Proposed Youth Camp
During 2023 and 2024, an application for a youth camp in a forested region near Gold Creek came to our attention. The neighboring property owners struggled to get county and state agencies to stop unlawful activity that was being pursued without appropriate permits. Friends of Polk County submitted written comments in opposition to the proposed youth camp.
Coffin Butte Expansion
The following is the letter that the Friends of Polk County sent to the Benton County Planning Commission. Although the Coffin Butte landfill is in Benton County, the landfill significantly affects nearby Polk County and the Willamette Valley.
Proposed Anaerobic Digestor
Friends of Polk County are in opposition to the proposed anaerobic digestor to be built on exclusive farm use (EFU) land. It would be located in just outside of West Salem near Hopewell Rd. NW and Wallace Rd. NW in the former Willamette Valley Cheese facility.