Linn County commissioners voted 2-1 this morning to reject an application by Millersburg to add a 164-acre filbert orchard to its urban growth boundary on the town’s west side.
It was a blustery day on Tuesday when I ventured out to take a look at the site the Sofidel company has in mind for a $200 million factory to make various kinds of tissue paper.
About 120 people showed up at the Linn County Fair and Expo Center to hear about plans for a paper-making plant an Italian company wants to build in Millersburg.
Meanwhile in another corner of the mid-valley, the city of Adair Village has an idea. It would like to have a “downtown.”
The Albany City Council has voted to try to block a land division outside the city limits approved by the Linn County Board of Commissioners. The case is of interest to anyone who owns and might want to develop property within the city’s “urban growth boundary.”
Timberlab access deal saves farming district
This photo, taken on a bike ride in June 2023, comes in handy now to illustrate a historic deal that saves the Dever-Conner farming area near Millersburg from urban or industrial expansion for the next 51 years.
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