The Port of Camas-Washougal delivered a message to Fern Prairie residents earlier this month about its plans to annex 12 of its properties at Grove Field into the city of Camas in order to attract revenue-generating businesses to the airport. The message wasn’t well-received by the community members, who repeatedly voiced their concerns about how future development could disrupt their lives in a variety of ways.
Nonetheless, Port leaders emerged from an open house, held June 5 at the Port’s administrative office, resolute in their determination to develop the property, preferably with the residents’ blessing.