City Council votes to team up with county in enterprise zone

The city of Lebanon is moving forward with plans to re-designate the South Santiam Enterprise Zone with co-sponsor Linn County after a consensus at the Lebanon City Council meeting on April 11.

The current agreement, which expires on June 30, 2018, includes Albany, Lebanon, Millersburg, Tangent, Scio, Lyons and parts of Linn County.

Albany is now considered a metropolitan statistical area, so cannot re-apply as part of a rural enterprise zone.

The South Santiam Enterprise…