A community survey asking for ideas on how to use the money received 345 responses and they generally fell into seven categories - schools, tax relief, infrastructure, public safety, economic development, housing, and homelessness.

How should Google fees and payments be best spent by the City of The Dalles? That is a question City Councillors are pondering as they are looking for a best practice to vet and rank projects that will elicit the greater good for the community.