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The INDEPENDENT, June 6, 2002
Business Notes___________________________________________
Interest in revitalizing Nehalem Valley CPAC is on the increase
With the increase in popula
tion and associated new devel
opment, there is increased in
terest from local citizens about
land use planning and the sub
sequent permitting and building
processes implemented in the
county. The Columbia County
Board of Commissioners has
been made aware of interest in
the unincorporated area of Ver
nonia to reinstitute the Upper
Nehalem Citizen Planning Advi
sory Committee (CPAC), which
has been inactive for several
years. For this reason, Colum
bia County is soliciting interest
ed parties for the Upper Ne
halem CPAC.
In Columbia County each
CPAC is divided into neighbor
hoods, with members repre
senting neighborhoods where
they live or own property. The
Upper Nehalem CPAC has sev
en neighborhoods with one
representative from each. The
seven neighborhoods are Pitts-
burg-Stoney Point, Pebble
Creek, Highway 47 South, Tim
ber Route, Keasey, Treharne
and City of Vernonia.
The CPAC’s purpose is to
solicit and collect citizen input
on land use actions and repre
sent citizens by making recom-
mendations concerning land
use applications to the Colum
bia County Planning Commis
sion, the Board of Commission
ers and to the Land Develop
ment Services Department.
For more information on be-
ing appointed as a CPAC mem
ber, contact Glen Higgins,
Chief Planner, Land Develop
ment S ervices, C ourthouse,
230 Strand Street, St. Helens,
503-397-1501, ext. 7217.
Free budgeting seminar scheduled
A Financial and Budgeting
Sem inar teaching budgeting
principles will be held June 15
from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. in
the basement of Vernonia As-
semly of God, 662 Jefferson
Avenue, in Vernonia.
The seminar is free, though
a $5.00 donation is suggested.
This is offered as a public serv
ice and nothing will be sold.
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Can arts help build Vernonia’s future
How the arts can be more
significantly involved in Vernon
ia’s future is the topic of a pub
lic meeting to be held Saturday,
June 15, from 9:45 a.m. to 1:00
p.m. at the Vernonia Fire Sta
tion Conference Room, 555 E.
Bridge Street. Light refresh
ments will be provided.
The meeting will share the
ideas and projects of work un-
derway by various groups, in
cluding Vernonia Community
Development Corporation, the
Community Response Team,
and other citizen organizations;
gather new ideas and create
“next steps” for moving for
ward; and teach methods de
signed to make ideas into real
ities.
Discussion will be framed
Free OSHA seminar in Vernonia
OHSA Health & Safety for
Small Business, a free seminar,
will be presented by Joe Cloth
ier, Training Specialist, OSHA
Dept. of Consumer & Business
Services, on Wednesday, June
12, from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. at
the Scout Cabin, 901 Park Dri
ve, Vernonia. The sem inar is
sponsored by Oregon Employ
ment D epartm ent, M anage
ment & Training Corporation
and the Vernonia Chamber of
Commerce.
Attendees will receive The
Program Overview, Instructor
Manuals for Phase I and Phase
II, A Guide to “Written Require
ments”, 10 Abbreviated Train
ing Modules, Employee Train
ing Manual, a packet of 16
forms suitable for copy, and
much, much more!
To register, contact Diana
Riggs Nish at 503-397-6495 or
Jeanette Sharinghousen at
503-397-4995 x-26.
around the following questions:
How can public art and de
sign speak to our values and
history and improve our down
town?
How can artists and their
skills support our families and
kids, both in and out of school?
How can artists, craftsper-
sons and other creative work
ers increase their skills and
businesses?
How can all of the above help
to shape the image of Vernonia?
Many towns have discov
ered that intentionally including
arts and culture in business
and development plans leads
to positive quality of life and, of
ten, to economic revitalization.
Anyone interested in shap
ing Vernonia’s future should at
tend this meeting; The meeting
is sponsored by the City of Ver
nonia and presented with as
sistance from the Oregon Arts
Commission’s Arts Build Com
munities team.
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