September 15th, 2012- Kimberly A.C Wilson, The Oregonian
WOODBURN — What you won’t find in Woodburn: a homegrown diner or a movie theater.
What you will find: grocery stores that carry one brand of peanut butter but dozens of distinct varieties of dried peppers.
Among the towns of Oregon’s verdant mid-Willamette Valley, Silverton has its tulip fields, Mt. Angel its beer halls, and Aurora its antiques. Woodburn is known for its eponymous outlet mall beside Interstate 5.
August 25th, 2012-April Baer, OPB News
Last night (Saturday) activists celebrated the opening of a new building designed to nurture the next generation of farmworker and immigrant activists.
Four years of fundraising and volunteer construction work have finally come to fruition for PCUN. The farmworker union and eight related organizations are launching the CAPACES Leadership Institute. It’s a development program for a community that historically lacked ways to develop young up-and-comers.
August 30, 2012-Stephen Aiguier, The Daily Blog (djcoregon.com)
For two years, migrant farmworkers in Oregon have volunteered their time fundraising and building one of the world’s most innovative commercial office buildings, free of any bank debt and with little obligation to utilities. This first example of a Passive House office building to seek certification in the United States is the new home for the Capaces Leadership Institute (CLI). Not only is this an outstanding achievement, it’s a reminder to us all in the industry about what sustainability truly means.
When the doors of the Capaces Leadership Institute open this Saturday, it will end a four-year volunteer effort to build one of the greenest commercial buildings in Oregon.
As Sustainable Business Oregon reports, the building has energy-saving features that include super-insulated walls with triple-pane windows. The building also has an eco-roof.
November 4, 2011- Richard Jones, El Hispanic News
Woodburn, OR — El futuro del diseño de edificios pequeños para oficinas en los EE.UU. probablemente estará muy influenciado por el edificio del CAPACES Leadership Institute que ahora está tomando forma a la par de la sede de Pineros y Campesinos Unidos del Noroeste (PCUN) en la Calle Young en Woodburn.
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