During the recent visit of The Dalles Community Outreach Team to Washington, D.C., one of the projects the group pitched was for funding to help the Port of The Dalles acquire more industrial land. Port Executive Director Andrea Klaas says her agency has put in a request for federal funding to buy and then develop property. Klaas noted the Port is exploring an opportunity to buy about 45 acres of land for around $4 million, with substantial development costs expected. Klaas says the Port currently holds 25 acres of buildable lands.