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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#E46C0A;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#E46C0A;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">A roundup of the spookiest land use news items of the week!
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Land Use News is an electronic news clipping service provided by the Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development (DLCD). Land Use News emphasizes local reporting and commentary on land use in Oregon and other states. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none"><a href="http://www.planetizen.com/node/71911/halloween-costumes-urban-planners-4th-edition"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none">Halloween costumes for
urban planners</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#737373">Planetizen<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#252525">It's the day before Halloween, and you still do not have a costume. Perhaps you were too busy caring for your children or involved in your city's latest charrette session.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#252525"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none"><a href="http://time.com/3543535/best-worst-halloween-cities/"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none">These are the best and worst cities for celebrating
Halloween</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#737373">Time<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#252525">Based on a very scientific analysis of crimes rates, candy stores, walkability and more.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none"><a href="http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/land_use/2009/11/scary-parking.html"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none">Scary parking</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#737373">Land Use Prof (blog)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#252525">Chad Emerson has posted a couple of times about
<a href="http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/land_use/2009/10/parking-space-legal-contango.html">
<span style="color:#252525;text-decoration:none">parking</span></a> <a href="http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/land_use/2009/10/market-rate-parking-regs.html">
<span style="color:#252525;text-decoration:none">requirements</span></a> in land use regulations. Architect Roger K. Lewis takes on parking garage aesthetics in his Washington Post column yesterday called
</span><span lang="EN" style="color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/29/AR2009102905133.html"><span style="color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Where
You Park Doesn't Have to be Scary</span></a>. </span><span lang="EN" style="color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="color:#333333"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.gazettetimes.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/land-use-board-returns-witham-oaks-student-housing-case-to/article_e9f3b6f6-5fb6-11e4-be8e-93bf2ab4406e.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNTEwNjA3NDE5NDc3NDE4OTk2OTIaYzJiNTIwOGZkYjQ3ZGVkNDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGqSmk6AMPaYNf-mjM7EO_dws2nmg"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none">Land-use
board returns Witham Oaks student housing case to city</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#737373">Corvallis Gazette Times
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="color:#252525">The state Land Use Board of Appeals, in an opinion released Tuesday, “remanded” the city's approval of the 900-bedroom facility because of errors in ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2014/10/metro_charter_measure_leaves_n.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTA4NDU5OTMzNDIwMDM5NDY2NjcyGjI2YzQ2YjQwNzIyOWMxMDA6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGiCZk1dmykQywWtmOx13gXnhlGig"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none">Metro
charter measure leaves neighborhood planning to cities: Guest opinion</span></a>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#737373">The Oregonian - OregonLive.com
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="color:#252525">Oregon</span><span style="color:#252525">, and the Portland region in particular, will continue to face a lot of ... Metro will continue to manage and protect the urban growth boundary.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2014/10/conservation_group_wants_blm_e.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAyoTNDU2NzQwODkwMDIxMjIxOTkxNDIaMGFlM2IxZjA5NzgwY2MxMDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHcVpIXWI8TNlfOk15JZC63gO2ZFw"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none">Conservation
group wants BLM environmental reviews to protect sage grouse on grazing land</span></a>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#737373">The Oregonian - OregonLive.com
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="color:#252525">The letter cites grazing permits in Nevada, Wyoming, Montana, Oregon, ... it will be hard for them not to list," said John Freemuth, a public land policy ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none"><a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2014/10/astoria_tops_west_coast_ports.html#incart_river"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none">Astoria
tops West coast ports with $50 million in fish landed in 2013</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#737373">Portland Oregonian<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#252525">A report from NOAA Fisheries Service shows Astoria, Oregon, topped West Coast ports in pounds of fish landed last year.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none"><a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2014/10/oregon_leads_nation_in_percent_1.html"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none">Oregon leads
