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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 17: (Bend Bulletin) With an eye to drawing jobs, Deschutes seeks study</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090817/NEWS01/908170357"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090817/NEWS01/908170357</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font size="2">SALEM — Deschutes County planners are thinking big — about big pieces of land, that is — as they try to help lure jobs to Central Oregon. The county has applied for a $50,000 state grant to underwrite an effort to study the region, including
Crook and Jefferson counties, to see if it has enough industrial land — specifically, lots of 100 acres or more — to suit a large manufacturer…</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">August 16: (The Oregonian) Wildfire risks rise along with more homes in Oregon's forests</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/08/wilfire_risks_rise_along_with.html"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/08/wilfire_risks_rise_along_with.html</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font size="2">RHODODENDRON -- The little cabin tucked in the woods near Mount Hood seems a sylvan slice of paradise. Birds whistle. A creek trickles. Trees screen the summer sun…</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">August 14: (Editorial, The Oregonian) Talking the walk over the Columbia River</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2009/08/talking_the_walk_over_the_colu.html"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2009/08/talking_the_walk_over_the_colu.html</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font size="2">Portland and Vancouver often seem like they are not just in two different states, but two different states of mind - on planets light-years apart…</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">August 13: (East Oregonian) Morrow County Court favors Love's Travel Stops</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://eastoregonian.com/main.asp?SectionID=13&SubSectionID=48&ArticleID=96469&TM=42762.9"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://eastoregonian.com/main.asp?SectionID=13&SubSectionID=48&ArticleID=96469&TM=42762.9</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font size="2">Despite strenuous arguments from Devin Oil Company, the Morrow County Court upheld a planning department decision to allow a land partition so the city of Boardman can sell a parcel to Love's Travel Stops…</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">August 13: (East Oregonian) Morrow Port OKs transportation project</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://eastoregonian.com/main.asp?SectionID=13&SubSectionID=48&ArticleID=96465&TM=42762.9"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://eastoregonian.com/main.asp?SectionID=13&SubSectionID=48&ArticleID=96465&TM=42762.9</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font size="2">BOARDMAN - The Port of Morrow is moving ahead with a $10.7 million project that will improve transportation and open more land for development…</font></div>
<div style="margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 3pt; "><font size="2">August 12: (Honolulu Star-Bulletin) Developer plans 12,000 homes on 'the best ag land' on Oahu</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.starbulletin.com/news/20090812_Developer_plans_12000_homes_on_the_best_ag_land_on_Oahu.html"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://www.starbulletin.com/news/20090812_Developer_plans_12000_homes_on_the_best_ag_land_on_Oahu.html</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font size="2">A proposal for building 12,000 homes on what is described as the best agricultural land on Oahu goes back before the state Land Use Commission tomorrow….</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">August 11: (Portland Tribune) East County seeks broad support for highway connector</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=125004099260874200"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=125004099260874200</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font size="2">In an effort to secure funding from Metro for a corridor study, East Multnomah County officials are appealing to their Clackamas County neighbors…</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">August 11: (Roseburg News-Review) Roseburg used wrong data to justify expansion</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">After months of contentious public hearings, the Roseburg City Council voted in December to expand its Urban Growth Boundary, which marks areas into which the city plans to expand one day as it grows…</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">August 7: (Ashland Daily Tidings) Official says Croman plan misguided</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.dailytidings.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090807/NEWS02/908070313"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://www.dailytidings.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090807/NEWS02/908070313</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font size="2">Michael Dawkins, vice chairman of the Planning Commission, is concerned that rezoning the Croman Mill property will fracture Ashland and leave downtown struggling…</font></div>
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