Americorps team serving Grove region

COTTAGE GROVE — This summer, The Center for Rural Livelihoods, a nonprofit centered in Lane County and aiming to advance social, economic and ecological resilience, hosted an Americorps team that served the greater Cottage Grove region. 

The crew had a rocky start, driving from the Americorps headquarters in Denver to the Center for Rural Livelihoods’ (formerly Aprovecho) forty-acres campus six miles west of Cottage Grove. Their journey was delayed due to a COVID-19 outbreak at…