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<div><font size="2">Dec. 1: (The Oregonian) A view from the land-use trenches: The story of how Oregon's planning system came to be</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/12/a_view_from_the_land-use_trenc.html"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/12/a_view_from_the_land-use_trenc.html</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font size="2">Some people consider it too restrictive, but Oregon's land-use system is credited with preventing cities from sprawling onto farm and forest land…</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">Dec. 1: (Portland Tribune) Neighbors demand better access in new Hillsdale Terrace plan</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=125899960644495600"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=125899960644495600</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font size="2">SOUTHWEST PORTLAND — Hours after the City Council handed the Housing Authority of Portland its best wishes attached to a promise of $5 million for a plan to redevelop Hillsdale Terrace, the Hillsdale Neighborhood Association was making its
own much cheaper and less-enthusiastic declaration of support for the project…</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">Dec. 1: (Portland Tribune) Capitol Highway without cars?</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=125899922683882600"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=125899922683882600</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font size="2">HILLSDALE – The vehicles on Capitol Highway have vanished and in their place, trees and other greenery have sprouted up. Is this the image of a post-apocalyptic world? No, rather the vision…</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">Nov. 30: (McMinnville News-Register) Population growth slows to a crawl; Newberg grows the fastest</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.newsregister.com/article/42386-population+growth+slows+crawl+newberg+grows+fastest"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.newsregister.com/article/42386-population+growth+slows+crawl+newberg+grows+fastest</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font size="2">The recession of the past year slowed population growth in Yamhill County but didn't halt it, according to numbers released by the Population Research Center, a division of Portland State University's College of Urban and Public Affairs…</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">Nov. 30: (Daily Journal of Commerce) Cities, counties scale back fees to entice developers</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://djcoregon.com/news/2009/11/30/cities-counties-scale-back-fees-to-entice-developers/"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#0000FF"><u>http://djcoregon.com/news/2009/11/30/cities-counties-scale-back-fees-to-entice-developers/</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font size="2">As the recession drags on, some Oregon cities and counties have deferred or reduced system development charges in efforts to spur development, with limited success. But one town hopes to buck that trend by waiving all of its SDCs for up
to a year…</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">Nov. 30: (Portland Tribune) New Columbia River Crossing problem: Hayden Island</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=125952118543104300"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=125952118543104300</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font size="2">The Columbia River Crossing has hit another bump in the road. Some residents of Hayden Island are upset that proposed cost-cutting changes the Interstate 5 bridge and freeway project could destroy existing businesses and create what they
say is a barrier through their neighborhood…</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">Nov. 29: (The Oregonian) Proposed changes to Columbia River Crossing project don't sit well with Hayden Island residents</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2009/11/proposed_changes_to_columbia_r.html"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2009/11/proposed_changes_to_columbia_r.html</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font size="2">Hayden Island would get a MAX stop, a new "Main Street" and better access on and off the island if the Columbia River Crossing is built. But these days, many residents see only what their piece of paradise won't get…</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">Nov. 28: (Medford Mail Tribune) Ashland joins in effort to re-open Siskiyou rail passage</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091128/NEWS/911280306"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091128/NEWS/911280306</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font size="2">ASHLAND — In an effort to get freight trains rolling again over the Siskiyous, the city is working with the California towns of Weed and Montague to lease or buy the railroad line that was shut down by its owners last year in a rate dispute…</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">Nov. 28: (East Oregonian) Stubbornly high nitrate numbers could lead to DEQ regulation</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">For all the efforts to remedy the high nitrates levels in the groundwater of the lower Umatilla basin, they remain stubbornly high, a situation that may result in regulation of nitrogen sources such as fertilizer…</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">Nov. 27: (East Oregonian) Umatilla Basin project ready for next step</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://eastoregonian.com/main.asp?SectionID=13&SubSectionID=48&ArticleID=100706&TM=70251.86"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#0000FF"><u>http://eastoregonian.com/main.asp?SectionID=13&SubSectionID=48&ArticleID=100706&TM=70251.86</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font