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Wasco County staff voice support for placing $15 million Google SIP dollars in proposed endowment (opens the original)
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THE DALLES â Wasco County staff members voiced support for a plan to place $15 million in tax abatement windfall from Google into an endowment that county administration estimates would earn between $2-$5 million a year after a 15-year maturity period. During this hands-off time to allow the money to accumulate compounding interest, the proposed ordinance directs the county to put a âsmaller but significantâ additional investment into this fund every year from future abatement payments, wh
Wasco County’s proposed endowment would hold Google SIP funds for 15 years (opens the original)
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One of six Google data centers either active or under construction in The Dalles. THE DALLES â While Wasco Countyâs primary source of income is property taxes and funds provided from the state and federal government, one-time cash infusions from large businesses setting up shop, like Googleâs Strategic Investment Program (SIP) funds, have ranked at the top of the countyâs revenue sources for the past few years as the region has attracted new and expanding businesses. With these influxes
Wasco County Landfill agrees to pay full cost of new road redirecting heavy truck traffic (opens the original)
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THE DALLES â For years, residents living near the Wasco County Landfill south of The Dalles have voiced concerns about sharing the road with a growing volume of heavy long-distance truck traffic navigating the winding, sometimes steep residential roads leading to the landfill. Now, the county has approved an agreement with the landfill to pursue a brand-new road separating traffic and giving trucks their own pathway from Highway 197 to the landfill â a plan the landfill has agreed to pay for
Nichols appointed (opens the original)
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THE DALLES â After several weeks of deliberation, the Wasco County board nominated and directly appointed Gorge Commission member and longtime journalist Rodger Nichols to finish the late Commissioner Phil Bradyâs term July 15. Before naming their nominee, Commission Chair Scott Hege and Commissioner Jeff Justesen shared that they had considered proceeding with the year leaving Bradyâs seat empty, but that they were concerned about the vulnerability of having only two out of three commissi
Rodger Nichols appointed to finish Phil Brady’s term on Wasco County board (opens the original)
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THE DALLES â After several weeks of deliberation, the Wasco County board nominated and directly appointed Gorge Commission member and longtime journalist Rodger Nichols to finish the late Commissioner Phil Bradyâs term July 15. Before naming their nominee, Commission Chair Scott Hege and Commissioner Jeff Justesen shared that they had considered proceeding with the year leaving Bradyâs seat empty, but that they were concerned about the vulnerability of having only two out of three commissi
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