PENDLETON â Pendletonâs cut of the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act hasnât dropped into its account yet, but the cityâs various tourism interests were already ready with a presentation.
Dubbed âPendleton Comes Alive,â the plan called for the city to use $250,000 from Pendletonâs federal stimulus payment to boost the local tourism industry. Led by Pendleton Economic Development Director Steve Chrisman, including representatives from the Pendleton Convention Center, the Pendleton Chamber of Commerce and the Pendleton Round-Up Association, the group thinks it can help the cityâs tourism recover from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic by creating new initiatives like horse and buggy rides and sending people dressed in Western garb downtown to interact with tourists.
PENDLETON â For the next few months, Pendleton City Councilor Dale Primmer will represent his constituents from a bare piece of dirt. For several months after that, his official place of residence for holding his Ward 3 seat will be uninhabitable.
Primmerâs new setup comes after the Pendleton City Council unanimously voted Tuesday, April 6, to allow him to use the undeveloped site where he intends to build his home as his place of residence until he can move to the location.
Primmer explained to the council that he recently purchased bare land in Ward 3, which encompasses the entirety of the city south of Interstate 84, with the intention of building a new home for him and his wife.
PENDLETON — As the pandemic stretches into 2021, Pendleton’s elected leaders are considering more drastic measures to preserve the city’s restaurant industry.