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Wallowa County approves $102,000 grant to Waitsburg for pool-to-ice-rink conversion

5518226 · July 28, 2025
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Summary

The county approved Proposal 20-250-728 to award Wallowa County's portion of economic development sales tax funds to the City of Waitsburg for converting a condemned pool site into a seasonal artificial ice rink and summer skate park; the county said the project met program criteria and the city pledged local match.

The Wallowa County Board of Commissioners voted July 28 to approve a grant to the City of Waitsburg for $102,000 from the county’s allocation of economic development sales-tax funds for a pool-site conversion project. City Manager Randy Hinchliffe told the board the city closed and filled its historic pool (built in 1925) after structural failure and other issues and now plans to install an artificial ‘glice’ rink surface and related improvements so the site can serve as a winter ice rink and a summer…

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