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<div><b>April 18:</b></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://sustainablebusinessoregon.com/articles/2011/04/portland-meets-london-a-chat-with.html&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAAOABAnO2y7QRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=FDiuzAvuQOk&usg=AFQjCNFh6FhA3dbRHyP2UFB1i2X5-9Kl7Q"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>Portland
meets London: A chat with Nicky Gavron</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (Sustainable Business Oregon)<br>
The aim is to focus much of the development on brown-field </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">land</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> alongside a vastly extended and improved public transport system. We </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">
our policy instruments to build demand and shape markets, for instance, in micro-renewables, combined heat power </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">...</font></font></div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.conceivablytech.com/1949/business/greenpeace-attacks-facebook%25E2%2580%2599s-power-supply&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAFOAVAnO2y7QRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=FDiuzAvuQOk&usg=AFQjCNHsORs4fqauOLz3dzAwGMWAxi0szA"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>Greenpeace
Attacks Facebook's Power Supply</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (ConceivablyTech)<br>
“While other companies have chosen </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Oregon</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> as a good choice given the abundant hydropower, it is expected to become more expensive by the time Facebook's data center is online. Facebook
has chosen instead to go with PacifiCorp, a power company that gets </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">...</font></font></div>
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<div><b>April 17:</b></div>
<div>FACEBOOK OPENS FIRST PRINEVILLE DATA CENTER (mycentraloregon.com) <a href="http://www.mycentraloregon.com/news/local/1305385/Facebook-Opens-First-Prineville-Data-Center.html"><font color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.mycentraloregon.com/news/local/1305385/Facebook-Opens-First-Prineville-Data-Center.html</u></font></a></div>
<div>Facebook leaders, including founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, joined state and local elected officials in Prineville Friday to officially open the company's first custom-built data center.</div>
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<div>OREGON WELCOMES FACEBOOK CENTER IN PRINEVILLE (Oregon Business Report) </div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://oregonbusinessreport.com/2011/04/oregon-welcomes-facebook-center-in-prineville/"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#0000FF"><u>http://oregonbusinessreport.com/2011/04/oregon-welcomes-facebook-center-in-prineville/</u></font></a></font></div>
<div>State Treasurer Ted Wheeler welcomed social media giant Facebook today at the grand opening ceremony at the companys new, state-of-the-art facility in Central Oregon.</div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.columbian.com/news/2011/apr/16/psst-wanna-buy-a-bridge/&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAAOABAksqt7QRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=qIqngGuNwzE&usg=AFQjCNG0_h2gjJLAY-f3Y9jwmiOlezdiyw"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>Psst
… wanna buy a bridge?</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (The Columbian)<br>
That's something </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">land</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">-</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> planners will have to consider, including health and environmental implications.
Boyd, recently named by the state Department of Transportation to represent Washington in the bistate co-directorship of the Columbia River </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">...</font></font></div>
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<div><b>April 16:</b></div>
<div>KRIS AND TODD LOCKIE STRUGGLE TO REBUILD AFTER 2009 FLOOD AND PERMIT STRUGGLES WITH CLACKAMAS COUNTY (Portland Oregonian) </div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/oregon-city/index.ssf/2011/04/kris_and_todd_lockie_struggle_to_rebuild_after_2009_flood_and_permit_struggles_with_clackamas_county.html"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.oregonlive.com/oregon-city/index.ssf/2011/04/kris_and_todd_lockie_struggle_to_rebuild_after_2009_flood_and_permit_struggles_with_clackamas_county.html</u></font></a></font></div>
<div>More than two years after floods destroyed Kris and Todd Lockie's creekside home south of Oregon City, the couple find themselves deeply in debt and unable to return to their property.</div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.dailytidings.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article%3FAID%3D/20110416/NEWS02/104160304/-1/NEWSMAP&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATACOAJAmqeo7QRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=3CQjI5uryu4&usg=AFQjCNHNB-7HAwIUx0ObcxwOlXRKzjeghw"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>Council
to consider rest area</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (Ashland Daily Tidings)<br>
The state </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Land Use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> Board of Appeals and the </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Oregon</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> Court of Appeals previously ruled that ODOT needs to get
an exception to Goal 11 to move forward. Construction costs for the Siskiyou Safety Rest Area and Welcome Center would be $7.5 million, </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">...</font></font></div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.dailytidings.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article%3FAID%3D/20110416/NEWS02/104160306/-1/NEWSMAP&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATADOANAmqeo7QRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=3CQjI5uryu4&usg=AFQjCNGpXqBcV8DGBFo3FINAxTFh3KN7kg"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>Conservation
group: Siskiyou wild rivers watershed threatened by mining</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (Ashland Daily Tidings)<br>
Neither the staff at the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest nor the US Bureau of </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Land</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> Management's Medford District could verify the claim numbers late Friday afternoon. The Siskiyou
wild rivers area includes most of the streams in Southwest </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Oregon</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">, </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">...</font></font></div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.newsregister.com/article%3FarticleTitle%3Dbill%2Bwould%2Bopen%2Bgates%2Bfor%2Bwine-related%2Bevents--1302980158--566--news&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAEOARAmqeo7QRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=3CQjI5uryu4&usg=AFQjCNE_HioOimZXdDGE5V3_8CAPIISqZA"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>Bill
would open gates for wine-related events</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (McMinnville News-Register)<br>
At present, she said, a winery wishing to add a kitchen and engage in hot-food catering has to win authorization through a </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">land use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> process designed to ensure it is appropriate for
its particular location and circumstances. And she thinks that should </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">...</font></font></div>
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<div><b>April 15:</b></div>
