UrbanForm Named SEDCOR's Innovative Product of the Year
Yesterday in Salem, SEDCOR (the Strategic Economic Development Corporation) gave UrbanForm its 2026 Innovative Product/Process of the Year award at the Annual Awards & Membership Meeting.
We're honored. We also know this award belongs to a lot of people, so we're going to name as many of them as we can.
The SEDCOR team. Thank you to President Erik Andersson, Director of Operations Jenni Kistler, Marketing & Engagement Manager Naureen Khan, and Economic Development Manager Alex Paraskevas, who hosted and coordinated the event. A special thank you to Economic Development Manager Abisha Romano, who has championed UrbanForm Yamhill at every turn and kept the work moving forward.
The SEDCOR Board of Directors. Thank you to Chair Scott Snyder, Vice Chair Cyrus Ward, Secretary/Treasurer Ryan Mosgrove, Immediate Past Chair Tony Schacher, and executive committee members Erik Frisk, Tim Murphy, and Liz Schaecher. Thank you also to directors Ryan Allbritton, Marin Arreola, Curt Arthur, Ricardo Baez, Theresa Beach, Jeremy Brown, Shawn Daley, Rich Duncan, Margaret Gander-Vo, Jessica Howard, Mayor Julie Hoy, Kent Kaufman, Commissioner Lyle Mordhorst, Kim Parker-Llerenas, Jesse Peters, Jan Looking Wolf Reibach, Scott Salazar, Kate Schwarzler, Jon Schaub, Victoria Shinn, Matt Sturzen, and Renata Wakeley. We know you all had a part in selecting the awards, so we're very grateful.
The cities and county of UrbanForm Yamhill. Eleven jurisdictions built this together: the Cities of Amity, Carlton, Dayton, Dundee, Lafayette, McMinnville, Newberg, Sheridan, Willamina, City of Yamhill, and Yamhill County. Our thanks to:
Branden Dross and Amanda Perron in Lafayette. Branden's advocacy has been relentless.
Mayor Kim Morris, Heather Richards, John Paskell, Claudia Cisneros, and Chris Chenoweth in McMinnville.
Scot Siegel, Leanne Wagener, Bill Rosacker, and Will Worthey in Newberg.
Mayor Vickie Hernandez and Bridget Meneley in Willamina.
Nathan Frarck in Amity and Jeremy Caudle in Dayton.
Commissioners Kit Johnston and Bubba King at Yamhill County.
And every planner, GIS technician, and elected official who answered our questions.
Our partners. Thank you to McRae Carmichael and the Mid-Willamette Valley Council of Governments (MWVCOG). Thank you to the Newberg Workforce Housing Consortium and its employer partners A-dec, George Fox University, and Providence.
Thank you to the Missing Middle Housing Fund: Nathan Wildfire, Amy Snyder, and Ryan Olsen. And thank you to Patty Herzog and the McMinnville Economic Development Partnership for convening the Yamhill County Economic Development Alliance.
Our team. Thank you to everyone at UrbanForm.
UrbanForm Yamhill is live and free for everyone at yam.urbanform.us. You can read how it came together in our case study.
Thank you, SEDCOR. Thank you, Yamhill County. Let's keep going.
Quang Truong, AIA, Co-founder & CEO
All photos by F Miller Photography.
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