size="2">A new legal body will oversee the next phase of the project to divert Columbia River water to the Umatilla River and for replenishing aquifers…</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">Nov. 26: (Portland Tribune) Changes in the wind: Get ready to alter your lifestyle as agencies reduce carbon footprint</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=125918457480318600"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=125918457480318600</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font size="2">So you think sorting out recyclables into yellow bins is a hassle, and biking to work instead of driving is a big sacrifice? You haven’t seen anything yet…</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">Nov. 25: (Roseburg News-Review) One of two Costco building permits approved</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.nrtoday.com/article/20091125/NEWS/911259980"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.nrtoday.com/article/20091125/NEWS/911259980</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font size="2">Costco is another step closer to breaking ground on Northeast Stephens Street, where it plans to build its Roseburg store…</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">Nov. 24: (The Oregonian) OSU report finds shrinking snowpack but healthy forests</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/11/osu_report_finds_shrinking_sno.html"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/11/osu_report_finds_shrinking_sno.html</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font size="2">Snowpack in some of the Oregon Cascade Range is dwindling, but western Oregon's Douglas fir forests appear unchanged, according to an analysis of climate change by researchers at Oregon State University…</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">Nov. 24: (East Oregonian) Stanfield has fastest growth in region</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://eastoregonian.com/main.asp?SectionID=13&SubSectionID=48&ArticleID=100595&TM=46420.04"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#0000FF"><u>http://eastoregonian.com/main.asp?SectionID=13&SubSectionID=48&ArticleID=100595&TM=46420.04</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font size="2">PORTLAND - Stanfield was the region's fastest-growing community in the past year. The city's population grew 75 to 2,290 in 2009 for a growth rate of nearly 3.4 percent…</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">Nov. 24: (The Oregonian) Panel will review 'greatest permanent value' of Oregon forests</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/11/panel_will_review_greatest_per.html"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/11/panel_will_review_greatest_per.html</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font size="2">The state is asking for help in defining how Oregon's forests should be managed. A 14-member citizen's advisory panel will meet for the first time Dec. 2 in Salem to review the state rule that define forests' "greatest permanent value,"
which is akin to a mission statement for state timber lands like the Tillamook and Clatsop state forests in the coast range…</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">Nov. 24: (Editorial, Roseburg News-Review) Let's bring ‘paper or plastic?' back to Roseburg's core</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.nrtoday.com/article/20091124/EDITORIALS/911249975"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.nrtoday.com/article/20091124/EDITORIALS/911249975</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font size="2">There's no question that the closure of the downtown Safeway was a blow to a number of city residents. In particular, it was rough on those whose needs in life are often overlooked…</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">Nov. 22: (Roseburg News-Review) Roseburg's flood maps to be updated</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.nrtoday.com/article/20091122/NEWS/911209969/1006&parentprofile=1055"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.nrtoday.com/article/20091122/NEWS/911209969/1006&parentprofile=1055</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font size="2">Roseburg's new digital flood maps mean about 200 houses will no longer be included in the 100-year flood plain, and about 45 others are being added…</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">Nov. 20: (Medford Mail Tribune) Public meetings required for developers</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091120/NEWS/911200323"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091120/NEWS/911200323</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font size="2">The Medford City Council voted Thursday to require developers to hold a neighborhood meeting for residents who might be affected by new construction before they could apply for city land-use permits…</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">Nov. 17: (Newberg Graphic) Affordable housing plan gets first OK</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.newberggraphic.com/news/2009/November/17/Local.News/affordable.housing.plan.gets.first.ok/news.aspx"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.newberggraphic.com/news/2009/November/17/Local.News/affordable.housing.plan.gets.first.ok/news.aspx</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font size="2">The Newberg Planning Commission approved changes to the development code to promote affordable housing at its meeting Thursday, including lifting a ban on duplexes in R-1 residential zones…</font></div>
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