Elevate Othello News Today

OTHELLO – Othello’s recently formed Hispanic Committee will be partnering with the Othello Rotary Club to put on the city’s first Cinco de Mayo celebration May 4 at Lions Park. The free festivities will go from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.

OTHELLO – Othello’s Rural Community Leadership Program, a program under the Elevate Othello umbrella, had its third session and second in-person session November 30 at SkillSource’s Othello location and is going well, according to the program’s organizers. The leadership program is led by Christine Gilmore, the leadership services business manager with Rural Development Initiatives, Inc., the organization in charge of partnering with local agencies to implement the Elevate Othello progra...

OTHELLO – Organizers of the Elevate Othello project will be holding a community meeting and dinner in Spanish and English Friday from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Othello Church of the Nazarene to discuss community priorities and advancements in Othello.

OTHELLO – Since hiring Program Director Angela Kudsk earlier in the year, Lighthouse Café has developed a slew of after-school activities, job growth and education programs and community programs, which Kudsk presented during her first quarterly report at the Othello City Council meeting Oct. 9...

OTHELLO – Rural Development Initiatives Inc. will be delivering a Rural Community Leadership Program to Othello funded by the United States Department of Agriculture’s Rural Placemaking Innovation Challenge. The hybrid in-person and online program will begin Oct. 12 and end April 11...

OTHELLO — Othello residents are invited for some ice cream and a wide-ranging discussion about increasing opportunities in town Saturday afternoon. Organizers of the “Elevate Othello” project will host an ice cream social from 3 to 5 p.m. Saturday at Othello City Hall, 500 E. Main St., to talk about what they’ve learned so far, and where residents want to go from here.