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Article: North Idaho town annexes land for future development
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- Journal of Business
- Article date:
- July 2, 2009
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The Oldtown, Idaho, City Council has approved a request by a group of property owners to annex about 400 acres of land into the small town, doubling its size and paving the way for future development.
The annexation should be finalized soon, says Sheila Gormey, city clerk-treasurer for Oldtown, located just east across the state border from Newport, Wash.
One of the primary pieces of property involved in the annexation is 200 acres that fronts the north bank of about a mile and a half of the Pend Oreille River, owned by Steve Linton, president of Tri-Pro Cedar Products Inc., and his family members. Until now, Oldtown's city limit has been the south bank of the river.
Linton says his family ...