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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:green">Welcome to this week’s roundup of the Land Use News!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/e423a17ac8a54469b36d0546f12dae0a/OR--Seaside-Tsunami&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTM2MDg4OTIwNjE2NzQwNzU3OTcyGjAzYTAwZWQ0MzQ3ZjU2NzQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFL7IO6UreaxpLZQaEazIJbc24zLw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Seaside
factors tsunami threat into urban growth boundary expansion plans </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">The Republic
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">SEASIDE, Oregon — Seaside officials have all the checkboxes ready for planning their expansion, public transportation, affordable housing
and of ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><a href="http://www.dailyastorian.com/DA/port/20150805/port-of-astoria-buoys-marina"><span style="color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;text-decoration:none">Port
of Astoria Buoys Marina</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The Port of Astoria is trying to end the bleeding at its marinas. The Port of Astoria estimates the agency has lost more than $500,000 over the past two years on the operation
of marinas on the west and east ends of Astoria that have generously low rates and a long waiting list.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.pamplinmedia.com/cr/26-features/269071-143639-oregon-city-the-states-next-top-tourist-stop&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTM2MDg4OTIwNjE2NzQwNzY3MDMyGjk4Y2JkMzkzNWM0ZjE3N2M6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNEUqFdRLMr_GtiOOb5qy4MLG1TpxQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Oregon</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">
City the state's next top tourist stop? </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Pamplin Media Group
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">What was life like for Native Americans and the state's early settlers? How did Oregon City's residents get from Main Street to neighborhoods
atop the ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.katu.com/news/local/Oregon-moves-to-buy-10000-acres-on-lower-Deschutes-River-321338151.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMTM2MDg4OTIwNjE2NzQwNzU1NjAyGjFlNTVhYjMzZWU3YjM2ZDQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNH3lcuWSu2_lzRoajG3yI2LjrHDlQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Oregon</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">
moves to buy 10000 acres on lower Deschutes River </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">KATU
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">The state agency will purchase the land, a former ranch, from the Trust for Public Land at a cost of $3 million. It will add to an existing
8,500-acre ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.katu.com/news/local/State-Land-Board-approves-selling-Elliott-State-Forest-321843822.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNTY3MTc1MTgzODYwNjAwNTczNzIaNzBjYzY0NjhiNGVjMGVjMzpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGGjIDRCg4_RmFKhYdQtp-48VUQQg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">State
Land</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none"> Board approves selling Elliott State Forest
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">FILE - This undated file photo provided by the Oregon Department of Forestry shows a stand of trees on the Elliott State Forest north of Coos Bay, Ore.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><a href="http://www.capitalpress.com/Water/20150804/researchers-replenish-aquifers-by-flooding-fields-in-winter"><span style="color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;text-decoration:none">Researchers:
Replenish Aquifers by Flooding Fields in Winter</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Capital Press<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">University of California-Davis researchers propose flooding some farm fields during rainy winter months to replenish groundwater supplies that have been depleted because
of the drought.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/08/150809-wildfires-forest-fires-climate-change-science/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioRMzgzODE0MjgyODAyODEzMjkyGjA5ZGRjMzIzMTJjYzFhYzk6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNEsTbZO5Jmg6OGzd7PoOIF7pMWiGw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">How
Megafires Are Remaking American Forests </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">National Geographic
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">Washington, Oregon, California, Arizona, New Mexico and Colorado also ... One year after the 1988 wildfires that burned more than a
third of ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/08/04/upshot/regional-natural-disasters.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur&_r=0&abt=0002&abg=1"><span style="color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;text-decoration:none">The
Cost of Natural Disasters</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">New York Times<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Every year, the United States foots a multi-billion dollar bill for the economic and insured losses incurred from natural disasters. In 2014, the costs reached $25-billion
with certain regions of the country more prone to calamity than others. So what disasters are the most common and how much do they cost? This video breaks down the natural disasters by region.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.mycentraloregon.com/2015/08/09/epa-under-fire-for-toxic-waste-water-spill-in-colorado/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTcwOTA5MjkwOTkzMTQyNzc3NTgyGjBiMGY5ZGU5MzZmZjBiZDU6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNE7BcfYRYa9HKKxkK-tvTkla8N9SQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">EPA</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">
Under Fire for Toxic Waste Water Spill in Colorado </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">myCentralOregon.com
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">The EPA is tasked with protecting these waters, but is now under fire after ... Merkley Tours Oregon Business, Calls For Congress To
Reauthorize ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.oregonlive.com/today/index.ssf/2015/08/downriver_towns_demand_answers.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTM2MDg4OTIwNjE2NzQwNzYzMzYyGjBiMGY5ZGU5MzZmZjBiZDU6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNG4xpGk8LMimAIAPR2VRc2g4EFQug"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Downriver