<div>BPA, WIND DEVELOPERS ARGUE OVER LOOMING PROBLEM OF TOO MUCH POWER FROM RENEWABLES (Portland Oregonian)</div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2011/04/bpa_wind_developers_argue_over.html"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2011/04/bpa_wind_developers_argue_over.html</u></font></a></font></div>
<div>Under pressure from wind developers and investor-owned utilities around the region, the Bonneville Power Administration this week backed away from a plan to start pulling the plug on wind turbines when it has too much water and wind energy at the same
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<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.oregonlive.com/rajneesh/index.ssf/2011/04/part_one_it_was_worse_than_we.html&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAAOABAkYSj7QRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=bKVNPBk-Xsc&usg=AFQjCNFarFrF8emQgmZ9T-lkIUDQDWzwLw"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>Part
one: It was worse than we thought</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (OregonLive.com)<br>
Their private Portland lawyers advised they needed to befriend 1000 Friends of </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Oregon</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">. The environmental group was a watchdog over </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">land use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">,
especially guarding farmland from development. In late 1981, Sheela, Krishna Deva -- better known as KD -- and </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">...</font></font></div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://keizertimes.com/%3Fp%3D6827&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATACOAJAnO2y7QRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=FDiuzAvuQOk&usg=AFQjCNEXB2jEgt8w_5DfSTINFsBVOOkTjA"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>Back
taxes to be paid in </u></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>land</u></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u> sales, developer says</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (Keizertimes)<br>
Chris Eppley, Keizer's city manager, said back taxes can't be considered in a </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">land use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> decision, which sets out “rights of use,” he added. When taxes aren't paid the jurisdictions where
the land sits don't get that money, said Susan Gahlsdorf, </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">...</font></font></div>
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<div><b>April 14:</b></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://news.oregonmetro.gov/1/post.cfm/state-s-greenhouse-gas-mandate-has-metro-cities-thinking-about-getting-public-support"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#0000FF"><u>State's greenhouse gas mandate
has Metro, cities thinking about getting public support</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#973F1B"> </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">(Metro News)</font></font></div>
<div>Eighty percent of Metro area residents support "building more neighborhoods where people can get where they need to go by walking, biking or taking public transit," according to a recent scientific survey.</div>
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<div><b>April 13:</b></div>
<div>OREGON FARMERS ADOPT ENERGY EFFICIENCY BUT COULD DO MORE, STATE REPORT SAYS (Portland Oregonian)</div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2011/04/oregon_farmers_adopt_energy_ef.html"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2011/04/oregon_farmers_adopt_energy_ef.html</u></font></a></font></div>
<div>Oregon farmers are eager to put up solar panels, grow oil seeds for fuel and use anaerobic digesters to produce electricity from manure, but are held back by up-front costs and uncertain markets, according to a new report. </div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://djcoregon.com/news/2011/04/13/expedited-permitting-bill-draws-heat/"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#0000FF"><u>Oregon bill would speed permits past environmental review, critics say</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif">
(Daily Journal of Commerce)</font></font></div>
<div>An Oregon bill that would establish more oversight to the permitting process for industrial land – in theory to make the process quicker – is heading to the Senate. Developers champion the bill, but environmentalists say it will allow industry to skirt
the public process.</div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://djcoregon.com/news/2011/04/13/a-new-addition-to-the-graveyard-of-bad-land-use-ideas/"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#0000FF"><u>A new addition to the graveyard of bad land-use ideas</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif">
(Daily Journal of Commerce)</font></font></div>
<div>Senate Bill 766 was featured prominently in the press recently. It is a priority bill for the governor and for some segments of the real estate and business community, particularly those who are frustrated by the city of Portland’s North Reach River Plan
because of the environmental and fiscal exactions placed on industrial development that [...]</div>
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<div><b>April 12:</b></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20110412/NEWS/104120318/Fans-of-canine-training-push-bill%3Fodyssey%3Dtab%257Cmostpopular%257Ctext%257CNEWS&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATACOAJAvJuT7QRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=cTkifL3pVps&usg=AFQjCNE-NyKZvZR4UKq-eCm9KBke-nQk_A"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#0000FF"><u>Fans
of canine training push bill</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (Statesman Journal)<br>
The bill would would specifically allow dog training on land zoned for exclusive farm use. Currently the statute interprets dog training as being outside the boundaries of permitted </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">land use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">,
and many training facilities throughout </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Oregon</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> have been </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">...</font></font></div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://djcoregon.com/news/2011/04/12/wilsonville-wants-new-urban-renewal-area-around-one-building/"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#0000FF"><u>Wilsonville wants new urban renewal area – around one building</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif">
(Daily Journal of Commerce)</font></font></div>
<div>The city of Wilsonville is eager to lure San Jose, Calif.-based solar manufacturer SoloPower – and as many as 500 jobs and investments worth as much as $340 million – to a vacant distribution warehouse. Creation of an enterprise zone, a typical incentive,
is not an option, so Wilsonville is looking to create Oregon’s first one-building, single-property urban renewal area.</div>
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<div><b>April 11:</b></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://djcoregon.com/news/2011/04/08/metro-brainstorming-how-to-make-commuters-ditch-cars/"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#0000FF"><u>Metro brainstorming how to make commuters ditch cars</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif">
(Daily Journal of Commerce)</font></font></div>
<div>According to proposed rules issued by the state Oregon Land Conservation and Development Commission earlier this month, Metro should plan to reduce per-capita carbon emissions from passenger vehicles from 2005 levels by 21 percent by 2025.</div>
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<div><font face="Tahoma, sans-serif" size="2">Director's Office<br>
Oregon Dept. of Land Conservation and Development<br>
635 Capitol Street NE, Suite 150 | Salem, OR 97301-2540<br>
Office: (503) 373-0050 ext. 271 | Cell: (503) 383-8911 | Fax: (503) 378-5518<br>
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