Rendering of aerial view of the Housing Innovation Village Experience (HIVE) in Newberg, OR The Oregon Mass Timber Coalition (OMTC) and The Housing Innovation Village Experience (HIVE), produced by The Missing Middle Housing Fund (MMHF) in partnership with SEDCOR and the employers of the Newberg Workforce Housing Consortium, are excited to announce a new partnership aimed at accelerating the production of affordable, modular mass timber housing across Oregon. The OMTC is a pa

HIVE's Building and Engineering team cuts the ceremonial ribbon at HIVE on June 1, 2026. After years of vision and planning, the Housing Innovation Village Experience (HIVE) officially broke ground in Newberg on June 1, 2026. The ribbon cutting ceremony on North College Street brought together community leaders, city officials, sponsors, and supporters to mark a moment that's been years in the making. Newberg City Councilor Elise Yarnell Hollamon, SEDCOR's Abisha Romano, and

An aerial rendering of HIVE's 10 units and Community Center Standing room only. That’s how the “Coalition of the Enthusiastic” showed up on March 19 th to hear about our progress on the Housing Innovation Village Experience (HIVE) in Newberg. Business leaders, community partners, elected officials, innovators, and newly interested attendees came to Autodesk’s 6 th floor over breakfast to learn more about the future of housing. What they saw was a project that is no longer