Civil Municipal - Feb 2024

As a growing community, Scappoose has much to offer beyond its picturesque landscape and natural amenities. Notably, Scappoose is home to the Oregon Manufacturing Innovation Center (OMIC), the only advanced and additive manufacturing research and development facility in Oregon, and one of only two in the United States. Vogel states, “We’ve just built an additive manufacturing center that will build out technology and products and improve technologies in all seven phases of additive manufacturing. The city was foresighted and brought several hundred acres of industrial land into its urban growth boundary some years ago. It was not an easy process, but they planned for the future and made that land available. So, there is a concentrated sector of Scappoose, for development of all manner of manufacturing.” Mayor Backus boasts, “We’re set up well to handle some new manufacturing businesses and we have 300 acres of shovel-ready land over by our airport, ready to go. As a city, we’re just trying to figure out WE BUILD WHAT MATTERS 37 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 5, ISSUE 02 SCAPPOOSE, OREGON 4 1