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May 3, 2016

Developer, contractor in talks about acquiring Mirror Pond dam in Bend

By SCOTT HAMMERS and TYLER LEEDS
The Bulletin

BEND, Ore. — A partnership organized in 2013 to purchase the land beneath Mirror Pond has been meeting with Pacific Power, the company that owns the more than 100-year-old dam holding back the Deschutes River.

Bend Park & Recreation District Director Don Horton said that Bill Smith, developer of the Old Mill District, and Todd Taylor, owner of the Taylor NW construction company, have recently taken a larger role in dealing with Pacific Power and may be interested in acquiring the dam themselves.


 
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