**AWARDS ISSUED PRIOR TO JANUARY 20, 2025, WERE FUNDED UNDER PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS AND MAY NOT REFLECT THE PRIORITIES AND POLICIES OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.** THE WOODY ORNAMENTALS DEMONSTRATION AND LEARNING LAB (WODLL) IN SALEM, OREGON WILL FURTHER WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, RESEARCH, AND EDUCATION AT CHEMEKETA COMMUNITY COLLEGE BY IMPLEMENTING THE PRODUCTION SYSTEMS USED IN OREGON TO PRODUCE WOODY ORNAMENTAL PLANTS. THE LAB WILL BE HOUSED IN A &FRAC12;-ACRE PARCEL OF CHEMEKETA'S FUTURE 5-ACRE AGRICULTURAL COMPLEX. IT WILL PROVIDE STUDENTS OPPORTUNITIES TO INSTALL, MAINTAIN, AND HARVEST POT-IN-POT, BALLED-AND-BURLAPPED, AND FIELD GROWN PLANT MATERIAL WHILE CONDUCTING RESEARCH INTO THE GROWTH, MAINTENANCE, IRRIGATION, AND PRUNING TECHNIQUES OF WOODY ORNAMENTAL PLANTS. DATA COLLECTED FROM RESEARCH WILL BE SHARED WITH INDUSTRY PARTNERS IN NEED OF MODIFYING AND IMPROVING CURRENT CULTURAL PRACTICES. OREGON'S HIGH SCHOOL HORTICULTURE TEACHERS WILL BE EXPOSED TO NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND CURRICULUM DEVELOPED BY CHEMEKETA'S FACULTY WITH INPUT FROM THE INDUSTRY.