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<div><font size="2">Land Use News is an electronic news clipping service provided by the Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development. Land Use News emphasizes local reporting and commentary on land use in Oregon and other states. (Measure 49 articles
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<div><font size="2">August 4: (Roseburg News-Review) Costco proposal takes another step forward</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.nrtoday.com/article/20090804/NEWS/908049997/1001/NONE&parentprofile=1055"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://www.nrtoday.com/article/20090804/NEWS/908049997/1001/NONE&parentprofile=1055</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font size="2">After about 15 minutes of discussion, the Roseburg Planning Commission gave its blessing Monday to changes that would clear the way for a new Costco Wholesale store to be built in north Roseburg…</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">August 4: (Eugene Register-Guard) State favors broad course for climate change goals</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/sevendays/18135021-35/story.csp"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/sevendays/18135021-35/story.csp</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font size="2">FLORENCE — State land use officials have decided that now is not the time to add a climate change-specific 20th goal to the set of 19 planning principles that guide development in Oregon. But they stressed that the issue remains an urgent
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<div><font size="2">August 3: (Ashland Daily Tidings) City to look at helping builders</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.dailytidings.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090803/NEWS02/908030312/-1/NEWS"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://www.dailytidings.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090803/NEWS02/908030312/-1/NEWS</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font size="2">With the recession putting a damper on construction, the Ashland City Council will consider whether to give 18-month extensions to all development approvals in town…</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">August 3: (Guest Commentary, The Oregonian) Urban growth boundary: Denying smaller cities the benefits of growth</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2009/08/urban_growth_boundary_denying.html"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2009/08/urban_growth_boundary_denying.html</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font size="2">In the face of a projected population increase of 1 million people by 2030, Metro is making the case that the existing urban growth boundary contains enough land for the next two decades of regional growth…</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">August 3: (Medford Mail Tribune) Objections lead SOU to consider revisions to 10-year master plan</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090803/NEWS/908030316"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090803/NEWS/908030316</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font size="2">ASHLAND — Southern Oregon University is taking its 10-year master plan back to the drawing board after neighbors protested the proposal at a Planning Commission meeting earlier this month. The university will hold a neighborhood meeting
in October…</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">August 2: (East Oregonian) County asks to discard designation</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://eastoregonian.com/main.asp?SectionID=13&SubSectionID=48&ArticleID=96067&TM=44501.3"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://eastoregonian.com/main.asp?SectionID=13&SubSectionID=48&ArticleID=96067&TM=44501.3</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font size="2">Umatilla County leaders are petitioning to have more control over wind project development in a 300,000-acre box near Athena known as the Energy Generating Area (EGA)….</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">July 31: (Statesman Journal) Elkhorn land-use decision delayed</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20090731/NEWS/907310346/1001"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20090731/NEWS/907310346/1001</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font size="2">Oregon's land use court won't make a decision until Aug. 12 on plans to build a resort along the Little North Fork River…</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">July 31: (Editorial, Medford Mail Tribune) Welcome to Oregon; please don't stop</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090731/OPINION/907310314"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090731/OPINION/907310314</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font size="2">It's rare that we find ourselves in agreement with Jack Walker. But when it comes to the proposed welcome center on northbound Interstate 5, the Jackson County Commissioner has it exactly right...</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">July 31: (Roseburg News-Review) LNG: Douglas County Planning Commission holds hearing</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.nrtoday.com/article/20090731/NEWS/907319978/1001/NONE&parentprofile=1055"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://www.nrtoday.com/article/20090731/NEWS/907319978/1001/NONE&parentprofile=1055</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font size="2">The Douglas County Planning Commission heard Thursday that construction of a 230-mile liquefied natural gas pipeline through Southern Oregon could encourage economic development and the creation of new jobs in the region…</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">July 30: (Guest Commentary, The Oregonian) Land-use planning: What did we get for our 'smart growth'?</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2009/07/landuse_planning_what_did_we_g.html"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2009/07/landuse_planning_what_did_we_g.html</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font size="2">During a recent appearance on KGW's public affairs show "Straight Talk," Metro Council President David Bragdon waxed profoundly over the regional impact of the federal stimulus package...</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">July 30: (Ashland Daily Tidings) Croman plans face questions</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.dailytidings.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090730/NEWS02/907300306"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://www.dailytidings.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090730/NEWS02/907300306</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font size="2">Planners are hopeful that a plan to redevelop the defunct Croman Mill site will be ready to implement when the economy recovers and the construction climate improves…</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">July 29: (Guest Commentary, Daily Astorian) Warrenton's big box culture comes with a price</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.dailyastorian.com/main.asp?SectionID=23&SubSectionID=392&ArticleID=62898&TM=29881.51"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://www.dailyastorian.com/main.asp?SectionID=23&SubSectionID=392&ArticleID=62898&TM=29881.51</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font size="2">Social costs are an elusive concept, because they are not on a company's profit and loss statement, and society tends not to quantify them…</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">July 29: (Portland Tribune) West Linn City Council supports ODOT solar highway</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=124889501007391000"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=124889501007391000</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font size="2">The Oregon Department of Transportation will move ahead with plans to build the world’s largest solar highway on a hillside in West Linn after receiving the city council’s go-ahead for additional studies Monday night. More than 100 people
crowded into council chambers…</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">July 29: (Statesman Journal) Turner development plan considered: Planning group weighs bid to turn mine site to homes</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20090729/COMMUNITIES/907290378/1133/stayton&template=staytonart"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20090729/COMMUNITIES/907290378/1133/stayton&template=staytonart</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font size="2">Audience members asked questions and were concerned about density at a July 21 Turner Planning Commission public hearing regarding a proposal to redevelop a former mining site on the north end of town…</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">July 29: (Medford Mail Tribune) Phoenix planners hear testimony on poultry issue</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">PHOENIX — The Planning Commission sat down to talk about chickens Monday evening. Some city residents want to have a few laying hens, but the municipal code doesn't allow farm animals of any kind…</font></div>
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