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Planning commission recommends Board adopt Clatsop County 2025 Economic Opportunities Analysis
Summary
The Clatsop County Planning Commission voted 5-0 to recommend that the Board of Commissioners adopt Ordinance 25-07, which would incorporate a 2025 Economic Opportunities Analysis into the county's Goal 9 economic development chapter.
The Clatsop County Planning Commission on Thursday voted 5-0 to recommend that the Board of Commissioners adopt Ordinance 25-07, an amendment that would incorporate the county's 2025 Economic Opportunities Analysis (EOA) into the Goal 9 economic development chapter of the comprehensive plan.
Planner Jay Blake, representing county planning staff, presented a high-level overview of the EOA and said the document was intended as an action-oriented plan rather than a land-supply study. "We shifted it to an action plan where we are looking towards implementing steps to improve our economic health," Blake said during the public hearing.
The EOA, Blake told the commission, grew from a 2023 recommendation to dive deeper into the county’s economic needs and constraints. The planning staff convened a technical advisory committee, conducted outreach and reviewed state and regional economic projections before producing recommendations and implementation steps aimed at stabilizing and diversifying the county’s economy.
Blake…
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