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New Department of Aviation Master Plan Process Negates Published Master Plan

Jul 18, 2019 | Aurora Airport Expansion

In advance of the August 1 Oregon State Aviation Board meeting, a new document appeared as part of the read-ahead material for Aviation Board members. That document, the new Dept. of Aviation Master Plan Process flowchart, aims to define agency master planning so it...

City of Wilsonville Communicates Position to Dept. of Aviation

Jun 14, 2019 | Aurora Airport Expansion

Following the recent public disclosures made by the Dept. of Aviation that the so-called master plan for the Aurora Airport resulting from the recent master plan process has not been legally adopted by the State Aviation Board, the City of Wilsonville sent a position...

Dept. of Aviation confirms no legally adopted Master Plan for Aurora Airport

Apr 30, 2019 | Aurora Airport Expansion

Recent efforts by the Oregon Dept. of Aviation (ODA) to expand the Aurora State Airport through a $37 million grant application to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in October 2018 has raised again an underlying, open question unanswered for several years: Is...

Oregon Solutions Assessment Report Identifies Sixteen Substantive Issues Concerning the Aurora State Airport

Jan 18, 2019 | Aurora Airport Expansion

AURORA, OR, January 18, 2019 On Dec. 12, 2018, Oregon Solutions (College of Urban and Public Affairs at Portland State University) delivered to the Legislative Emergency Board a requested Assessment Report regarding the Aurora State Airport. The legislative request...

City of Wilsonville rebuttal letter to Emergency Board Hearings

Oct 24, 2018 | Aurora Airport Expansion

On Thursday, Oct. 23, Mayor Tim Knapp, Mayor of the City of Wilsonville sent a “letter to correct the record” to Legislative Leadership and members of the Legislative Emergency Board to address and rebut the wild and incorrect information made at the Emergency Board...
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Harvesting wheat and straw in the French Prairie at Fargo, circa 1912. Courtesy of Salem Public Library, Oregon Historic Photograph Collection.

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