Despite donated land and building, implementation of the Cobalt Building Project is proving to be a larger and much more expensive project than originally expected, city intern Titus Thomlinson told city councilors.
One of the opportunity areas for downtown-gown partnerships is in tapping local architecture and engineering faculty and students to help generate ideas and designs for adaptive reuse of underused buildings.
Local efforts related to the Oregon Main Street Program will get a boost with the addition of an intern to the City of La Grande's Community and Economic Development Department.