By Jeb Bladine • President / Publisher • April 4, 2025 TweetJeb Bladine: It’s never too late to correct a factual errorConsider this column a much-belated correction impacting a current story that is generating local controversy. Well, six years ago we reported that McMinnville’s urban renewal district, created in 2013, would last “up to 25 years,” with tax increment financing continuing that long to finance UR projects. Three years ago, we reported that Oregon urban renewal districts have both fixed debt limits and fixed timelines. It is possible to establish a fixed timeline for an urban renewal district, but McMinnville did not do that. Those tax increment revenues would be needed to complete financing of $30 million in UR projects, whatever they may be.