The Dalles City Council approved an extended five-year Enterprise Zone tax abatement agreement for Worldwide Structures, a California company specializing in constructing affordable home kits that are shipped out to be constructed on site. The company intends to employ about 50 people when it builds a facility on River Road in The Dalles. Company President and CEO Craig Novak told the Council that the Native American and Service Disabled-owned business will supply product throughout the West. The Port and County had already approved the Enterprise Zone agreement, which calls for three years of tax abatements that would extend to five as long as the company meets employment benchmarks.