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Gorge Commission faces budget cut, delays key IT and planning projects

3645868 · May 13, 2025
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Summary

The Columbia River Gorge Commission learned May 13 that a recommended funding match to Washington will reduce its budget and place projects — including a database migration and Klickitat County planning support — on hold while staff draft a pared-down work plan.

The Columbia River Gorge Commission was told May 13 that a recommended change in the Oregon Ways and Means subcommittee would reduce the agency’s near-term budget and force staff to reprioritize work for the next one to two years. Executive Director Christina Volodymykoski said the subcommittee recommended sending the Commission’s budget to full Ways and Means with a figure “that amount is 1,561,000.”

Volodymykoski said commissioners should expect a draft work plan next month that reflects reduced resources and that some activities will be put on hold until Oregon and Washington can consider supplemental funding…

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