Innovation Campus Project

We are seeking input! 

The City of McMinnville is developing a plan for 200 acres that will eventually be home to high-wage jobs, commercial businesses and public amenities, like trails and greenspace, along Highway 18.  We are beginning to explore the benefits and opportunities of different ways to configure the site to best attract the jobs and businesses that will serve the community long-term and what public infrastructure will be needed to make it successful. 
Please weigh in on different site options and tell us which of these ideas you think will help to attract high-wage jobs and commercial businesses to the area and feel unique to McMinnville. 

Here is THE SURVEY! Open now extended to Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 4 PM. 

La ciudad de McMinnville está desarrollando un plan para 200 acres que, con el tiempo, albergarán empleos bien remunerados, negocios comerciales y servicios públicos, como senderos y espacios verdes, a lo largo de la Carretera 18.

Estamos comenzando a explorar los beneficios y las oportunidades de diferentes maneras de configurar el sitio para atraer mejor los empleos y negocios que servirán a la comunidad a largo plazo, y qué infraestructura pública se necesitará para su éxito.

En esta encuesta, por favor, opine sobre las diferentes opciones de sitio y díganos cuáles de estas ideas cree que ayudarán a atraer empleos bien remunerados y negocios comerciales a la zona y le darán un toque único a McMinnville.

Aquí está la encuesta.

THE PROJECT 

The Innovation Campus concept was identified in the Mac Town 2032 Economic Development Strategic Plan, adopted by Resolution No. 2019-16, and the Three Mile Lane Area Plan (3MLAP) adopted by Ordinance No. 5126 on November 8, 2022. The 3MLAP identified a community vision of a Retail Center and Innovation Campus on this acreage to serve the community’s future needs of commercial development and high density, upwardly mobile employment opportunities.

What is the vision for the Innovation Campus in McMinnville:  The Innovation Campus is intended to be high-density employment campus responding to the next generation of industrial and entrepreneurial jobs where research and development is nurtured and supported in a thoughtful and intentional campus design in partnership with product manufacturing.  The campus will house class “A” office space, flex spaces, incubator spaces and manufacturing facilities.

With almost 200 acres, it is one of Oregon’s largest industrial sites and is strategically located on HWY 18 near the McMinnville Municipal Airport. The site has three property owner groups who have been engaged in the Innovation Campus discussions and the 3MLAP.

This project will look at both the Retail Center and the Innovation Campus. The scope of work has four components:

• Master planning the site to determine a preferred growth scenario (i.e., low-, mid-, or high-density development),

• Public infrastructure feasibility analysis, which will include wastewater, water, transportation, electricity, broadband, etc.,

• Design standards and code development, and

• Professional marketing for the site, which will include branding, communications tools, and a website.

Project Consultant: Walker Macy

City Project Manager: Jody Christensen at jody.christensen@mcminnvilleoregon.gov