PN Newsletter Volume 3, Edition 103, August 13, 2022

Volume 3, Number 103

Good Morning. It’s Saturday, Aug. 13, 2022

I’m glad to see the long-anticipated streetscapes project getting closer despite the various ups and downs. I remember sitting in on a stakeholders meeting about the project back in the spring of 2017 when Carole Richardson held up a Philomath Bulletin news article published in 2009 that described the effort to brighten the downtown. In fact, Richardson said at the time that such a project had been a discussion for decades. Hopefully, everything falls into place from here on out.

Thanks for reading!
Brad Fuqua, publisher/editor

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