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<div><b>September 6:</b></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://sustainablebusinessoregon.com/articles/2011/09/oregon-leverages-new-markets-tax.html&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAAOABArbSa8wRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=h2PLhllt3dM&usg=AFQjCNGt9QE8c6VARFi4WGijRl2iP_hYpw"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>Oregon</u></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>
leverages New Markets Tax Credits</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (Sustainable Business Oregon)<br>
</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">New Markets money secured through Ecotrust also helped finance ZeaChem's pilot facility for cellulosic ethanol in Boardman, mill upgrades at Ochoco Lumber in John Day and </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">land</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">
purchases in Garibaldi and Bandon, where the </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">land</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> is then managed to enhance </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">...</font></font></div>
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<div><b>September 4:</b></div>
<div>NEW FLOOD MAPS BEING DEVELOPED FOR THE OREGON COAST (Seaside Signal) <a href="http://www.seasidesignal.com/news/local_news/article_155ea512-d72f-11e0-a83a-001cc4c03286.html"><font color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.seasidesignal.com/news/local_news/article_155ea512-d72f-11e0-a83a-001cc4c03286.html</u></font></a></div>
<div>DOGAMI Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries staff and cartographers are working with Oregon coast communities to update flood mapping.</div>
<div>FEMA has contracted with DOGAMI and the Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development to update and revise FEMA flood risk maps, for the National Flood Insurance Program.</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%3Dfriends%2Bintent%2Bon%2Bmore%2Bugb%2Bappeal--1315079634--1547--home-news&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAAOABAl-6P8wRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=GlSZEar_dxg&usg=AFQjCNGXkRlZGutP7Dqfr-Z6UikiIR7DnQ"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>Friends
intent on more UGB appeal</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (McMinnville News-Register)<br>
"</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Land use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> by litigation," member John Abrams called it. And that resonated with Chairman Daryl Garrettson, who used the term several more times during the course of the evening. Counties
in </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Oregon</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> are required to revise their urban growth boundaries </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://singularityhub.com/2011/09/04/nodes-sensors-and-internet-access-at-the-bottom-of-the-ocean/&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATACOAJAl-6P8wRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=GlSZEar_dxg&usg=AFQjCNGKOVmZ6fdl9Wu-byIiC2dUuwyb1A"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>Nodes,
Sensors, and Internet Access at the Bottom of the Ocean</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (Singularity Hub)<br>
On September 1st the 274-foot Naval research vessel Thomas G. Thompson pulled into Newport, </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Oregon</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">. Its crew of researchers, engineers, graduate and undergraduate students – and one
dean – had just completed a three week expedition called Visions '11 </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">...</font></font></div>
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<div><b>September 3:</b></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article%3FAID%3D/20110903/NEWS/109030305&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATADOANAk8uK8wRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=h1lLEBgnLCg&usg=AFQjCNEj1YO2GGwRbRaDLBWx0tHdGmQCfg"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>Council
votes down low-income project</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (Mail Tribune)<br>
The Housing Authority now can plead its case to the </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Oregon Land Use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> Board of Appeals if it wants to save the project. Jason Elzy, program manager with the Housing Authority, said his
agency will seek "legal action" in the matter, but would not comment </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.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article%3FAID%3D/20110903/NEWS/109030304&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAFOAVAk8uK8wRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=h1lLEBgnLCg&usg=AFQjCNFLtXIw0QpSzZ6172SJgukAGkw3UQ"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>The
law hatches a plan</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (Mail Tribune)<br>
"It needs to go into some attainable and viable </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">, but exactly what that means and how it will work, we really don't know," says Russ Stauff, the </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Oregon</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">
Department of Fish and Wildlife's Rogue Watershed manager, who is spearheading the agency's </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">...</font></font></div>
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<div><b>September 1:</b></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2011/09/central_catholic_high_school_p.html&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATACOAJAkYWA8wRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=8_fVCgrFd3g&usg=AFQjCNGoYpQ5BvlNnzE6KNUHTc6Qflmu0A"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>Central
Catholic High School parking proposal irks neighbors</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (OregonLive.com)<br>
If the council sides with the school, the neighborhood association will have to appeal to the </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Oregon Land Use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> Board of Appeals. The first phase of the expansion calls for a 29000-square-foot,
