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<div><font size="2">Oct. 20: (The Oregonian) Portland's street grid: Bad for the environment?</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/10/portlands_street_grid_bad_for.html"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/10/portlands_street_grid_bad_for.html</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font size="2">For decades, urban planners have hailed Portland's street grid as one of several influential ideas others should replicate. But…</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">Oct. 20: (AP, Capital Press) Many Willamette Basin streams deemed too warm</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.capitalpress.com/orewash/AP-warm-Willamette-102009#"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://www.capitalpress.com/orewash/AP-warm-Willamette-102009#</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font size="2">PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- A new state study has found that nearly 70 percent of the rivers and streams in the Willamette Basin are too warm to protect salmon, trout and other cold-water fish…</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">Oct. 19: (The Oregonian) Interest in green development practices will rebound when the economy does</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/10/green_issues_will_rebound_when.html"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/10/green_issues_will_rebound_when.html</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font size="2">The recession has temporarily diminished the importance of climate change and alternative energy sources as a factor in commercial real estate investment decisions, but interest is likely to pick up when the market rallies, according to
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<div><font size="2">Oct. 19: (Daily Journal of Commerce) Winning design concept for I-5 cap project is all about healing</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://djcoregon.com/news/2009/10/19/winning-design-concept-for-i-5-cap-project-is-all-about-healing/"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://djcoregon.com/news/2009/10/19/winning-design-concept-for-i-5-cap-project-is-all-about-healing/</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font size="2">Judges in a design competition to cap Interstate 5 in Vancouver picked the one concept that unbuilds more than it builds…</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">Oct. 19: (Medford Mail Tribune) The loss of a lake: Homeowners now must deal with a different Rogue River following removal of Savage Rapids Dam</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091019/NEWS/910190324"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091019/NEWS/910190324</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font size="2">ROGUE RIVER — Jan Tarantino peers over her summer patio/dock on what used to be "Savage Lake," looking down at the Rogue River flowing more than 15 feet below…</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">Oct. 19: (Bend Bulletin) A tale of two cities <a href="http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091019/NEWS0107/910190368/1001/NEWS01&nav_category=NEWS01"><u>http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091019/NEWS0107/910190368/1001/NEWS01&nav_category=NEWS01</u></a></font></div>
<div><font size="2">REDMOND — Last winter, a Bend restaurant and a Redmond restaurant closed within a month of each other. What has happened at the two vacant buildings helps tell the story of how far Redmond…</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">Oct. 19: (Coos Bay World) Port, Jordan Cove pressure FERC</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.theworldlink.com/articles/2009/10/19/news/doc4ad9787a6f608294133028.txt"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://www.theworldlink.com/articles/2009/10/19/news/doc4ad9787a6f608294133028.txt</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font size="2">Local port officials are calling on federal regulators to decide — and soon — whether to allow a liquefied natural gas terminal on Coos Bay’s North Spit…</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">Oct. 18: (Statesman Journal) Task force given green task: It will be the third try for a plan to cut greenhouse gases</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20091018/STATE/910180324/1042/LIFE"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20091018/STATE/910180324/1042/LIFE</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font size="2">A legislative task force will take a third stab at what another task force and lawmakers failed to do in the past two years — propose ways for how transportation and land-use planning can help reduce Oregon's greenhouse-gas emissions…</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">Oct. 17: (Guest Commentary, The Oregonian) How to stop doubting and love the climate models</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2009/10/how_to_stop_doubting_and_love.html"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2009/10/how_to_stop_doubting_and_love.html</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font size="2">Does human activity affect Earth's climate? A simple question, no? It's been settled with a ringing "yes" among the scientific community. Yet…</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">Oct. 17: (Portland Tribune) Gresham wrestles with big-box rules</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=125573870173965000"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=125573870173965000</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font size="2">It’s been five years since the Southwest Gresham Neighborhood Association appealed to Gresham city leaders to create a code regulating big-box stores. Now, after a Tuesday, Oct. 13, presentation in which city planners insisted none is needed,
