Serving the Mid-Columbia region of Oregon and Washington, providing regional economic development and business assistance.Mid–Columbia Economic Development District

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Mid Columbia Economic Development District strives to promote the creation of family-wage jobs, the diversification of the economic base, and the growth, development and retention of business and industry in Hood River, Wasco, Sherman, Klickitat and Skamania Counties

MCEDD is organized as a government non-profit in Oregon as an ORS-190 and in Washington through RCW 39.34.010.

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Priorities

Annually the region prioritizes regionally significant infrastructure projects.  Prioritization is designed to: inventory and prioritize economic development needs and regional issues; develop regional consensus on high priorities; and develop a tool to promote high priority projects or issues to state and federal funders. Priorities were updated March 2019.

Access the pdf that includes project descriptions here.

Washington Top Ten

1 Goldendale Pumped Storage Hydro
2 Stevenson Wastewater System
3 North Bonneville Substation
4 Buck Creek Water System
5 Broadband- Klickitat and Skamania
6 Columbia Gorge Regional Airport Business Park
7 Cascades Business Park (North Bonneville)
8 Dallesport Industrial Park Improvements
9 Bingen Point Industrial Park Projects
10 City of North Bonneville Lift Station

Oregon Top Ten

1 Hood River Interstate Bridge
2 Workforce Housing Projects
3 Treatment of Wastewater
4 Broadband: Cascadia East Interconnection and Sherman Fiber
5 Dog River Pipeline Upgrade
6 Cascade Locks Substation
7 Biggs Water System
8 Bridge of the Gods Maintenance and Pedestrian/ Bicycle Improvements
9 Undergrounding Utilities (The Dalles)
10 Backup Power/Emergency Generator Purchase and Integration for Primary Municipal Well

Prioritization Consideration

Alignment with Strategy with preference given to projects which will measurably move the needle on one or more of the top five strategy goals.

Regional Impact with preference given to projects impacting multiple jurisdictions.

Potential availability of funding sources with preference given to projects with a commitment of local resources and an identified funding strategy.

Economic impact.

Status of Projects

The Dalles Completes Wastewater Treatment Plant Upgrades

In 2015, the City of The Dalles embarked on a Progressive Design-Build project to upgrade their wastewater treatment plant. Since ...
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Maupin Utility work

Sherman County Connects New Broadband with Gorge.net

Over the last two years, Sherman County and its cities have come together to discuss broadband needs in its communities ...
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Regional Priorities Updated

In March 2019 the MCEDD Board of Directors analyzed and adopted regional priorities for infrastructure needed throughout the five county ...
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Maupin Utility work

Maupin, Oregon Completes Gigabit Broadband Network, Bridging the Digital Divide

"With the completion of a $2 million high-density fiber optic broadband network, the rural community of Maupin, Ore., is now ...
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Freight Parking Review: Hood River Waterfront

Mid-Columbia Economic Development District, under contract with the Port of Hood River, conducted a preliminary freight parking analysis for the ...
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MCEDD

515 East Second Street,
The Dalles, OR 97058
Phone: (541) 296-2266

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