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COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE
BUSINESS REVIEW
Developers request to split this 6.19-acres into 72 lots for 83- residential units in east The Dalles.
Tom Peterson photo
High density brings
intensity out east
TOM PETERSON
The Dalles Chronicle
There’s a lot of elbow room in The Dalles. And people are used to it.
At the same time, rents for two-bedroom apartments are going for $1,000 to $1,200
a month. We are having historic lows in available housing stock. There is a housing
shortage.
New home construction is in-filling throughout the city, and a new hotel on West
Sixth Street is now in the skyline.
But low supply and high demand are still creating opportunity to make some
money. And sometimes, growing pains.
Legacy Development Group of Hood River has applied to the City of The Dalles to
subdivide a 6.19-acre lot on west Richmond Street into 72 lots in east The Dalles.
Yes, that’s a lot. Some say too many while others say they need a place to live.
It’s creating some friction. Ernie Piehl, whose home and acre of property abuts the
proposed subdivision, said “It’s not a high-density area. We’re all opposed to it up here.
We don’t want it to destroy our way of life. It’s nice and quiet and peaceful.”
The proposed subdivision is bordered by 10th and 12th streets and overlooks The
Dalles Dam. Pretty location. The former cherry orchard is surrounded by larger lots
with single-family dwellings.
Legacy, which is also bankrolling the Park Place 33-house subdivision near Sorosis
Park, has submitted plans to the city for 43 separate housing structures. Most would
straddle the lots and create 83 housing units. The majority are two-level triplexes and
duplexes. It also includes 10 single-family units and a 0.13-acre community park.
The plan calls for the majority of the lots to be around 2,300 square feet. Six exceed
5,000 square feet and 21 are in the 3,000 to 4,500 range. Plans also call for the creation
of 11th Street through the subdivision center and Bradly Drive along the west edge and
oriented north to south. Parking would be off street.
Legacy, which named the development “The Grove,” has asked the city to approve
breaking the acreage into 72 lots through an administrative action. Lot sizes requested
are allowed under high-density zoning that was put in place decades ago, said Planner
Joshua Chandler.
More than 20 letters in opposition to the development have been received from
residents, Chandler said. Planners will review them on Feb. 18. He said they would be
assessing if those opposing it have specified how the plan does not comply with city
code. In the event that legitimate concerns are raised, the request will be taken to a
public hearing, he said. Legacy and Community Development Director Steven Harris
can take it to a hearing.
Concrete workers finish a concrete pad surface at The Dalles Airport last week, part of an
overall project that has added three hangars—two can be seen in the background.
Tom Peterson photo
When it forms, it pours
The Dalles Airport felt a big boom during the past week.
TOM PETERSON
The Dalles Chronicle
The Dalles Airport felt a big boom during
the past week.
A massive concrete pour, requiring a
concrete pumping boom, was part of the
construction project that includes three new
hangars and some 100,000 square feet of
concrete pad.
That’s a big pour, and it bodes well for
future use at the airport.In warmer t
emperatures, concrete in comparison to
asphalt can support the heavier jets such
as a Cessna Citation or Gulfstream, weighing
in between 30,000 and 55,000 pounds.
Tac Aero General Manager Jeff Renard said
they will use the hangars for maintenance,
avionics and the third will be available for rent.
Each is 6,400 square feet.
The Dalles Airport, located just minutes
via air from Portland and Seattle urban areas,
could be attractive for companies looking for
lower costs for storage and maintenance.
Last week, crews with Alite Construction
of Ridgefield, Wash., brought in a concrete
pumping truck with an articulated boom to
pour the 154-foot -wide pad. More than a
dozen concrete workers leveled, smoothed
and brushed the concrete. A second pour was
underway on Monday morning.
The crew also used a 15-foot scree machine
with laser accuracy to level the pour, said
Alite’s Tyler Back.
Schuepbach Builders of Hood River
constructed the hangars and the concrete
forms and helped finish the pour.
Hood River Sand, Gravel & Ready Mix
batched out more than 1,200 yards of concrete
in the past few weeks for the project. That’s
133 truckloads at 9 yards of concrete each, and
miles of half-inch rebar for support.
The airport is considered an Oregon
airport, but is located in Dallesport, Wash.,
and is co-owned by the City of The Dalles and
Klickitat County. It is on Dallesport Road.
MCEDD Spotlight:
C&E, LLC
TRUST . COMMITMENT . CARE . COMPETENCE
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develops housing
in The Dalles
Written for the Gorge Business Review
by Mid-Columbia Economic Development District
Charlie Foote and Ed Devlaeminck formed C&E LLC
in September of 2018. Charlie has been a local
Realtor with Windermere Real Estate Columbia
River Gorge since 2014. Ed owns Devco Mechanical,
which has been providing licensed plumbing
and heating services to businesses and families in
The Gorge for over twenty years.
C&E LLC is currently rehabbing multiple existing
homes and is about to build a new home on a rural
property. They also purchased a property on Fourth Street
in The Dalles and with the help of the North Central
Oregon Attainable Housing Development Revolving Loan
Funds, a project addressing a segment of the market that
has been under served. C&E LLC plans to rehabilitate the
existing property into six units. There will be two studio
units, three one-bedroom units, and one two-bedroom
unit. The units will range from 274 sq. ft. to 552 sq. ft.
Through the North Central Oregon Attainable
Housing Development Revolving Loan Program, MCEDD
offers flexible financing for housing development and
housing rehabilitation in Hood River, Wasco, and
Sherman counties.
The fund is designed to spur development of housing
at rates affordable to those who live and work in the
region (generally 60-120 percent of median family
income). MCEDD also has a Business Loan Program
that is available to entrepreneurs, start-up businesses,
and existing businesses doing business in the five county
(Sherman, Hood River, Wasco, Klickitat and Skamania)
Mid-Columbia Area. Both of these loan programs are
part of MCEDD’s efforts to strengthen and support the
region’s economy. Contact MCEDD at 541-296-2266 or
loanmanager@mcedd.org for more information on these
MCEDD loan programs.
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Front row - Fernando Lopez, McKenna West , Skylar & Kathleen Schacht, Jesse Schacht , Jose Ramirez
Back row - Dan Katona, Bryan Dean , Tommy Wingfield, Caden Cummings, Max Pille
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