April 2, 2026 3:30 a.m. 

On Wednesday, U.S. Representative Val Hoyle announced her selected community projects that were submitted to the U.S. House Appropriations Committee as candidates to receive funding for Fiscal Year 2027.

Representative Hoyle said, “These 20 projects reflect what local communities actually need – they know best”. Representative Hoyle said, “If funded, these projects will upgrade infrastructure, advance emergency and disaster response and promote workforce development”.

Each House member was allowed to submit 20 community projects to be considered for federal funding on behalf of their congressional district to the U.S. House Appropriations Committee. The committee will work to consider what projects to include in future appropriation bills. The release said the projects Representative Hoyle selected have strong community support and were able to demonstrate to her office their value and benefit to Oregon’s Fourth Congressional District.

Among the projects, five are in Douglas County:

*$732,900 for the South 22nd Street Housing Readiness Project in the City of Reedsport.

*$2 million for a Regional Evacuation Shelter and Emergency Operations Center, which would be used by North Douglas County Fire and EMS.

*$1.8 million for the Rural Emergency Communications Reliability Project with the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office.

*$1 million for the Childcare Access Initiative to construct a new licensed childcare facility for Umpqua Community College.

*$500,000 for Sewer Line Restoration which would be used by Lower Umpqua Hospital District in Reedsport.

For more information on the proposed projects, go to: : https://hoyle.house.gov/community-funding-project-requests-2027