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Posted on: December 1, 2023

Conservation Rate Enrollment Open

To encourage residents to conserve water, the City of Ridgefield offers a conservation rate for utility billing. The conservation rate removes the base rate but charges a higher rate on consumption. Residents who use 1,000 cubic feet or less each billing ...

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City News
Posted on: November 3, 2023

City of Ridgefield Seeks Applicants for New Roundabout Commission

The City of Ridgefield is seeking dynamic and self-motivated volunteers for positions on the new Roundabout Commission.

Roundabouts improve safety and traffic flow, reduce delay, and are less expensive to maintain when compared to traffic signals. Ridgefie...

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City News
Posted on: November 1, 2023

2024 Proposed Budget

The 2024 proposed budget is available for the public to review. The City Council has held multiple public meetings on the 2024 operating and capital budgets. The City Council will hold public hearings on the budget at the November 2, 2023, November 16, 20...

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Posted on: November 1, 2023

Call to Artists - Ridgefield Roundabout Wine Labels

A volunteer harvesting grapes from the vines planted in the roundabout at Pioneer and 56th.

The Ridgefield community is home to more than ten vineyards and wineries. The wineries combine the best traditions of winemaking and the nearly perfect growing climate of southwest Washington to produce wines with distinct flavor and character.

In 2015, th...

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Posted on: October 27, 2023

City of Ridgefield and Clark-Cowlitz Fire District Reach Agreement on Mitigation Plan

The City of Ridgefield has been considering the formation of a Tax Increment Allocation Area (TIA) as a financing tool to fund critical infrastructure improvements that will support the development of Ridgefield as a regional employment center. In this ty...

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Posted on: October 3, 2023

Notice for Public Briefing 2 Ridgefield Tax Increment Area

The City of Ridgefield will hold a public briefing on October 26, 2023, at 5:30PM at Ridgefield Administrative and Civic Center, 510 Pioneer Street on the tax increment financing of the public improvements in the proposed Ridgefield Tax Increment Area. Th...

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City News
Posted on: September 28, 2023

Ridgefield Police Department Recognizes Breast Cancer Awareness Month with Vibrant Pink Patches

The 2023 Ridgefield Police Department bright Pink Patch

Ridgefield is joining public safety agencies in Clark County and across the nation by participating in the “Pink Patch Project” for the sixth consecutive year this October. 

The Pink Patch Project is an innovative campaign desi...

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City News
Posted on: September 22, 2023

Celebrating a Successful Dragon Boat Program

One of the Ridgefield dragon boats paddles down Lake River.

On Wednesday we celebrated the end of the first season for Ridgefield's weekly Dragon Boat recreational program. This summer we were able to provide a no-cost Dragon Boat paddling program offering weekly paddling to the community. The program has...

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City News
Posted on: September 20, 2023

City Councilors, Commissioners, and Board Members Tour Development Projects Around Ridgefield

People walking in a dirt field construction site.

On Monday fifteen city councilors, commissioners, and board members participated in a tour of past, present, and future development projects.  

The tour was designed to help our City Council and Advisory Boards to better connect with one another a...

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City News
Posted on: July 20, 2023

Water Quality in City of Ridgefield

A glass full of clean water sitting on a table.

A complete summary of the quality of water provided by the City of Ridgefield is provided each year in the Water Quality Report. This report provides our latest water sampling results. The following substances are monitored: Trihalomethanes, Haloacetic Ac...

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City News
Posted on: July 14, 2023

Street Tree Pruning

The City values attractive, clean streets with healthy trees. Recently, we contacted specific neighborhoods reminding residents to prune street trees ahead of pavement preservation work to allow equipment to pass through without hitting or breaking branch...

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City News
Posted on: June 30, 2023

City of Ridgefield Ends Inquiry Into Potential Police Services Contract with La Center

Image of Ridgefield Police vehicle.

City of Ridgefield, WA, June 30, 2023 – At the June 29 Ridgefield City Council meeting, the City Council voted unanimously to end any further investigation into providing policing services to the City of La Center.

Last year, La Center approached Ridgefiel...

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City News
Posted on: June 14, 2023

Notice for Public Briefing 1 Ridgefield Tax Increment Area

The City of Ridgefield will hold a public briefing on July 13, 2023 at 5:00 PM at Ridgefield Administrative and Civic Center, 510 Pioneer Street on the tax increment financing of the public improvements in the proposed Ridgefield Tax Increment Area. The p...

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Posted on: June 9, 2023

City Council Encourages Water Conservation

Ridgefield City Council values water as a precious limited resource and is committed to water conservation efforts. With this in mind, City Council changed the water utility rate structure that reflect the priority of water conservation. Each summer we se...

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City News
Posted on: March 21, 2023

State of the City 2023

The 2023 State of the City video premiered at the Ridgefield High School Performing Arts Center on March 21, 2023. Watch the video below! 

To turn on video captions, please click on the box with ‘CC’ in the bottom right corner after clicking play....

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