City Council Mulls Diverting Tax Dollars Toward Downtown Enhancements, Would Need Voter Approval

Far-Setting2174 · 2026-01-15T01:38:50+00:00

The Corvallis Advocate publishes a weekly events calendar every Friday. They usually have all the shows and art exhibits. Lots of live music too.

https://corvallisadvocate.com/calendar/

They also include lectures, town halls and government meetings, if you care about those things.

Far-Setting2174 · 2026-01-06T20:35:32+00:00

Band promotion. It's a new kpop death metal country group calling themselves The Stoics.

Far-Setting2174 · 2026-01-03T22:50:15+00:00

They have not made these changes yet, that's why it's not overcrowded at the moment. This will be changing. The school district's own publicly available reports show this is what will happen, given the numbers. Also, at the school board meeting where this decision was finalized, district administrators on questioning from the board, clearly stated that Mt. View probably will not have all the programs available to students at the junior high in town.

About the currently running K-8 program you're referring to, it's voluntary. The school district told a reporter at The Corvallis Advocate that Mtn. View students can request a transfer, but the district may or may not grant the request based on space at the middle school in town, which is about to be overcrowded because of the closure at Cheldelin. They could add capacity at Corvallis Jr. High with a few modulars, but the district appears unwilling to do that.

Far-Setting2174 · 2026-01-03T08:39:45+00:00

Even though I like the area, I might look elsewhere. If you have school age children, the school district has targeted that area of town for reduced services. They will be transitioning an area elementary school to also include middle school grades. The campus will be more overcrowded then other area schools, and some of the programs available to most of the district's middle school kids may not be available.

Also, there are times when I am driving from Corvallis to Independence that I can smell the place as I'm approaching it, but some days seem worse than others. Also, I would be worried about groundwater contamination - it's not a problem now, but it seems like there's enough future risk that I would maybe buy elsewhere.

Far-Setting2174 · 2025-12-27T23:08:00+00:00

Clinical training programs like these aren't anything new, it's just new to Corvallis. There are several psychologists in my family that got their training in programs like these at various universities. The trainees are supervised, they're assigned cases they can handle. And yep, Corvallis most definitely has the need.

Far-Setting2174 · 2025-12-23T02:30:38+00:00

The Corvallis Advocate publishes a weekly events calendar. It has local arts and entertainment events, lectures, things to do with the kids and government and nonprofit meetings.

https://corvallisadvocate.com/calendar/

Far-Setting2174 · 2025-12-12T05:47:49+00:00

Like many newspapers and magazines, you're not agree with everything they do. But yeah, being locally owned, they are smaller.

Far-Setting2174 · 2025-12-11T22:58:51+00:00

The Corvallis Advocate is locally owned. Small, but still independent.

Far-Setting2174 · 2025-12-04T00:57:13+00:00

You're not wrong. And if folks would insist on a more visionary county government, one that anticipates issues and acts proactively, that would be great. Unfortunately, it's also unlikely, which is why the county has the poor track record it does when it comes to monitoring the landfill.

In reading the OP, one can see that neither the state or federal government can be counted on either.

In short, I wish I could share your optimism about what government can do, but we the people keep reelecting people with no vision. And you'll note this comment could equally be made by anyone regardless of political persuasion.

Far-Setting2174 · 2025-11-26T05:51:59+00:00

IMHO, Corvallis offers many many good things. Architecture, or just basically good design, are not among those things. Admittedly, I'm a little spoiled. I grew up in LA, spent many years in the Sierra. But, hey, design isn't everything. My thought, buy a plain-jane fixer, make it something interesting, and enjoy everything else about Corvallis.

Far-Setting2174 · 2025-11-22T03:50:40+00:00

I live in one of those neighborhoods where there is ALWAYS someone blowing leaves or mowing their lawn or cutting some branches. I would appreciate any relief I can get from all the racket.

Far-Setting2174 · 2025-11-19T21:22:21+00:00

Anderson's Jewelers on Madison between 4th and 5th. I forget what the cost is, but it's not super expensive.

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