Wilsonville staff recommends OED 0.85% employment forecast for 20-year land needs; BLI finds 366 acres of unconstrained employment land

Wilsonville planning staff and consultant Echo Northwest presented the citywide portion of the Industrial Land Readiness project on Aug. 4, sharing a buildable lands inventory and a range of employment-growth scenarios meant to drive the Economic Opportunities Analysis (EOA). Staff recommended using the Oregon Employment Department (OED) forecast of 0.85% annual growth for the 2026–2046 planning horizon as a reasonable middle-ground scenario. The recommendation followed a discussion of local and regional trends and a planning commission review that found the methodology and preliminary findings reasonable.

The presentation summarized the BLI methodology and preliminary inventory: staff identified land designated for employment (commercial, industrial, town center and undesignated land planned for industrial uses), classified parcels as vacant, partially vacant or developed, and removed constrained areas such as floodways, mapped steep…