Curry Pilot – by Jane Stebbins
The Brookings City Council granted Rio Tinto Borax a 12-year extension on its master plan for the Lone Ranch development north of town, which has been more than a decade in the making — and whose momentum collapsed in the Great Recession.
The city planning commission approved the extension at its last meeting, agreeing with the developer that the Great Recession of 2008, the lack of local economic growth in the recovery since, and Brookings’ slow growth rate combine to make a poor time to break ground on project as large as Lone Ranch. Continue reading “Brookings council OKs Lone Ranch extension”