Sep 3, 2025 | Aurora Airport Expansion
You might have missed it since the master plan process has gone on so long (since late 2021), and so many issues have surfaced about the process itself and specific deficiencies with the mast plan document, to say nothing of condemning private property and moving a...
Jun 15, 2025 | Aurora Airport Expansion
On June 5th we received the response to a Public Records Request from the Governor’s Office regarding the March 3 “town hall” meeting held at the Aurora State Airport that was organized by Beth Wytoski of Regional Solutions. If you don’t know, Regional Solutions is...
Jan 20, 2025 | Aurora Airport Expansion
The Current Aurora State Airport Master Plan Process On December 29, 2025, the Oregon Department of Aviation (ODAV) issued a statement driven by the settlement of the Circuit Court case brought against them by City of Aurora. It read: Developing the new Master Plan...
Aug 1, 2024 | Aurora Airport Expansion
AURORA, OR: Today the nonprofit land-use conservation organization Friends of French Prairie announces the establishment of a people’s petition opposed to the planned expansion of the Aurora State Airport. Ben Williams, President of Friends of French Prairie, said...
May 25, 2024 | Aurora Airport Expansion
Should citizens, members of the public, have the legal right to challenge government decisions or seek enforcement when a government agency chooses not to comply with the law! Not according to a recent Circuit Court ruling which not only challenges that public right,...
May 17, 2024 | Aurora Airport Expansion
In November of 2021 the Oregon Dept. of Aviation (ODAV) launched a new master planning process using Century West Engineering as their aviation consultant and JLA Public Involvement as their facilitator. As we reported to members in an email at the time: On Tuesday,...