councilors appear to be ready to fast-track the idea…</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">Oct. 17: (The Oregonian) Residents of transit-oriented Orenco Station still driving cars to work</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/10/despite_urban_design_most_oren.html"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/10/despite_urban_design_most_oren.html</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font size="2">HILLSBORO – Orenco Station, the award winning neighborhood touted as an ideal of mass-transit oriented New Urbanism, has failed to persuade a majority of its residents to use mass transit to get to work…</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">Oct. 16: (Daily Journal of Commerce) Debate grows over the future of historic Washington High School</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://djcoregon.com/news/2009/10/16/debate-grows-over-the-future-of-historic-washington-high-school/"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://djcoregon.com/news/2009/10/16/debate-grows-over-the-future-of-historic-washington-high-school/</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font size="2">After five years of work, Portland Parks and Recreation and a citizen’s advisory committee are closing in on a plan to locate a community center within or next to 86-year-old Washington High School on Portland’s east side. But preservationists…</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">Oct. 15: (Portland Tribune) Tigard officials tell mom to move kids’ playhouse or tear it down</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=125559098200065900"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=125559098200065900</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font size="2">A Tigard woman is looking to donate her children’s play structure to anyone willing to take it off her hands, after city officials told her it would have to be removed from her property. To call the building in the far northwest corner of
Wendy Tait’s home a “play structure” would be like comparing Godzilla to a common gecko…</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">Oct. 15: (Portland Tribune) Carbon down, but goal elusive</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=125555331169825100"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=125555331169825100</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font size="2">Total greenhouse gas emissions in Multnomah County fell 3 percent in 2008 compared to the prior year, according to new federal data. The reduction largely appears traceable to reduced driving spurred by last year’s $4-a-gallon gas prices…</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">Oct. 15: (Portland Tribune) A great place to live, not work</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=125555333382725400"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=125555333382725400</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font size="2">Portland’s new economic development strategy includes a shocking admission for this city: Livability alone does not create jobs…</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">Oct. 15: (Portland Tribune) Connector project – a long time coming</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=125559039600561700"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=125559039600561700</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font size="2">As Metro tries to achieve regional consensus on how the Portland area should grow, Clackamas and Washington County officials are fighting over a long-studied transportation project. At issue is the Interstate 5-to-Highway 99W Connector Project…</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">Oct: 15: (The Oregonian) Portland's suburbs press for economic development</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/10/portlands_suburbs_press_for_ec.html"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/10/portlands_suburbs_press_for_ec.html</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font size="2">Portland's suburbs sometimes feel as though their bigger neighbor calls all the shots when it comes to what makes for a livable, sustainable region…</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">Oct. 15: (The Oregonian) Oregon global warming commission launches Web site</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/10/oregon_global_warming_commissi.html"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/10/oregon_global_warming_commissi.html</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font size="2">The Oregon Global Warming Commission has launched a Web site to disseminate information on the local impact of climate change. The site, <a href="http://www.keeporegoncool.org/"><u>KeepOregonCool.org</u></a>, is also intended to educate
the public about strategies and choices that arise from efforts to reduce carbon emissions….</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">Oct. 15: (Capital Press) Committee mulls need for ag land</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.capitalpress.com/orewash/ml-rural-reserves-101609-w-sidebar"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://www.capitalpress.com/orewash/ml-rural-reserves-101609-w-sidebar</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font size="2">PORTLAND -- Taped to a wall of Metro Councilor Kathryn Harrington's office is a map showing the Portland Metro area's farm lands…</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">Oct. 15: (Medford Mail Tribune) New rules for hillside development</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091015/NEWS/910150325"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091015/NEWS/910150325</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font size="2">Any new construction on steep slopes in Medford will require more effort from builders up front