nation in percentage of vacant-house foreclosures, report says</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#737373">Portland Oregonian<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#252525">It's an obscure data point, but Oregon had the nation's highest percentage of vacant homes going through the foreclosure process, according to RealtyTrac, the real estate data firm.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none"><a href="http://portlandtribune.com/pt/9-news/238666-104152-kitzhaber-bonamici-help-open-juniper-gardens-ii"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none">Kitzhaber,
Bonamici help open Juniper Gardens II</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#737373">Portland Tribune<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#252525">Alejandro Orteja and his family live in the Montebello Apartments in Hillsboro’s downtown core, close to shopping, schools and the MAX line.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none"><a href="http://www.capitalpress.com/Oregon/20141029/removal-of-weed-from-columbia-requires-review"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none">Removal of weed
from Columbia requires review</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#737373">Capital Press<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#252525">The federal government must review the removal of flowering rush, an invasive weed, under environmental laws before the plants can be yanked from new sites along the Columbia River in Oregon.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://gizmodo.com/citi-bike-is-finally-being-treated-like-public-transit-1652403433&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioUMTAxMTExODM5MDcwMDE3Mzg0NDkyGmUzYmVjMzFhMDliMjRjOTY6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNELmkBVjJ8WEojE_R9LBY1u0xfPMA"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none">Citi
Bike Is Finally Being Treated Like Public Transit</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#737373">Gizmodo <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="color:#252525">After months of troubles reported by New York City's bikeshare, it seems that Citi Bike has finally charted a path towards success. It's going to be more ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/morning_call/2014/10/psus-transportation-group-gets-new-name-as-it.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAyoTMTMwMTgyNTY0ODkyNTAzOTYwMzIaODQzMGMxMmUwN2I2OGMwNDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFspwvCRUsGXAbk-ON49rf3Kyq2Cw"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none">PSU's
transportation group gets new name as it continues national and local tasks</span></a>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#737373">Portland Business Journal
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="color:#252525">The group formerly known as OTREC (for the Oregon Transportation Research and Education Consortium) has dropped the "O" and will go by TREC.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.nuggetnews.com/main.asp%3FSectionID%3D5%26SubSectionID%3D5%26ArticleID%3D22897&ct=ga&cd=CAEYBioTMTMwMTgyNTY0ODkyNTAzOTYwMzIaODQzMGMxMmUwN2I2OGMwNDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFl-QAIbvUH_nfhkah1vyuYy-estg"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none">Fix
to streetlights expected next month</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#737373">Sisters Nugget
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="color:#252525">The streetlights were installed by the Oregon Department of Transportation as part of the Cascade Avenue renovation project this year. "We had a bit ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://lebanon-express.com/oregon-outdoors/odfw-seeks-public-comment-on-two-land-acquisitions-in-the/article_185b59d2-2e6b-5d80-b537-98d5f2d28a69.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAyoUMTM5MDgwNzkwODEwMzgxNjY0NTkyGjBhZTNiMWYwOTc4MGNjMTA6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNEOR2pARwWYDv9JABCcCy9kK-stOw"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none">ODFW
seeks public comment on two land acquisitions in the Willamette Valley</span></a>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#737373">Lebanon Express
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="color:#252525">The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife is hosting public meetings to collect input on two proposed land acquisitions: Hayden Island ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none"><a href="http://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/politics/2014/10/28/section-law-bumpy-positive-start/18085203/"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none">Section
8 housing law off to bumpy but positive start</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#737373">Salem Statesman Journal<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#252525">Peggie McGuire still sees Craigslist advertisements where the landlords says he or she doesn't accept Section 8, but she said most people are surprised when she calls to tell them that's illegal now.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none"><a href="http://www.slate.com/articles/business/buy_a_small_business/2014/10/small_business_in_portland_oregon_it_s_a_fantastic_place_to_set_up_or_buy.html"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none">Keeping
Portland weird</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#737373">Slate.com<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#252525">Every joke you can make about Portland - from its obsession with artisanal coffee and its ludicrous weekend-brunch lines to its touchy-feely local government and preponderance of Etsy stores - is basically true.
