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Article: Last phase of Hood River street revitalization begins
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- Daily Journal of Commerce (Portland, OR)
- Article date:
- January 4, 2008
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For more than a decade, the city of Hood River has been
revitalizing its downtown streets, working piecemeal to improve
sewers, sidewalks and aesthetic elements of the historic small town.
On Jan. 8, the city will hold a mandatory pre-bid conference for
the town's latest street-work project, with final sealed bids due
Jan. 15. The work will take place along Oak Street, Hood River's
historic main drag, from Third to Fifth streets.
"It was a general idea to revitalize that central part (of town)
because it is a comprising element of the historic part of
downtown," said Wes Wegner, design engineer for the project. Hood
River has a thriving tourism industry during the summer.
The project, ...