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OUTSKIRTS STANFIELD
New housing development in city’s future
City manager says
projects could add
1,000 residents to
Stanfield, where
population in 2020
stood at 2,144
BY ANTONIO ARREDONDO
Hermiston Herald
Stanfield is growing.
After two other develop-
ments already started, the
Stanfield City Council at its
meeting Tuesday, Aug. 4, ap-
proved a third.
Stanfield City Manager Ben
Burgener confirmed SGS Con-
tracting Services Inc. is work-
ing on a new development on
the north end of Stanfield at
the intersection of Highway
395 and Canal Road.
The lot will be built across
from the Silver Ridge develop-
ment, another recent housing
project Burgener said is near-
ing completion.
There have been two public
hearings discussing the pro-
posed project, with the most
recent on Aug. 4. While Bur-
gener said there were not a
lot of public comments at the
time, it meant the housing de-
velopment moved on without
a hitch. Two weeks from now,
Mackenzie Whaley/Hermiston Herald
The intersection of Canal Road and Highway 395 is the site for another
housing development in Stanfield. As of Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022, the
intersection sits between a wheat field and a corn field.
Mackenzie Whaley/Hermiston Herald
The site of a future housing development in Stanfield is a wheat field as of Aug. 4, 2022. While there is no time-
line, the project at the intersection of Canal Road and Highway 395 in Stanfield calls for nearly 300 houses.
a private meeting will discuss
the proposed housing further.
As it stands now, the SGS
development will be 107
houses, with plans for im-
provements to Canal Road as
well as several new streets. Ca-
nal road is unpaved and runs
through a wheat and corn
field.
“They’ve mentioned pav-
ing Canal Road all the way to
Feedville (Road), which would
be nice,” Burgener said.
An additional hearing is up-
coming for a manufactured
home complex in the same de-
velopment. One hundred or so
extra homes could be placed
next to the area. Burgener said
as of right now, plans are for
107 single-family residences
and 180 manufactured homes.
While there’s still no time-
line on the Canal Road project,
it’s one of three major projects
that have begun over the last
18 months.
After a rezone in July 2021
paved the way for Silver
Ridge, the new development
on the north side of Stanfield
has added more than 58 acres
of housing to the area. So far,
several homes are built with
nearly 40 still to go,
Burgener said.
The south side of Stanfield
also is seeing new projects.
Bumble B Estates has broken
ground and plans to add 99
single-family residences. The
East Ball Avenue construc-
tion is visible when entering
the city.
According to the city of
Stanfield’s website, this trend
started in 2020 with the addi-
tion of Patriot Heights, a 41-
home development also off of
395 on the north side of town.
The Turner Addition on Sloan
Street is a smaller, eight-house
project also underway.
In total, Burgener said the
developments could add as
many as 1,000 residents to Stan-
field. For a town with a popula-
tion at 2,144 in the 2020 census,
this new wave of houses is a
sign of a changing city.
“These developments are
going to improve our infra-
structure,” he said, “It’s going
to make Stanfield a lot more
competitive for businesses.”
Most importantly, Bur-
gener said while the town is
growing, it will keep that rural
hometown charm that many
in Eastern Oregon love. And
the new developments only
show how popular that feeling
is becoming.
Big grant means big things for little library
Stanfield library
provides locals with
fun summer
activities
BY ERICK PETERSON
Hermiston Herald
Thanks to a $75,000 grant
this summer, the Stanfield Pub-
lic Library has been different
than in years past.
“This money is letting us do
quite a bit,” library Director Ce-
cili Longhorn said.
She added that in previous
summers, the library has gotten
through the summer with mini-
mal activities and little help.
She said the library, at 180
W. Coe Ave., ordinarily gets by
with a $1,000 grant and some
donations from the public.
This money, she said, has
funded a limited amount of
events, including a summer
reading contest.
With the larger grant from
the Oregon Community Foun-
dation, according to Longhorn,
the library has been able to fund
several activities, including
bowling, water slides at the park,
food decorating and sewing. It
also has been able to hire a cou-
ple of part-time employees.
“There were a lot of things
that we want in our community
but didn’t have the funding for,”
she said.
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Taylor Carnine, 9, measures cloth to make an apron at the Stanfield
Community Center on Monday, Aug. 8, 2022.
Erick Peterson/Hermiston Herald
Cecili Longhorn, Stanfield Public Library director, left, holds up the book “Wordy Birdy,” on Monday, Aug. 8,
2022. The book will be read at next week’s Family Fun Night.
SOME EVENTS STILL COMING
Though many of these activ-
ities have passed, some others
remain on the horizon.
“There’s still lots of fun to be
had at the library,” Longhorn
said. “We really have a whirl-
wind coming.”
She pulled out a copy of
“Wordy Birdy,” a book slated to
be read at the next Family Fun
Night, 6 p.m., Monday, Aug. 15.
Welcome to
The book is about a bird who
gets into trouble because she
talks a lot but does not listen.
“It’s one of my favorites,” the
librarian said. “It’s something
that I can relate to, and the chil-
dren seem to like it, too.”
The first Family Night was
Aug. 8, and they take place ev-
ery Monday in August at the li-
brary. The event includes
story time, a craft or activity
and a snack.
She said the Family Fun
Nights are only the tip of the
iceberg; there are other events
taking place that have been
made possible because of the
additional grant funding.
Another planned event is
Comic Craft Club meetings,
which take place every Wednes-
day in August, 5 p.m. at the li-
brary. This is for children ages
9-15 and includes a book, activ-
ity and meal.
Longhorn said she has re-
ceived good feedback from the
club, and she intends to con-
tinue club meetings into the
school year.
“This club has taken off and
is encouraging reading to kids
who read these graphic novels
like candy,” she said.
These events, and others,
give kids a good time, but they
also energized the community,
Longhorn said. Events involved
local businesses and organiza-
tions.
Over at the Stanfield Com-
munity Center, Longhorn
showed how the community is
getting involved with kids
in library activities.
There, several children were
putting together various crafts
under the instruction of experi-
enced crafters.
“I really like this,” Taylor Car-
nine said as she was laying out
fabric for an apron. “It’s fun, and
I’m making something really
nice”
Other kids expressed the
same feelings, as they, too, were
busy on their own projects.
“This is something special,”
Longhorn said. “The kids come
here, and they do a lot to create
very positive memories.”
More information about the
library and coming events can
be found at its website, cityof-
stanfield.com/library.
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