City Council debates merits of establishing own enterprise zone

The City of Lebanon is looking into establishing its own enterprise zone within the city of Lebanon rather than re-applying with the members of the current South Santiam Enterprise Zone, which includes five other communities in Linn County.

The South Santiam Enterprise Zone is a rural enterprise zone that provides financial incentives to businesses to develop industrially designated land within the city’s urban growth area.

Enterprise zones are sponsored by city, port, county, or tribal…