Category Archives: Washington County Government

Development News February 2023

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• West Union Gas Station proposal approved by Hearings Officer

• Neighborhood Commercial to Residential?

WashCo News January 2023

• Housing voucher waitlist
• Participants needed for Veterans History Project
• Washington County 2023 Legislative Agendas
• Boards and Commissions Vacancies
• Land Use and Transportation Annual Report

What is Cedar Mill?

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In some ways you could more easily approach this issue as, “What Cedar Mill isn’t.” It is not a city or town. It doesn’t have its own zip code. Its only official designation is “a census-designated place” on the census map.

Neighborhood Streets Program: A county program needing reform

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Urban unincorporated Washington County—for example Aloha, Bethany and Cedar Mill—are expanding rapidly. And for many neighborhoods that can mean streets suddenly change from being local roads to major traffic collectors. The result is often an increase in speeding and traffic accidents. It makes other road users, like cyclists and pedestrians, feel unsafe. In my neighborhood in North Bethany, Joss/Brugger Avenue was intended to be a neighborhood street but, due to delayed development of new larger streets around us, Joss has become a permanent traffic collector.

Washington County News November 2022

• Commissioner District adjustments gets approval
• County appeals flavored tobacco ruling
• County seeks public input about broadband service
• “Operation Green Light” supports local veterans
• Washington County provides integrated homeless services

Saltzman Affordable Housing

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County and housing leaders, neighbors, and partners gathered together in late September to celebrate the Saltzman Road Apartments groundbreaking and learn more about this new community slated to open in October 2023.

WashCo News October 2022

• County rolls out new website design
• Boards & Commissions vacancies
• Sign up for WashCo alerts
• HHS promotes Repair Fairs
• WashCo awards $2M to hire community health workers and improve COVID-19 health literacy
• Help your community access free interpretation for government-funded services

September 2022 Road News

We asked LUT Public Affairs and Communications Manager Melissa De Lyser for an update on the various road projects in progress or scheduled for the roads we travel.

CPO News September 2022

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September meeting agenda: Recycle+ How-to; WashCo Housing

WashCo News

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• Redesigned county website debuting in September
• Budget-focused Town Hall meeting
• We want your feedback to make our community safer!

August 8 update

• Commissioner Districts Survey
• Neighborhood meeting for 9495 SW Taylor St
• Paving schedules
• Fall Care Fair for afterschool programs
• Flea Market at the Skyline Grange
• WashCo Bikes Repair Clinic
• Storytimes in different languages
• Water District proposes rate hike, offers listening sessions
• Fall Native Plant Sale at THPRD Nature Center
• James Recycling Event at Columbia Sportswear

CPO 1 News August 2022

• Neighborhood meetings
• Development applications
• Gas station next to a wetland
• Cedar Hills Apartments
• Leahy Estates appeal is denied
• CPO 1 July meeting notes

Road News August 2022

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• Help plan Washington County’s transportation future
• Dangerous sidewalk puddle gets fixed

WashCo News

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• Transit Development Plan and Survey
• Commissioner boundary changes
• Washington County Boards and Commissions position openings

Thompson Crossing decision raises questions about county planning

We asked Stephen Roberts, Director of Washington County’s Land Use and Transportation Department (LUT) to clarify the department’s reasoning in allowing the exceptions to county standards and plans for the Thompson Crossing development. While he didn’t explicitly answer every question, we’re including his responses below.