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<div><font color="#008000"><b>Welcome to the Land Use News e-mail list!</b></font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" 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
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">July 13: (Eugene Register-Guard) Main Street Vision: Springfield officials hope the travel corridor can be a destination</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/cityregion/25016332-41/main-street-downtown-springfield-plaza.csp"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/cityregion/25016332-41/main-street-downtown-springfield-plaza.csp</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">SPRINGFIELD — The route to a revitalized downtown runs directly through the state Department of Transportation bureaucracy, according to an urban design plan presented to the City Council on Monday night…</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">July 13: (Eugene Register-Guard) Study suggests strategies for West 11<font size="1"><sup>th</sup></font></font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/cityregion/25016377-41/west-council-councilors-emx-street.csp"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/cityregion/25016377-41/west-council-councilors-emx-street.csp</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">With or without bus rapid transit on Eugene’s West 11th Avenue, the City Council on Monday indicated that steps will be taken to ease traffic congestion and enhance safety on the busy street…</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">July 13: (Statesman Journal) Council again to consider hens in yards</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20100713/NEWS/7130330/1001"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20100713/NEWS/7130330/1001</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">The issue of backyard hens in Salem drew a crowd to Monday's city council meeting…</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">July 12: (Portland Tribune) Money Magazine names Beaverton, Hillsboro in top 100 places to live</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=127897920606846900"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=127897920606846900</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">When it comes to small-town living on the West Coast, it doesn’t get much better than Washington County. CNN’s Money Magazine named Beaverton and Hillsboro as two of the Best Places to Live in America in its survey
of 100 small cities…</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">July 12: (The Oregonian) Comment period on urban, rural reserves ends Wednesday for Clackamas, Multnomah, Washington counties</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2010/07/post_16.html"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2010/07/post_16.html</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">The Portland area's novel attempt to make long-range land-use choices is about to run the gantlet. Wednesday is the deadline to file objections to agreements…</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">July 10: (Editorial, McMinnville News-Register) Decision on Riverbend shows 'gotcha' mentality</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.newsregister.com/article/44857-editorial+decision+riverbend+shows+039gotcha039+mentality"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://www.newsregister.com/article/44857-editorial+decision+riverbend+shows+039gotcha039+mentality</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Once again, there’s proof positive that Oregon’s land use regulatory system is incomprehensible and wasteful. The latest evidence is this week’s decision by the Land Use Board of Appeals…</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">July 10: (Newberg Graphic) LUBA reverses landfill decision</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.newberggraphic.com/news/2010/July/09/Local.News/luba.reverses.landfill.decision/news.aspx"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://www.newberggraphic.com/news/2010/July/09/Local.News/luba.reverses.landfill.decision/news.aspx</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">The Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA) issued a final order in the appeal of the Riverbend Landfill expansion, concluding that Yamhill County went against state land use law in authorizing expansion of the landfill…</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">July 9: (Portland Tribune) Casino backers unveil vision</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=127872506708345000"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=127872506708345000</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">If you’ve ever dreamt of floating down a “lazy river” in an inner tube, then sitting down to an elegant dinner before catching an IMAX movie or spinning the roulette wheel – all under one roof in East County – well,
some developers have a plan for you…</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">July 9: (Daily Journal of Commerce) North Bethany development gets push</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://djcoregon.com/news/2010/07/09/north-bethany-development-gets-push/"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://djcoregon.com/news/2010/07/09/north-bethany-development-gets-push/</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">After three years of planning and trimming a budget for roads and public facilities by more than 75 percent, Washington County staffers are anxious for development to start in North Bethany…</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">July 9: (Eugene Register-Guard) Ruling favors research park: The state Land Use Board of Appeals sides with the University of Oregon’s controversial riverfront plan</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/sevendays/25002661-35/decision-park-research-project-riverfront.csp"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/sevendays/25002661-35/decision-park-research-project-riverfront.csp</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">A state appeals board has upheld a decision by Eugene planners that gives the University of Oregon three more years to construct additional buildings at the Riverfront Research Park along the Willamette River…</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">July 8: (The Oregonian) Hillsboro leaders say they are reviewing their options after LUBA calls city ordinance unconstitutional</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/hillsboro/index.ssf/2010/07/hillsboro_leaders_say_they_are_reviewing_their_options_after_land_use_board_of_appeals_calls_city_or.html"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://www.oregonlive.com/hillsboro/index.ssf/2010/07/hillsboro_leaders_say_they_are_reviewing_their_options_after_land_use_board_of_appeals_calls_city_or.html</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Hillsboro city officials are reviewing their options after the Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals ruled that a Hillsboro ordinance that created two new airport compatibility zones is unconstitutional…</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">July 7: (McMinnville News-Register) LUBA reverses county’s OK of Riverbend expansion</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.newsregister.com/article/44837-luba+reverses+county039s+ok+riverbend+expansion"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://www.newsregister.com/article/44837-luba+reverses+county039s+ok+riverbend+expansion</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">The Land Use Board of Appeals reversed the Yamhill County Board of Commissioners’ decision to expand Riverbend Landfill Wednesday. Commissioners Kathy George and Leslie Lewis had approved the expansion in November…</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">July 7: (Corvallis Gazette-Times) Council backs farm sales in industrial zones</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.gazettetimes.com/news/local/article_4524ad92-8964-11df-9603-001cc4c002e0.html"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://www.gazettetimes.com/news/local/article_4524ad92-8964-11df-9603-001cc4c002e0.html</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">A sharply divided City Council voted Tuesday to pick up where Bald Hill Farm owner Andrew Martin left off, directing staff to begin the process of amending the city code to permit some agricultural uses on industrial
land…</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">July 6: (McMinnville News-Register) Panel calls for quarry denial</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.newsregister.com/article/44818-panel+calls+quarry+denial"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://www.newsregister.com/article/44818-panel+calls+quarry+denial</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">After two long hearings in May and June filled with testimony from Grand Island farmers about the potential impacts of gravel mining near their land, the Yamhill County Planning Commission voted…</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">July 6: (Daily Journal of Commerce) Oregon Coast towns win NOAA award</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://djcoregon.com/news/2010/07/06/oregon-coast-towns-win-noaa-award/"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://djcoregon.com/news/2010/07/06/oregon-coast-towns-win-noaa-award/</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">The city governments in two Oregon coastal towns, Bandon and Astoria, have been recognized by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for the work each has done to redevelop their waterfronts…</font></div>
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