INVESTMENT POLICY GUIDELINES

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William A. Grant Water and Environmental Center
Expansion Project on the campus of Walla Walla
Community College
U.S. Economic Development Administration Investmen
t Review Committee January 26, 2009
Steven VanAusdle, President, Walla Walla
Community College Eric Quaempts, Director, CTUIR
Department of Natural Resources James R.
Peterson, Vice President Administrative Services,
WWCC Mike Bireley, Water Environmental Center
Director
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Our shared vision . . . is to create a healthy
ecosystem with clean, clear, and cold surface and
groundwater supplies capable of sustaining salmon
and other aquatic life while meeting the
agricultural and other economic, cultural, and
domestic use requirements of the region.
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WATER ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER EXPANSION Investing
In Our Regional Economy and Environment
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Skin in the Game
Private 40,000
CTUIR 1,000,000
Local Capital Funds 100,000
EDA 3,214,118
Walla Walla County/ Port of Walla Walla 300,000
CTED, Innovation Partnership Zone 25,000
State Capital Construction Funds 1,750,000
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Market-Based and Results Driven

• Results Driven
• Job Creation
• Job Enhancement
• Increase Gross Regional Product
• Salmon Recovery
• Value-Added Agriculture
• Urban and Rural Water Conservation and
  Restoration
• Flow for Flexibility
• Improved Water Quality
• Growth Management
• Catalyst for Water and Environmental Regional
  Cluster

• Market-Based
• County Comprehensive Economic Development Plan
• CTUIR First Foods Initiative
• Watershed Management Plan
• Global Competitiveness Council Initiative
• Economic Development Commission Infrastructure
  Initiative
• Department of Ecology Goal
• College Value and Goal

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Organizational Leadership

• WWCC is experienced in project management and has
  the professional staff to successfully deliver
  this project and program.
• CTUIR is also experienced in project and program
  management and is involved in planning this
  project and the entire Watershed Ecology Program.
• The Enology and Viticulture Program, recently
  identified by the Department of Commerce as one
  of the three best practices in rural economic
  development in the United States, is evidence of
  WWCCs innovative and entrepreneurial leadership
  ability.
• Creation of the William A. Grant Water and
  Environmental Center, and the collaborative work
  underway at the Center in water management,
  sustainability, technology transfer, and
  collaborative leadership development, is further
  evidence of leadership ability.

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Health Science Facility
Center for Enology and Viticulture
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Long-Term RegionalEconomic Benefits

• Improving the water infrastructure is a stated
  strategy in Walla Walla Countys Comprehensive
  Economic Development Plan.
• An adequate supply of cold, clean water is
  critical to the CTUIR realizing their vision for
  the future.
• Water conservation, improved efficiencies, and
  storage are strategies to increase stream flows
  for fish and provide water for the growing wine,
  tourism, and agricultural clusters.
• The Water Center could be the seed for a Water
  Cluster in the region.
• Best practices in shared governance, research,
  technology transfer, entrepreneurial
  collaborative leadership training,
  sustainability, and education will be shared
  regionally, nationally, and globally
  (transportable model).
• Economic and environmental restoration will
  benefit future generations.

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Coordinated Collaborative
Co-Locators
Additional Collaborators
Initiatives

• Corps of Engineers
• PNNL
• Ruckelshaus Center
• WSU/OSU
• Other Community Technical Colleges
• State Dept. of Ecology
• State Legislators
• Congress
• Wine Alliance
• Port of Walla Walla
• Environmental Community
• Irrigation Districts
• Conservation Districts
• City of Walla Walla
• State of Oregon
• Ag Center of Excellence
• Sustainable Living Center
• Tri-State Steelheaders

Education and Training
WWCC
CTUIR
Values
Teamwork
Research and Restoration
Entrepreneurship
Mission
Technology Transfer
Salmon Recovery Board
Vision Create a healthy ecosystem capable of
sustaining salmon while meeting the economic,
cultural, and domestic use requirements of the
region
Sustainability
Integrity
Excellence
Diversity
Innovation
Personal/ Professional Growth
Learning Opportunities
Economic, environmental, and cultural
sustainability
Health and Humor
Sense of Community
Alliance
Advocacy
Shared Governance, Flow for Flex, Water Banking
Watershed Partnership
Ecology
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Funding Priorities

• Long-Term, Coordinated, and Collaborative
  Regional Economic Development
• Innovation and Competitiveness
• Entrepreneurship
• Linking Regional Economy to Global Marketplace

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Cultural Preservation andEconomic Development

• This region has a rich Native American history.
  The First Foods Initiative of CTUIR includes a
  vision and a strategy that is having a
  significant influence on the Watershed Ecology
  Program and will be helpful in establishing a new
  environmental ethic.
• Cultural recognition, understanding, and
  preservation will be central to our work.
  Optimizing the benefits of cultural diversity
  will enhance our chances of creating a much
  better ecosystem and economic system.

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Spring Chinook Returns to Walla Walla River at
Nursery Bridge Fish Ladder
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