In September of 2020, Blue River, the hub of the McKenzie River Valley, burned to the ground in the Holiday Farm fire. Elevate Technology Group, along with half a dozen other key community partners, is building back the region's internet infrastructure through project OVERCOME. The project is funding a "permanent second internet backhaul route into the McKenzie Valley based on wireless microwave technology...extended into the valley with the construction of a new solar-powered terrestrial communications tower."