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<div><b>August 30:</b></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.democratherald.com/business/local/article_206a7670-7ad8-5a0c-96e4-691ee5611837.html&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATABOAFAlb_18gRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=0eHzHcYAy3o&usg=AFQjCNFHtYkJ_4dPv-hj5pFcgsQP5DlT9Q"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>Making
waves in energy production</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (Albany Democrat Herald)<br>
</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Co-founder and President Chris Beatty said biomass is here to stay and many </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Oregon</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> companies are working toward ways to efficiently and economically
</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> the nonedible parts of plants that would otherwise become waste. "You are going to see blending of </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.kgw.com/news/local/Living-Building-128637283.html&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAFOAVAlb_18gRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=0eHzHcYAy3o&usg=AFQjCNH-zHctGA9QM40-3QqatlrodMi_Vw"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>'Living'
building unveiled in N. Portland</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (kgw.com)<br>
</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Only a few states have one and </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Oregon</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> is about to be the next. At first glance the June Key Delta Community Center may look just like any other
modern building. But the structure is actually just a few solar panels away from being totally </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://kezi.com/news/local/222465&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATALOAtAlb_18gRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=0eHzHcYAy3o&usg=AFQjCNGzgQitHn6g_mlF_MiUBbKO9rXeHA"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>Cottage
Grove Residents Upset About Night Gravel Pit </u></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>Use</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (KEZI TV)<br>
</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">So it is considered a statewide and locally significant aggregate resource," said Matt Laird, Lane County </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Land</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> Management. County </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Land</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">
Management Manager Matt Laird says the gravel pit is running at night because it's contracted to work for the </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>HIDDEN EARTHQUAKE FAULTS REVEALED AT MOUNT HOOD, OREGON (Portland Oregonian) <a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2011/08/hidden_earthquake_faults_revealed_at_mount_hood_oregon.html"><font color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2011/08/hidden_earthquake_faults_revealed_at_mount_hood_oregon.html</u></font></a></div>
<div>On the northern flank of Mount Hood, a scar in the earth's crust stretches for several miles beneath the fir trees that hide it from airborne observers.</div>
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<div><b>August 29:</b></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://sustainablebusinessoregon.com/articles/2011/08/uo-amends-campus-plan-for-sustainable.html&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAAOABAlZzw8gRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=Pmpe2Y4lG7w&usg=AFQjCNHGNed0Hn6lJQRvgVKwPjqu_Op0IQ"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>UO
amends campus plan for sustainable development</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (Sustainable Business Oregon)<br>
The policy also addresses water use, stormwater treatment and educational standards. The university calls the policy the </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Oregon</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> Model for Sustainable Development, which will be amended
to the current Campus Plan, </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">land use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> guidelines that have been in </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">...</font></font></div>
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<div><b>August 27:</b></div>
<div>MORROW COUNTY RULES WILLOW CREEK WIND FARM'S NOISE NOT A PROBLEM (Salem Statesman Journal)</div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20110828/UPDATE/110827026/-1/7daysarchives/Morrow-County-rules-Willow-Creek-wind-farm-s-noise-not-problem"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20110828/UPDATE/110827026/-1/7daysarchives/Morrow-County-rules-Willow-Creek-wind-farm-s-noise-not-problem</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif">-</font></font></div>
<div>An Eastern Oregon wind farm won't have to curb its noise after a county commission decided not to enforce state noise requirements.</div>
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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/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2011/08/post_41.html&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATABOAFAlZzw8gRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=Pmpe2Y4lG7w&usg=AFQjCNFjnBUG-8TltCNJ0jPcKfzJrwFetg"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>Curry
County officials hope to tee off with golf course plan, but others think </u></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>...</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (OregonLive.com)<br>
The county also wants the </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Oregon</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> Department of Aviation to turn over the Cape Blanco Airport. Commissioners say they are working with four developers who are interested in leasing the
</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">land</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> from the county, building two golf courses -- one lake course </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">...</font></font></div>
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<div><b>August 26:</b></div>
