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Sweet Home council seeks options to reduce downtown vacancies; staff to compile inventory and research supports
Summary
Councilors discussed a long‑standing downtown vacancy problem, reviewed a 2023 vacancy figure and community survey responses, and asked staff to prepare an updated property inventory and research grant and incentive options; no ordinance or fines were proposed.
At a Sweet Home City Council work session, councilors discussed strategies to reduce downtown commercial vacancies and asked staff to prepare an updated inventory of city‑owned properties and vacant storefronts and to research potential funding and incentive options.
City staff reminded the council that, as of 2023, there were 23 vacant buildings on Main Street and Long Street and noted that the downtown vacancy reduction goal had been on the council work plan in prior years without…
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