Throughout 2018, the Wasco County Planning Department and Citizen Advisory Group have initiated a variety of outreach efforts to engage property owners, residents, stakeholders and other interested parties in Wasco County 2040.
Staff will be presenting results to date to the Citizen Advisory Group at the August 7th work session. You can view the full report, that is part of the packet, by clicking on this link. Continue reading “2018 Roadshow Event and Outreach Results”
The Wasco County Planning Department currently is involved in two plan evaluations that will help inform new Natural Hazard policies and implementation strategies.
Based on public input, Planning Department staff have been researching a variety of possible land use solutions to address specific challenges in Wasco County. Continue reading “Land Use Planning Solutions”
Over the last several months, we have spoken to lots of community members about agri-tourism and how we may incorporate available land use provisions for events and activities into Wasco County 2040. We will be working to adopt some new language to Wasco County 2040 and make some recommendations for the Land Use and Development Ordinance early next year.
In the meantime, we wanted to provide some additional information and resources for farmers or others interested in agri-tourism in Oregon.
Oregon Policy Handout on “Growing Your Business with Agritourism”: http://industry.traveloregon.com/content/uploads/2017/07/Agritourism-Webinar_7-20171.pdf
Oregon Agritourism Handbook: http://industry.traveloregon.com/industry-resources/toolkits/welcome-oregon-agritourism-handbook/
If you have some thoughts about agri-tourism in Wasco County, please take our 7 minute survey before June 19th! You can also submit comments at any time during the next several years.
