Gov. Tina Kotek dropped plans to designate rural land near Hillsboro for industrial development on Friday as Oregon’s odds of winning a federally backed semiconductor research hub before a looming statutory deadline all but vanished.

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Kotek abandons plan to bring 373 acres into UGB for semiconductor industry

Uncertainty about National Semiconductor Technology Center a key factor in the governor's move.

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Kotek won’t designate rural land for chip industry after all as Oregon’s hopes for research hub fade

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Several weeks after a public meeting that drew both ardent support and opposition over the future of hundreds of acres of rural farmland north of Hillsboro, Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek has made a decision: The governor will not use her executive power to expand the city’s urban growth boundary.Earlier this fall, Kotek kicked off the process to bring 373 acres of rural reserves into Hillsboro’s urban growth boundary through a temporary authority lawma…

Kotek won’t designate rural land for chip industry after all as Oregon’s hopes for research hub fade

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