Developments in Dallas
West Ellendale at Jasper* Kings Borough residential
West Ellendale at Jasper
DALLAS
-- Commercial Investment Associates LLC of Salem is building
a commercial property on West Ellendale next to Rite Aid.
The developers are calling it Jasper Crossing and they hope
to begin initial street improvements and preparations in the
spring of 2007.
Mitch Teal, the principal broker handling this property, said
he and his company will solicit input on which businesses the
people of Dallas would like to see in the area. "We are
not disclosing at this point who we are talking to because nothing
has been finalized, and we think there are a number of services
that Dallas doesn't have yet that it would like to see,"
Teal said.
The tract is 12.48 acres, and is located just west of the Rite
Aid store in the shopping mall anchored by Safeway. It contains
four legal parcels, (five tax lots, but four buildable parcels).
"There is also a minor portion of the property that we
will make a wetlands mitigation area; that process is already
underway with the city of Dallas," Teal said.
Teal will meet with architects this week to finalize some of
the details. The plans include a city-mandated extension connecting
Jasper Street both north and south of West Ellendale. That will
link the northwestern neighborhood to Dallas' main artery.
This street extension may alleviate some of the rush-hour congestion
problems next to Lyle Elementary School.
Teal said that in the next few months his company will make
suggestion coupons available to the public. Citizens will be
able to write their top three choices for retail businesses
on these coupons and send them back to the developers for consideration.
"Hopefully that will give us some guidance in deciding
which companies to court. Some of the suggestions won't be realistic
-- we won't be getting a Trader Joe's for instance -- but hopefully
we will be able to provide necessary services to the community,"
Teal said.
Monmouth, Dallas grow by 4 percent
POLK COUNTY -- The populations of Monmouth and Dallas increased
by almost 4 percent between July 2005 and 2006.POLK COUNTY --
The populations of Monmouth and Dallas increased by almost 4
percent between July 2005 and 2006.
Polk County, meanwhile, showed an overall growth rate of 1.5
percent, which nearly mirrors the Oregon average for that same
time period.
Those are preliminary figures in a recently released report
by the Population Research Center at Portland State University.
Portland State bases its annual population estimates on birth
and death records, school enrollment, the number of Medicare
recipients and other data.
The information is used by lawmakers to divide and spread state
revenue sources, such as alcohol, cigarette and gas taxes, among
municipal governments.
The state had a population of 3,690,160 as of July 1, with a
1.6 percent growth rate. Polk County added 1,000 residents since
last year for a total of 66,570.
Polk Planning Director Gene Clemens said the county's growth
rate has been steady at 1.5 percent for several years. Officials
have projected annual growth in incorporated and unincorporated
areas at 2.2 percent and 0.8 percent, respectively, during the
next two decades.
The new percentage "is on target with our estimates we
have for dealing with water, transportation and other services,"
Clemens said.
The U.S. Census Bureau reported the number of people living
in Polk County at 67,783 earlier this year. The Portland State
study is "more accurate," Clemens said. "They
use a more sophisticated formula that includes in- and out-migration."
Most growth has been fueled by the cities. Dallas had a population
of 14,585, showing 545 new residents since last year, the study
showed.
Monmouth has 9,125 citizens, up 330 from 2005. That includes
about 2,200 students of Western Oregon University who reside
in the city during the school. The growth rate -- 3.8 percent
-- is 1.5 percent higher than the previous fiscal year, but
3 percent less than 2004 estimates.
"We're pleased with that percentage, that's not uncontrollable
growth," said Monmouth Mayor Larry Dalton.
Dalton said the city's construction boom for single-family homes
has actually resulted in a slight surplus of properties.
"We have a greater supply than we would like to have,"
he said. "It's that way all over the country right now."
Independence's population increased by 200 people for a total
of 7,175. The growth rate there, 2.6 percent, has dropped from
4.7 percent and 4.8 percent in 2005 and 2004, respectively.
Falls City has 965 residents, 15 fewer than in 2005.
No breakout figures were available for unincorporated areas
of the county or for West Salem, which has nearly a third of
the county's population, in the preliminary Portland State study.
The 2005 estimate, however, reported 20,725 living in West Salem.
