Tag: Hermiston City Planner Clint Spencer
With Inventory Low, Hermiston Seeks to Increase Industrial Land Acreage
In just four years, the city of Hermiston has seen its inventory of available large industrial land ready for development shrink to zero.
“We’ve seen...
Hermiston Food Cart Pod Will Be Back for a Second Year...
Despite several challenges, Hermiston’s experiment with a food cart pod last year was deemed a success and has received the go-ahead for a second...
Committee to Review Festival Street Designs
The Hermiston Urban Renewal Agency’s Downtown Festival Street Committee will review and discuss two potential options for the new gathering space at their meeting...
City Kicks Off Festival Street Planning
The Hermiston City Council hosted an open house Monday night to kick off the planning stages for a proposed festival street that will run...
Business Owners Air Landscaping Concerns
The Hermiston City Council chose not to vote on a proposed landscaping ordinance Monday night, but will, instead, take up the issue at its...
City Eases Requirements for Façade Grants
The city of Hermiston’s Urban Renewal Board amended its guidelines Monday night for administering its façade grant program.
The amendment is designed to eliminate what...
Public to Weigh in on Landscaping Ordinance
An ordinance which would set minimum landscaping requirements for commercial and multi-family properties in Hermiston will move forward for public hearings.
Hermiston Mayor Dave Drotzmann...
Council Postpones Street Vacation Hearing
The Hermiston City Council postponed a scheduled hearing centering on a proposed street vacation Monday night and announced it will hold the hearing at...
Council Moving Forward with Street Vacation
The Hermiston City Council voted Monday night to begin vacation proceedings for W. Ridgeway Avenue in order to accommodate development on the old Tum-A-Lum...
City Council Amends Comprehensive Map
There’s no reason to have a trade and event center in town if you can’t access it.
The Hermiston City Council took some initial steps...
Hermiston Council Amends Transportation Plan
The Hermiston City Council adopted the city’s 2014-15 budget during Monday night’s meeting and passed a pair of ordinances amending both the city’s Transportation...
5 People Assigned to Beautify, Enhance Hermiston
Five area residents have been given the assignment to help make Hermiston more beautiful and livable.
Those five people, confirmed to the Community Enhancement Committee...
Hermiston's Population Tops 17,000
Hermiston gained 245 residents since the last population estimate, according to Portland State University.
The new estimates, released this week, show Hermiston with an estimated...
City to Vacate 100-Foot Stub Street
You may have heard of Alaska’s bridge to nowhere, but have you heard of Hermiston’s street to nowhere?
Northwest Eighth Street, located off of West...
Downtown Revitalization Plans Moving Forward
A month of public outreach aimed at raising awareness about a proposed urban renewal district in downtown Hermiston culminated Thursday with an open house...
Hermiston Forms Urban Renewal Agency
The city of Hermiston took another step toward the formation of an urban renewal district Monday night by forming an urban renewal agency.
The agency...
Subcommittee Zeroes in on Food Vendors
The city of Hermiston’s ongoing effort to regulate mobile vendors resumed Monday night with a consensus to focus its attention on four key areas,...