Jul 10, 2017 | Aurora Airport Expansion
At the beginning of the current 2015 legislative session, Sen. Fred Girod (R-Silverton) put forward Senate Bill 534, which will enable cities to provide water and sewer to airports without annexation into the city. This bill is not only unnecessary because provision...
Jun 17, 2017 | Traffic Safety in French Prairie
On September 7th, nearly 200 residents of the North Marion County/French Prairie area gathered at the Donald Fire Station for a community meeting to raise concerns over the safety of our roads – and our local officials heard us. We need to use this opportunity to gain...
Jun 8, 2017 | Traffic Safety in French Prairie
The first site to be developed in the Donald Industrial Park, on the city’s north boundary facing Butteville Road, is a massive (approx. 240,000 sq. ft.) building divided into two parts. The north portion (119,925 sq. ft.) will be the new Hazelnut Growers of Oregon...
Jun 1, 2017 | Traffic Safety in French Prairie
The September Traffic Safety Agenda meeting was followed by a second meeting in St. Paul on March 21, chaired by Mayor Kim Wallis with Marion County Commissioners Sam Brentano and Kevin Cameron, plus Alan Haley, Director of Public Works, Julia Uravich, Traffic...
Jun 1, 2015 | Documents & Regulations
French Prairie has among the best quality soils in the United States, the result of deposition of high quality soil in the Willamette Valley during the Missoula Flood some 10,000 years ago. Generally speaking the soil quality is highest to the north (in French...