Downtown project to preserve history, add to housing inventory SPRINGFIELD – The team working on 448 Main St. is refurbishing the building to celebrate its history while adding new apartments…
Downtown project to preserve history, add to housing inventory SPRINGFIELD – The team working on 448 Main St. is refurbishing the building to celebrate its history while adding new apartments…
Fleck still vulnerable with Cottage Grove council recall signatures COTTAGE GROVE – Chief petitioner Michael Borke turned in all signatures for the potential recall of councilors Mike Fleck, Chalice Savage,…
Fleck still vulnerable with Cottage Grove council recall signatures COTTAGE GROVE – Chief petitioner Michael Borke turned in all signatures for the potential recall of councilors Mike Fleck, Chalice Savage,…
SPRINGFIELD – For every new business, celebrating milestones is something sweet. That’s especially true for Downtown Springfield’s dessert shop, Main Street Sweets, which celebrated its first birthday on Nov. 1.…
SPRINGFIELD – For every new business, celebrating milestones is something sweet. That’s especially true for Downtown Springfield’s dessert shop, Main Street Sweets, which celebrated its first birthday on Nov. 1.…
The Pleasant Hill Billies volleyball team has had the Creswell Bulldogs’ number this season, sweeping the Bulldogs in both of the matches they’ve played. As both teams advanced last Saturday…
The Pleasant Hill Billies volleyball team has had the Creswell Bulldogs’ number this season, sweeping the Bulldogs in both of the matches they’ve played. As both teams advanced last Saturday…
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Creswell development at standstill on west side for the foreseeable future
Shown above is an aerial view of the west side of Creswell, which is currently subject to a moratorium on development. The City’s moratorium went into effect on Aug. 14 due to strict sanctions from the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) following Creswell’s permit violations regarding its wastewater management. BOBBY STEVENS / CHRONICLE ARCHIVE PHOTO
CRESWELL – The City of Creswell is in violation with the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality. Now, as the City stares down the barrel of a moratorium, it’s dukes up between the two entities, in what the city manager calls “a David-and-Goliath situation.”
In a nutshell, the DEQ has placed development restrictions on the west side of town until the deemed improvements to its wastewater systems are overhauled into compliance.
With limitations in place, development on the west side of town has come to a near standstill – a problem that City officials say could persist for seven years or more – with detrimental effects for the City, its citizens, its developers, and its future identity.
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