Development Plans Take Shape for ‘North End’

The population and density of the lower Wenatchee valley has increased substantially in the last decade and is only projected to continue that trend. Stuck between foothills on one side and a river on the other, open land will become harder to find and perhaps harder to manage. To that end, Douglas County, the Port of Douglas County and City of East Wenatchee are developing a subarea plan for the north end of East Wenatchee’s Urban Growth Area. Hundreds of acres are available for development around where the Odabashian Bridge meets SR 28. The subarea plan would establish a conceptual development framework to guide future construction in that area, including a capital facilities plan. Dan Langager sat down with East Wenatchee city councilman Tim Detering to learn more.