three-story addition and the creation of 15 parking spaces </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.swcommconnection.com/news/story.php%3Fstory_id%3D131412803581811800&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAGOAZAkYWA8wRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=8_fVCgrFd3g&usg=AFQjCNH3FqhXlTfZauUPV0Pf9PYyTGMQ7A"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>Envisioning
a better future for Barbur Boulevard</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (Southwest Community Connection)<br>
Other smaller-scale plans — including HCT </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"> plans in Tigard and Tualatin and a transportation plan
created jointly by Metro and the </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Oregon</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> Department of Transportation — are being drafted to inform the Southwest Corridor Plan as well, </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.upi.com/Science_News/2011/08/31/Trees-use-of-nitrogen-has-climate-impact/UPI-20961314836081/&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAQOBBAkYWA8wRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=8_fVCgrFd3g&usg=AFQjCNFjE4Gpb6RBLNE01ERbmvfed6-X3Q"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>Trees'
</u></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>use</u></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u> of nitrogen has climate impact</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (UPI.com)<br>
The productivity of forests growing on nitrogen-rich rock was approximately 50 percent higher than the productivity of forests growing on nitrogen-poor rocks throughout Northern California and into </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Oregon</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">,
the study found.<br>
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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/west-linn/index.ssf/2011/08/clackamas_countys_water_environment_services_considers_purchasing_west_linn_portion_of_blue_heron_pr.html&ct=ga&cad=CAcQAhgBIAAoATAAOABA5oSA8wRIAVgBYgVlbi1VUw&cd=3x7FNuxT0eM&usg=AFQjCNFLKFU1FMcdQ_Kh2reCTwWGKgFAgA"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>Clackamas
County wastewater districts consider purchasing West </u></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>...</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (OregonLive.com)<br>
</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Oregon Department</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> of Environmental Quality officials have told county </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">...</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> could require permits from the
</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Department</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> of State </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Lands</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> and possibly also the US </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">...</font></font></div>
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<div><b>August 31:</b></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2011/08/hughes_nominates_martha_bennet.html&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATABOAFAmOL68gRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=_vUIMPPbxLo&usg=AFQjCNG7pR4bCXCFo3P2kFgLfLVG4E79Bw"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>Tom
Hughes nominates Martha Bennett as Metro's chief operating officer </u></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>...</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (OregonLive.com)<br>
It coordinates </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"> and transportation planning, operates the </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Oregon</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">
Zoo, runs convention and entertainment venues, oversees garbage hauling and recycling and owns pioneer cemeteries. Jordan, the previous chief operating officer, was hired by Gov. </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://northcoastcitizen.com/ncc_news/local/article_f10ee618-d350-11e0-afe2-001cc4c03286.html&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAIOAhAmOL68gRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=_vUIMPPbxLo&usg=AFQjCNFLYkGuO0bnvB4iXefN8Le9wWJT7Q"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>Will
pocket neighborhoods take root in Manzanita?</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (North Coast & Cannon Beach Citizen)<br>
While the concept isn't new, it is new to Manzanita and Jim Pence, of Manzanita Investment Properties, LLC, along with architect Ross Chapin, hope to make it a reality for the north </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Oregon</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">
coast community. Pence purchased property at the northeast </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.democratherald.com/news/local/article_50a56420-d3ed-11e0-a52c-001cc4c002e0.html&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATACOAJAmOL68gRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=_vUIMPPbxLo&usg=AFQjCNE7hWjgYzn-5w_1sPBumVYdrfCzdw"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>Linn
OKs Resource Center</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (Albany Democrat Herald)<br>
“However, when the primary </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> of the </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">land</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> is as a garden shop, providing instruction on horticulture or
gardening methods, in conjunction with the sale of gardening items such as soils, amenities, and tools is a normal, auxiliary and allowed </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">. </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">...</font></font></div>
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<div><font face="Tahoma, sans-serif" size="2"><b>Lisa Howard</b> | Assistant to the Director</font></div>
<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>
<a href="mailto:lisa.howard@state.or.us"><font color="#0000FF"><u>lisa.howard@state.or.us</u></font></a> | <a href="http://www.oregon.gov/LCD"><font color="#0000FF"><u>www.oregon.gov/LCD</u></font></a></font></div>
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