community effort to re-open and renovate Forks State Park. An important piece of that process was a collaborative [...]
Revolving Loan Fund (RLF)
Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) The Revolving Loan Fund began in 2000 to provide financing for small businesses in the Illinois Valley and throughout Josephine County. Through partnership support from [...]
RiverStars Performing Arts
Riverstars Performing Arts RiverStars Performing Arts cultivates youth voice and power using dance and theatre to galvanize community action. RiverStars Performing [...]
Illinois Valley Network & IV Web
Illinois Valley Network of Nonprofits In a parallel effort to The Ford Family Community Leadership Institute training, Illinois Valley nonprofits began to develop a community-wide network to improve [...]
Valley Girls
Valley Girls The Valley Girls Quilt Show promotes the traditions of quilting, displays the talents of local quilters, and financially supports the youth of the Illinois Valley with [...]
Fire & Fuels Reduction
Josephine County Fire Fuels Reduction Tapping into a range of state and federal funds, Josephine County engaged IVCanDO for public outreach and contract management to remove dead brush [...]
The I.V. Emergency Prepare Fair
The I.V. Emergency Prepare Fair After what many called the snow-pocalypse in early January 2017, annual threats of wildfires, and the ever impending danger of a Cascadia subduction zone [...]
Kerby Water District
Kerby Water District This complex project took over 10 years to complete. Partnership with IVCanDO linked Kerby property owners and Josephine County to win $3.2M in grant and loan [...]
Child Care Cohort
Small Business Cohorts Child Care Business Cohort IVCanDo’s Child Care Business Cohort formed in response to a severe lack of childcare providers in the Illinois Valley. Working in cross-sector [...]
Josephine County Commissioner Candidate Forum
Virtual Candidate Forums On April 15th 2020, the Illinois Valley Community Development Organization hosted the Josephine County Position 2 Commissioner Candidate Virtual Forum via Zoom. Over 50 people [...]
Beyond Boom & Bust
Beyond Boom & Bust Beyond Boom & Bust is a performance production company cultivating economic and social resilience in rural southwestern Oregon. The initiative launched with a documentary [...]
IVCanDonate
Cans For Kids IVCanDonate is a bottle and can donation station in downtown Cave Junction. Through the Cans for Kids program, proceeds go directly to youth programs in [...]
COVID Relief Grants
COVID Relief Grants In partnership with Josephine County, the state of Oregon and other local organizations, IVCDO helped distribute over $585,000 of grants (as of September 2021) within [...]
Chamber of Commerce Partnership
Chamber of Commerce Partnership IVCDO provides financial services to the Illinois Valley Chamber of Commerce, which assists businesses in the Illinois Valley. Visit IV Chamber Website [...]
Community Capacity Building
Community Capacity Building IVCDO offers technical assistance to all kinds of local groups and initiatives. We participate in local committees and boards, offer consulting services, assist in project [...]
Illinois Valley Emergency Relief Fund
Illinois Valley Emergency Relief Fund In response to the Slater Fire, IVCDO began raising funds to better respond to future emergencies in the Illinois Valley. The contributions aim [...]