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Mt. Hood License Plate

Tuesday, March 17, 2015
by Liz Warren

Here's an important message from local George Wilson, one of the spearheads of Mt. Hood bike and pedestrian coalition. Visit the website now.

Great news!

 HB 3027 establishing a specialty license plate featuring Mt. Hood has been scheduled for a public hearing! The details are included below and it’s important that we have large turnout of community support to speak on behalf of the bill.

 Where: Oregon State Capitol, 900 Court St. NE, Salem, OR 97301

 When: Monday, March 23rd at 3:00pm. 

House Transportation and Economic Development Committee

 Can't attend? Please send a written letter of support to [email protected]. We would love to have a log of supporters to show the committee members!

Background:

While Oregon has a few specialty license plates, none highlight the important state landmark of Mt. Hood. HB 3027 came from some constituents living in the Villages are on Mt. Hood. They stated that having a plate featuring this Oregon landmark would “…be fun, job building, and pride of place promotion for Oregon.” I was encouraged by this idea and wholeheartedly agree that it would give Oregonians enormous pride to showcase an area of our state that has helped drive the multi-billion dollar tourism industry in Oregon.

Continuing to develop the bicycle and pedestrian tourism opportunities throughout the Mt. Hood region has the potential to grow local economies and encourage job creation to support the growing industry.

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Sandy High School Open Enrollment

Thursday, February 19, 2015
by Liz Warren

Big news if you live outside the Oregon Trail School district and you would like to attend the newest high school in the area in Sandy Oregon! Here's the latest news:

Sandy High School Open Enrollment

Here is a link to the application form.

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Pent up Sellers Ready to Move in 2015

Monday, February 16, 2015
by Liz Warren

     Latest Information From NAR

           pent up demand for homes and cabins on Mt. Hood including Welches, ,Rhododendron, Brightwood and Government Camp

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Septic Smart DEQ Program for Oregon Septics and Cesspools

Sunday, February 15, 2015
by Liz Warren

The DEQ department for the state of Oregon has developed a new program for homes with septic and cesspools called Septic Smart. It’s Septic Smart program is designed to educate buyers and sellers about proper septic care and maintenance.

Along with the DEQ’s new program, Septic Smart, the Oregon Real Estate division now requires a septic addendum within your real estate contract addressing septic and cesspool inspection requirements, if needed. This restricts who can do the septic inspections for a real estate transaction to designated Oregon state certified DEQ inspectors. An up to date list of inspectors can be obtained online at the Septic Smart website.

The Mt. Hood area probably has around 80% of its homes on a septic or cesspool. 

Cabins located in the Mt. Hood National Forest require an upgrade at the time of sale for existing cabins served by cesspools. The septic upgrade process and time frame will be determined by the forest service on leased land cabins with severe restrictions on when and where any work may start or be completed. 

These new DEQ requirements put septics and cesspools as a number one priority in a real estate transaction. There is a program at Clackamas County that provides low income grants and loans for septic repairs and other home repairs listed on their site. 

Expect potential delays in a transaction if septic problems arise from these new requirements. 

 

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Camp Arrah Wanna in Welches Oregon on Mt. Hood

Saturday, January 10, 2015
by Liz Warren

Camp Arrah Wanna on Mt. Hood In Welches Oregon


Arrah Wanna Camp

Camp Arrah Wanna Welches Oregon on Mt. Hood

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Crab Feed Fundraier for Mt. Hood Womens Club

Friday, January 9, 2015
by Liz Warren

Hoodland Women's Club Crab Feed Fund Raiser for the Mt. Hood Communitys

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Sandy Oregon gets Gigabit Internet Capabilities

Tuesday, January 6, 2015
by Liz Warren

If you live in Sandy, you'll be thrilled to know that SandyNet, your local internet provider, is one of a few small communities that has now been able to provide 200 times the internet speed local providers can provide at a very comparable price! How is this possible? The entire process started because the city could not get a DSL line to City Hall. From there, city of Sandy created it's own internet and just recently with fiber optic capability, has offered up to gigabit speeds to 10,000 customers in the city of Sandy! 

Learn more from SandyNetFiber here!

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PINEAPPLE EXPRESS HEADS TO MT. HOOD

Sunday, December 21, 2014
by Liz Warren

The rains are coming! They are here today in a big way with projections over the next two days to hit the 10-12 inches plus range. NOAA predicts the Sandy is the most likely river in our area to have flooding but area creeks and tributaries  will be expanding too so take note. 

 

With the freezing level rising to 7000 feet over the weekend we’re really lucky there isn’t a ton of snow on the ground to melt and fill up the rivers even more. Sadly, there isn’t enough warm temps to feed our ski areas with new flakes to get all the ski areas open for the holiday break but some snow should be arriving late this coming week. 

And, how's the market? This has been a busy December and lots of buyers are out in the area taking advantage of great interest rates and still plentiful inventory in the mountain area. We will end the year with the most sales we've seen since the crash of the great recession. Year end numbers will be coming out soon. Stay tuned

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Sandy Glacier Ice Caves on Mt. Hood

Tuesday, November 25, 2014
by Liz Warren

Up on Mt. Hood the Sandy Glacier boasts the largest glacier ice cave system in the lower  48 states. Lots of recent attention has been brought to this discovery. Recently a new viral video is out called "Requiem of Ice" which was filmed over a years time. The caves were discovered about a decade ago and have been mapped and studied. The two systems of caves are called Snow Dragon and Pure Imagination.

A Portland area film company called Uncage the Soul and Aerial Technology International collaborated on the project. Aerial Technologies sells drones and custom builds aerial solutions for customers. Uncage the Soul creates adventure, commercial and documentary productions.

Enjoy Mt. Hood's Hidden Jewel  Requiem of Ice

 

 

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Crazy Week, Crazy Weather

Monday, November 17, 2014
by Liz Warren

Mt. Hood area residents have had more than a few days of big winds, freezing temps and snow! Lets start with the big winds that knocked out power to many mountain residents, at least a 1,000 in total, with huge gusts taking down big healthy trees and doing a lot of damage throughout the area including the forest service! 

                 Tree on a cabin in Rhododendron oregon

Freezing temps that brought the chill of winter early put vacation home owners in a panic in getting their pipes drained down and ready for the extended cold snap!

Then a bit of snow and ice showed up to top it off. Welches has about six inches on the ground and side roads are still fairly treacherous with ice pack. School was canceled for the second time for the Welches primary and middle schools due to road conditions.

Daytime warming should take care of some of the ice today.

Sun comes to Mt. Hood

New local resident Rod Scholl tells about his power outage experience and the generator he installed when he build his new home.

Heading back to our normal fall weather will be a great relief for many. This snow opened Mt. Hood Meadows this weekend and of course, Timberline, with the Palmer ski lift, is really rocking for skiers already!

 

 

 

 

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