<div>CLEAN ENERGY FUTURE OF OREGON DEPENDS ON CONSERVATION, RENEWABLES AND SMART GRID, SAYS REPORT (Portland Oregonian) <a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2011/08/conservation_smart_grids_and_r.html"><font color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2011/08/conservation_smart_grids_and_r.html</u></font></a></div>
<div>Western states could generate big economic and public health dividends by more aggressively pursuing a low-carbon, clean-energy strategy that relies on renewable energy, conservation and smart grid technologies, according to a new report from the Grid
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<div><b>August 25:</b></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.capitalpress.com/content/jb-right-to-farm-edit-082611&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAFOAVAlJDb8gRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=sjoEiwklnJE&usg=AFQjCNGQkapcxv-htoKXa2eAwZmCLzd4Ew"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>Right
to Farm law protects</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (Capital Press)<br>
The protections are particularly important because of </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Oregon's</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> strict </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">
laws that all but require huge swaths of rural land be farmed to the exclusion of any other productive use. Without the act, a lot of farmers would find themselves having to </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">...</font></font></div>
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<div><b>August 24:</b></div>
<div>STATE BOARD OKS RESERVE LANDS PLAN (Forest Grove News Times) <a href="http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=131415743389201600"><font color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=131415743389201600</u></font></a></div>
<div>-Unanimous vote puts opponents efforts to thwart plan in the hands of the courts-</div>
<div>The Oregon Land Conservation and Development Commission approved a regional plan to establish urban and rural reserves that will guide the Portland areas growth patterns for the next 40 years Friday.</div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.registerguard.com/web/newslocalnews/26699366-41/county-boundary-springfield-cities-eugene.html.csp&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAAOABAlu3V8gRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=bLwC-surLQg&usg=AFQjCNGuQFy9P70Wf5xxTiOkr8OalhNAtg"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>County
seeks more control with boundary change</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (The Register-Guard)<br>
“This may be one of the most significant </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">land use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> changes in decades,” said Mia Nelson of 1000 Friends of </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Oregon</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">.
“This is about making sure that next time there is a </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">land use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> decision like a gravel pit rezoning, the cities won't be able to participate </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.registerguard.com/web/opinion/26755413-47/property-community-development-building-eugene.html.csp&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATABOAFAlu3V8gRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=bLwC-surLQg&usg=AFQjCNHnFqzgfG5X8TLGRhUM-hULdq5KnQ"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>GUEST
VIEWPOINT: In </u></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>land use</u></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>, one goal can't always trump all others</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (The Register-Guard)<br>
The dwelling is five feet from the property line and rises two stories to the maximum height permitted by Eugene's </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">land use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> code. This building effectively will prevent me from heating
my house for much of the winter, when the sun is at its lowest and </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">...</font></font></div>
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<div><b>August 23:</b></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/-central-oregon-thinks-regionally-attract-large-lot-industrial-/2011/08/23/5723038.htm&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAAOABAkMrQ8gRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=QXeTOHeJ4Y0&usg=AFQjCNFlZng827d5h1mZgVxoWzjIPSawSg"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>Central
</u></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>Oregon</u></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u> thinks regionally to attract large lot industrial employers </u></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>...</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif">
(TMC Net)<br>
Local </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"> advocates admit industrial companies like Facebook that require large tracts of land do help
the area's economy, but they think counties in Central </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Oregon</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> would be better to focus on creating local jobs by courting businesses that don't </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.dailyastorian.com/free/seaside-oks-venice-park-upgrades/article_73828b0c-cdb3-11e0-8f8a-001cc4c03286.html&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATACOAJAkMrQ8gRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=QXeTOHeJ4Y0&usg=AFQjCNGpAcGz2NPkS3emudxqoSQSU5eHFA"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>Seaside
OKs Venice Park upgrades</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (Daily Astorian)<br>
The district sold the Abel House to the city so the city could </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> the </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">land</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> to build the library. The total
cost for all of the planned improvements at Broadway Park is $1.6 million. The city has also received grants and other donations toward the </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">...</font></font></div>
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Office: (503) 373-0050 ext. 271 | Cell: (503) 383-8911 | Fax: (503) 378-5518<br>
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