By Matt Maizel, for the Tillamook County Pioneer Housing supply is competitive for low- and middle-wage workers in Tillamook County. Local households that rent have trouble finding dwelling units, which are now…
Category: Housing
Tillamook County New FEMA Maps Forum July 12th
OIOpublisher View the new maps, and receive information about cost-savings programs on July 12th from 6 to 8 pm at the Partners for Rural Innovation building, 4506 Third St. Tillamook. Upcoming changes…
OP/ED: Housing Update. Progress
By Bill Baertlein, Tillamook County Commissioner The County and many Community partners have been actively working on the recommendations made by our 2017 housing study, Creating a Healthy Housing Market for Tillamook…
READY TO OWN A HOME? Tillamook County Habitat for Humanity Looking for Family for Home
Tillamook County Habitat for Humanity needs your help finding a qualifying homeowner for our soon to be fully remodeled 3-bedroom 1.5-bath Habitat Home in central Tillamook. This home is close to schools,…
PROPOSED WHEELER WATERFRONT DEVELOPMENT
Botts Marsh LLC is a corporation that has purchased the Botts Marsh upland and lowland (wetlands). The corporation is comprised of Mr. Ken Ulbricht and his spouse Mrs. Lynn Ulbricht. Mr. Ulbricht…
January Newsletter – City of Wheeler; City Manager Wullschlager Leaving, Update on Botts Marsh Plans
By Geoff Wullschlager, City Manager, Wheeler Happy Winter and greetings to you as we find ourselves in the afterglow of the holiday’s. This month’s newsletter is reflective of a different course of…
EDITORIAL: Have you voted yet? What there’s an election?
By Laura Swanson, editor, Tillamook County Pioneer Member, Housing Task Force There aren’t any “big” national positions vying for our attention, in fact, there are only two issues on our local Tillamook…
Forum Presented Monday Oct. 16th on Construction Excise Referendum at TBCC, 7 pm
The American Association of University Women Tillamook Branch and the Headlight Herald will co-host a forum to present both support and opposition of Referendum 29-152. The question on the November 7, 2017…
Back to the Drawing Board for Village at Manzanita
By Laura Swanson, Editor, Tillamook County Pioneer “We are, of course, disappointed that the Manzanita Planning Commission and area residents couldn’t see the positives of a planned development,” commented Rick Hinkes of…
OUR HOUSING CRISIS
Our community is changing. Existing families and families moving here after landing a new job with decent wages can’t find affordable housing. If we don’t adapt to change, then our County’s…