Chamber seeks county flexibility on bike-trail match; community group reports strategic-plan progress
Lake County Chamber Director Shelley Batty thanked the Board for a support letter on bike-trail funding, said the trails were roughed in, asked whether the Board would entertain a request for a 20% match if needed, and cited a Travel Oregon estimate projecting about $1,000,000 per year to the county after seven years; Chantal Dugied reported progress on the county strategic plan.
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During public comment at the Nov. 13 meeting, Shelley Batty, director of the Lake County Chamber of Commerce, thanked the commissioners for a letter of support for a bike-trail grant application and said the blue and green trails had been roughed in to settle over the winter. Batty said a new grant would require a 20% local match; she expected to have the match but asked whether the Board would entertain a request for county funds if she fell short. Chair Mark Albertson said the Board would entertain such a request but cautioned they were unlikely to agree to provide the funds.
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