Privately owned, for-profit Hillsboro Hops baseball team allocated $15.2 million by state, Bend's non-profit High Desert Museum awarded $0 as it and other arts orgs struggle to stay afloat.
On Thursday, key budget bills to deliver substantial increases in some programs and a host of lawmakers’ pet community projects gained approval in both the House and Senate.
Sure, but how much money did the non-profit High Desert Museum pay to politicians? You can't expect to get money from the government if you don't pay off the people who decide how to spend our taxes.
The city of Hillsboro owns and manages the (current and future) stadium, not the team.
The High Desert Museum DID get hundreds of thousands of dollars. They had an additional 2 million dollar request for a project that was denied. Many several arts projects and museums were also funded.
The MLB requirements for team stadiums changed, which would have forced the team to move. The deadline for funding the new stadium was days away. Everyone here loves the Hops.
Also, locally this news group is considered right leaning trash that is very agenda driven. OPB is our public funded news that tells stories more accurately if you're interested.
MLB made rules about their stadium that made it not up to code and they'd have to move if they didn't build a new one. The city, the county, and now the state put up funds for a the new stadium, which they will also use as a venue and get a piece of that pie. Plus people LOVE the Hops