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Meet Jerry Oelerich, Senior Analyst
Where are you from and where do you live now? I grew up in Iowa along the Mississippi River. I remember that there were a lot of cornfields, but I don’t like corn! So perhaps that wasn’t the ideal setting for me. My family moved to the Pacific Northwest when I was a teenager and…
Tyler VickSchool District Planning Takes Center Stage at FLO’s WASBO Conference Presentation
Join us for a presentation on the fundamentals of successful school district planning activities, focusing on enrollment forecasting, school siting, and boundary reviews. We will cover how to plan for these activities, how to do them, and why doing them is important. Central Valley School District staff will speak to their planning best practices, so…
Jerry OelerichNow Working at FLO: New Professionals Join the Team!
Get to know the newest members of the FLO team! Alison Guse, GIS technician, has a diverse background in GIS, environmental science, and environmental engineering. She has served as project manager for several air- and water-related projects, most recently for an environmental consulting firm in Southern California. She is uniquely experienced with integrating air dispersion…
Leora WernerWhat You Need to Know About GIS for Land Trusts
After working with land trusts across the Northwest and with nonprofit land trust advocates Coalition of Oregon Land Trusts and Land Trust Alliance, senior GIS analyst Jenny Axelrod has some thoughts on how conservation organizations can use GIS to make data-driven decisions that move their conservation goals forward. We sat down for an interview with…
Jennifer AxelrodResults for "Humanitarian"
In January 2014, Mercy Corps, a nonprofit international development organization, contracted with us to conduct a GIS needs assessment and deploy preliminary GIS operations for a USD $60 million DFID-funded water, sanitation and hygiene (WaSH)...
Grant Herbert, GISP