Portlandia, in fact, is a documentary.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.oregonlive.com/commuting/index.ssf/2014/10/oregon_mileage_tax_odot_lookin.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTM3NzQwMzIzODQxMTAxMzIwMTkyGjg0MzBjMTJlMDdiNjhjMDQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGu8LGxTFKfRVb_SLyP132nEKXuJA"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none">Oregon
mileage tax: ODOT wants 5000 volunteer drivers; 7 things to know about program</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#737373">The Oregonian - OregonLive.com
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="color:#252525">... new technologies and running pilot projects, the Oregon Department of Transportation says it's ready to launch a new pay-as-you-drive road tax.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://registerguard.com/rg/news/local/32330014-75/eugene-looking-to-expand.html.csp&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTOTM3NjI5NDY3MTg5NDE5ODc1MDIaMjZjNDZiNDA3MjI5YzEwMDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNF9tZtDFPpYRzgXhPxzGp5HqfOZxQ"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none">Eugene
considers boundary expansion</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#737373">The Register-Guard
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="color:#252525">Both proposed expansions of the urban growth boundary are connected to Envision Eugene, the four-year study to determine where and how the city ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none"><a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/mapes/index.ssf/2014/10/tax_foundation_oregon_maintain.html#incart_river"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none">Tax foundation:
Oregon maintains ranking as 12th-best business tax climate</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#737373">Portland Oregonian<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color:#252525">For the fourth year in a row, Oregon was ranked 12th in the country for its business tax climate, according to an annual study from the Tax Foundation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none"><a href="http://northcoastcitizen.com/news/article_1dd8b1da-a2c2-55fe-9ffd-aef80ffeeafd.html"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none">Senator Betsy Johnson
wins legislator of the year from economic development professionals</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#737373">North Coast Citizen<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color:#252525">Oregon State Senator Betsy Johnson D-Scappoose was awarded October 27 with the Legislator of the Year award from the Oregon Economic Development Association (OEDA), the state’s leading trade organization for
economic development agencies and professionals.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://portlandtribune.com/pt/9-news/238283-104522-city-responds-to-comp-plan-concerns&ct=ga&cd=CAEYBSoUMTI4NTk1Mzk3MjUyNTMxMzkzMjMyGmMyYjUyMDhmZGI0N2RlZDQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGQVFHrjbXa0XothJ0LZYQB6kM7PQ"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none">City
responds to Comp Plan concerns</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#737373">Portland Tribune
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="color:#252525">"Many participants in the Comprehensive Plan Update process have expressed concern about the City making decisions about land use changes ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none"><a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/index.ssf/2014/10/oregon_will_appoint_entreprene.html"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none">Oregon will
appoint “Entrepreneurship and Innovation Czar,” shift away from out-of-state recruitment</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#737373">Portland Oregonian<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#252525">Sean Robbins, the new head of Oregon's economic-development agency, said Friday that he plans to remake the state's business strategy. He said the state will shift from a focus on out-of-state business recruitment
to "growing our own companies."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://registerguard.com/rg/news/local/32330306-75/mckenzie-golf-course-owners-appeal-county-rejection-of-subdivision-plan.html.csp&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTU3NDA4MTUzNzYxMDE2MzM2NDgyGjBhZTNiMWYwOTc4MGNjMTA6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHuN2MChwAXv6-ZGAhyzt7_5MBadw"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none">Golf
course owners appeal</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#737373">The Register-Guard
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#252525">Any ruling made by the county hearings officer could be appealed to the Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals, stretching out the case for months.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none"><a href="http://www.capitalpress.com/Washington/20141023/cranberry-farmers-struggle-with-high-supply-low-prices"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none">Cranberry
farmers struggle with high supply, low prices</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#737373">Capital Press<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color:#252525">Cranberry farmers, growers of the only commercial ground crop in the southwest corner of the state, perpetually battle the cool climate and limited acreage. Now, they have an even bigger problem a global
glut of cranberries so severe that U.S. farmers asked, in vain, for the U.S. Department of Agriculture to impose volume controls.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none"><a href="http://oregoneconomicanalysis.com/2014/10/24/that-80s-feeling-housing-edition/"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none">That 80’s feeling, housing edition</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#737373">Oregon Office of Economic Analysis (blog)
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color:#252525">As discussed before, Oregon’s economy today is very similar to where it was back in the mid-1980s. Namely, we are digging out from a severe recession, and while activity and growth has returned, even at above
average rates relative to the nation, we’re still not back to where we once were.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:blue"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.bendbulletin.com/home/2512701-151/central-oregon-veterans-ranch-hopes-to-heal&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioTNDk5MjY5OTk2NDk4ODQ4MDkxODIaMGFlM2IxZjA5NzgwY2MxMDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGd6ryGj4eAt_jfnQsnJp3Vyr5Nag"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none">Central
Oregon veterans ranch hopes to heal</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#737373">Bend Bulletin <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Laura Lehman, AICP</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> | Land Use & Transportation Planner<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Planning Services Division<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Oregon Dept. of Land Conservation and Development<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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