This article* from April 1 is incredibly one-sided in favor of taking away people’s existing businesses that they have developed for years. I run an STR out of my own home in…
Category: Tourism
SALMONBERRY TRAIL PROJECT – A Community Path to Rockaway Beach; Community Information/Listening Session April 26th; SURVEY
OIOpublisher The City of Rockaway Beach won funding for the design of a cycling and pedestrian path that would connect Washington St to Neah-Kah-Nie High and Middle Schools. This technical design phase…
Making Earth Day Every Day – Oregon Coast Visitors Association announces groundbreaking climate mitigation, adaptation and resiliency plan to work on solutions
TILLAMOOK – When people think about industries needing to remake themselves to improve their impact on the environment, not many would automatically picture tourism, but the Oregon Coast Visitors Association is taking…
It’s EARTH DAY – Sat. April 22nd – SOLVE Cleanup Events Throughout County – Manzanita, Nehalem Bay State Park, Rockaway, Netarts
There are Spring Earth Day cleanups and activities happening throughout Tillamook County. Here are the various beach/bay cleanups. REGISTRATION IS STRONGLY ENCOURAGED!! Join SOLVE, Friends of Netarts Bay WEBS (www.netartsbaywebs.org), and Tillamook…
Tillamook Coast Visitors Association Updates Tourism Signage Grant Program to Include More Tourism-Related Businesses
Tillamook Coast Visitors Association (TCVA) has $150,000 available in their Tourism Signage Grant program which was established to assist tourism business owners with the cost of upgraded signage. Recent changes to the…
Special Edition April 19, 2023: Brinksmanship* at the County Short Term Rental Committee
*Brinksmanship – practice in which one or both parties force the interaction between them to the threshold of confrontation in order to gain an advantageous negotiation position over the other. By Jerry…
Op-Ed: Yes, we welcome working together!
Our group, Oregon Coast Hosts, would like to offer the following response to the recent Op/Ed penned by Karen Babbitt published by your publication recently (see link below.*) By Pete Stone, Board…
OP/ED: STRs…Can we really work together?
By Karen Babbitt I’m the STR Committee rep from North County and a full time resident. I’ve lived in the area for 21 years. I’m not opposed to vacation rentals, as we…
No April Fool’s Joke – Alderbrook Re-Opens for Golf April 1st – VIDEO
Story, Video & Photos by Don Backman “At 8:20 we’ll have the ceremonial swing,” Pat Zweifel said. “I would do it, but I haven’t actually swung a golf club before,” he joked…
Clatsop County residents fight for public’s right to vote as vacation rental industry seeks to block local election; Petitioners of Measure 4-221 filed a motion to intervene today on a case brought against Clatsop County
Astoria, Ore.—Petitioners on a Clatsop County ballot measure to protect homes in rural neighborhoods from being converted to vacation rentals today filed a motion to intervene in a lawsuit brought against the…