starting today when a hillside ordinance takes effect to control erosion and ensure safe buildings…</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">Oct. 15: (Bend Bulletin) Deschutes County seeks residents’ input</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091015/NEWS01/910150380/1001/NEWS01&nav_category=NEWS01"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091015/NEWS01/910150380/1001/NEWS01&nav_category=NEWS01</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font size="2">In an effort to collect public input on a proposed update of Deschutes County’s land use blueprint, county staff will host 10 public meetings over the next three months…</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">Oct. 14: (Beaverton Valley Times) State gives Metro’s growth boundary ideas a qualified thumbs-up</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.beavertonvalleytimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=125558285837794700"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://www.beavertonvalleytimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=125558285837794700</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font size="2">Oregon land-use officials are beginning to like Metro Chief Operating Officer Michael Jordan’s for the region’s “reserve” land in the Portland-area urban growth boundary. Jordan issued his recommendations for the region’s urban and rural
reserve land that will likely be set aside for development in the next 50 years…</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">Oct. 14: (East Oregonian) Wind farms springing back to life</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://eastoregonian.com/main.asp?SectionID=13&SubSectionID=48&ArticleID=98984&TM=44496.79"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://eastoregonian.com/main.asp?SectionID=13&SubSectionID=48&ArticleID=98984&TM=44496.79</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font size="2">The northeast corner of Umatilla County is again alive with the construction of wind turbines…</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">Oct. 14: (Ashland Daily Tidings) Planning Commission approves Granite Street home</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.dailytidings.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091014/NEWS02/910140312/-1/NEWS"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://www.dailytidings.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091014/NEWS02/910140312/-1/NEWS</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font size="2">The Planning Commission unanimously voted Tuesday to allow an Ashland couple to demolish their mold-infested Granite Street home and construct a new one on their property…</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">Oct. 14: (Curry Coastal Pilot) New project spurs interest in rules on destination resorts</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.currypilot.com/20091014114012/News/Local-News/New-project-spurs-interest-in-rules-on-destination-resorts"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://www.currypilot.com/20091014114012/News/Local-News/New-project-spurs-interest-in-rules-on-destination-resorts</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font size="2">GOLD BEACH – More than 70 people attended a Saturday morning workshop in Gold Beach about destination resorts conducted by 1000 Friends of Oregon, the Oregon Shores Conservation Coalition and Curry County Planning Director Dave Pratt…</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">Oct. 14: (Bend Bulletin) Zoning pits state vs. county, again</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091014/NEWS0107/910140382/1001/NEWS01&nav_category=NEWS01"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091014/NEWS0107/910140382/1001/NEWS01&nav_category=NEWS01</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font size="2">SALEM — Has Jefferson County become the bad boy of Oregon land use politics? Or is the state just really mean?</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">Oct. 12: (Eugene Register-Guard) City reaches out for input</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/updates/21407521-55/story.csp#"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/updates/21407521-55/story.csp#</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font size="2">Eugene leaders have broad goals for the city, but now they want residents’ help to turn them into action. And they want to hear from as many residents as possible, not just those who frequently comment on city issues…</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">Oct. 10: (Hermiston Herald) Stanfield to reach Pilot<font face="MS Gothic Western, monospace"> </font>Travel<font face="MS Gothic Western, monospace"> </font>Center</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://hermistonherald.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=11721&TM=35853.92"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://hermistonherald.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=11721&TM=35853.92</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font size="2">The city of Stanfield will soon lay a water line from downtown to the Pilot Travel Center to open up development on Highway 395…</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">Oct. 10: (The Oregonian) Astoria, Warrenton take different paths to the future</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/10/astoria_warrenton_take_differe.html"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/10/astoria_warrenton_take_differe.html</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font size="2">Real estate broker Leslie Brophy likes to tell people her house is "by Costco." That is how much she buys there, and it's not the only store in Clatsop County registering this Washington resident's ka-ching…</font></div>
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