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Columbia Gateway Urban Renewal Board moves forward on requests from potential developers who would also have to provide information on financing. The Neon Sign Museum, which has proposed using the site for the Jantzen Beach Carousel, will be required to enter the competitive process if it wants to be considered for the site.
The Dalles, Ore., Oct. 18, 2023 - Josh Konell, seen above in the video maneuvering the Caterpillar excavator weighing in at around 55,000 pounds gingerly takes down each board of the roof trusses at Tony’s Town & Country this morning.
Robert Ward of North Plains picks up his cones on Friday, Oct. 6, after finishing the stucco job on the new event center being built next to the Last Stop Saloon in the 200 block of East Second Street.
TD Urban Renewal Agency Board is moving forwards with plans to demolish the Tony’s Town and Country building, and the Recreation building will get another year to finish construction. The board also discussed financial incentive programs, affordable housing, and elected new officers.
Columbia Gateway Urban Renewal Agency Board will consider next steps for the Recreation and Tony’s buildings at their upcoming meeting on January 18th, 2022 at 5:30 p.m.
Tony’s Town and Country came one step closer to the wrecking ball today, July 28, after The Dalles Historic Landmarks Commission approved a request to have the building leveled by the Columbia Gateway Urban Renewal Board.
Columbia Gateway Urban Renewal Agency is requesting approval to demolish a non-contributing historic building.
Tony’s Town & Country may be gone. But the legends live on, and Tony Foote is in the center of them. Foote found customer service in wheeling and dealing and creating a little action around everything he did. Would he be sorry if the store is eventually leveled. Nah, he had his time.
Urban Renewal is bent on creating nice spaces downtown The Dalles in an effort to rev up the local economy through increased tourism and trade. But do they need to teardown Tony’s Town and Country at 401 E. 2nd St. to get it done? Read more here.
