County commissioners approve REC rezone, UGA expansion

EPHRATA — Grant County Commissioners on Tuesday approved a rezone from agricultural to industrial of roughly 163 acres near REC Silicon. The zoning change extended the Moses Lake Urban Growth Area to include that land. “We got the rezones,” said Chuck Sutton, REC Silicon vice president for fluid bed reactor sales. The rezoned areas include two parcels of land currently owned by Jenks Holding Company — one 18.8 acres and another 144 acres — that REC would like to be able to expand to in the future if conditions work out, Sutton said. The rezoning allows the company to consider future power and water needs, as well as the tax burden, on industrial property in the event the company expands, he explained. “This is just another step in the whole process,” he said...