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The spectacular scenery of the Columbia Gorge makes it is a national treasure. That's why it has special protection from unplanned growth like this condo project.

Though beautiful, the Columbia Gorge is a living, working landscape. Economic growth is highly desirable for Skamania County and the Gorge, but the question is where such growth should be directed. These condos might be a great project inside an urban growth boundary, and any of the towns in the Gorge would welcome them- the only problem is that the proposed condos are urban in scale, and they will mean traffic, sprawl, and smog that threaten the very beauty of the Gorge that draws visitors in the first place.

Destination resorts offer poverty-level wages and the proposed destination resort is a Trojan horse for Skamania County at its proposed location.
Carol Macbeth
Central Oregon Advocate
1000 Friends of Oregon

posted 5 years, 2 months ago
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