For The Benefit Of All
High Desert Partnership brings people together to solve local problems, cooperatively. Headquartered in the heart of Harney County, we believe collaboration—the simple practice of working together—is the best way to find common ground solutions for the benefit of all. We do this by creating opportunities to listen, be heard, foster understanding, build trust, and forge unexpected relationships. By working together we ensure our local economy, natural environment, and uniquely rural way of life meet the needs of today, while creating a roadmap for future generations to follow.
In 2019, the National Policy Consensus Center, with funding from The Ford Family Foundation, partnered with HDP to create a best practices guide to inform and inspire other communities across the country to form their own collaboratives. “We don’t have all the answers,” said HDP Communications Coordinator Marla Polenz. “The guide is about sharing what High Desert Partnership has learned since 2005, and that path of learning never ceases.” Download guide.