towns demand answers in Colorado gold mine spill </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">OregonLive.com
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">EPA</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525"> officials said Monday that there was no leading
edge of contamination visible in downstream sections of the San Juan River or Lake Powell.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://portlandtribune.com/sl/269511-144317-help-clean-up-the-clackamas&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNTY3MTc1MTgzODYwNjAwNjI1NTIaYTU3YzViY2I2NmNmYTVlMDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFF8sJEcMzQJaG-LMJm9EyKSf47cQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Help
clean up the Clackamas </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">The event is the largest and longest-running on-water cleanup of its kind in Oregon, co-hosted by local nonprofits the Clackamas River
Basin Council ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><a href="http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/toxic-algae-blooming-in-warm-water-from-california-to-alaska/?utm_content=buffer04913&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=owned_buffer"><span style="color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;text-decoration:none">Toxic
Algae Grows Even Worse; Crab-Fishing Closure Doubles In Size</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Seattle Times<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">A ribbon of microscopic algae stretching from at least California to Alaska has shut down lucrative fisheries. Shellfish managers have doubled the area off Washingtons coast
that is closed to Dungeness crab fishing, after finding toxins in crabmeat. A vast bloom of toxic algae off the West Coast is denser, more widespread and deeper than scientists feared even weeks ago, according to surveyors aboard a National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration research vessel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><a href="http://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/the-cost-of-fighting-wildfires-is-sapping-forest-service-budget/?utm_content=buffer86a42&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=owned_buffer"><span style="color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;text-decoration:none">The
Cost of Fighting Wildfires is Sapping Forest Service Budget – Opinion</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Seattle Times<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The cost of fighting wildfires is staggering, consuming more than half of the Forest Service budget. Wildfire are now burning in Washington and across the West, in a year
that may become the hottest on record. As our forests go up in flames, so too does the budget of the U.S. Forest Service, putting at risk lives, property, clean air and water, and jobs for thousands.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2015/08/fewer_oregon_wildfires_this_ye.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTNzg2NDMyNTcyMTEyNzgyMzAyNzIaMDlkZGMzMjMxMmNjMWFjOTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFmScxpe22Z5iRojGKiHWQpdYt__Q"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Less
lightning, more rain and aggressive firefighting lead to fewer Oregon wildfires </span>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">By this time last year, 31 large wildfires had burned through 750,000 acres of timber and rangeland in Oregon. This year, 24 large fires
have burned ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.bendbulletin.com/localstate/deschutescounty/3399876-151/rulings-unfavorable-to-thornburgh-resort-plan&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioTNzg2NDMyNTcyMTEyNzgyMjAxMjIaMWU1NWFiMzNlZTdiMzZkNDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFFazkN-KainT-sRw1PaZ1YysAnEA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Rulings
unfavorable to Thornburgh resort plan </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">That decision was appealed to the Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals, which sent the hearings officer's decision back to the county to
be reviewed ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2015/08/golf_developer_causes_stir_wit.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMTM2MDg4OTIwNjE2NzQwNzUwODYyGjcwY2M2NDY4YjRlYzBlYzM6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFb9jbsu434pbbJumBLEZusKMe22Q"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Golf
developer causes stir with unpermitted construction on state park land </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">OregonLive.com
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">The Oregon Parks and Recreation Department wants the owner of the ... A park ranger last week discovered the intrusion into the Bandon
State ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.ktvz.com/news/oregon-ranchers-offered-grants-to-aid-sage-grouse-habitat/34663008&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTM2MDg4OTIwNjE2NzQwNzcwMjYyGjJlYzBmOTAxZjU2YWM5MGY6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFVF8zQF5DtHDYszmvhk7jj6qO1mw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Oregon</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">
ranchers offered grants to aid sage grouse habitat </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">KTVZ
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">... Crook, Deschutes, Grant, Harney, Lake, Malheur and Union counties. ... Malheur County SWCD; and the county courts of: Baker, Crook,
Deschutes, ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.idahopress.com/news/state/soda-fire-burning-in-primary-sage-grouse-habitat/article_d690468e-406f-11e5-8f25-fb0a07b14864.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMTM2MDg4OTIwNjE2NzQwNzQzOTYyGjNmNmNhYzI4YjA0ZjBlYzY6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNEFL5JCjmqKoY28bZ9Zo5ZnteAHsQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Soda
Fire burning in primary Sage Grouse habitat </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Idaho Press-Tribune
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">Soda Fire burning in primary Sage Grouse habitat ... Creek off the Cow Creek Road and is estimated to be 1 to 2 miles from the Idaho-Oregon
border.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.realtor.com/news/trends/top-10-hottest-zip-codes-in-america/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNTY3MTc1MTgzODYwNjAwNjc3MzIaZTFlODZjMzkyODU5OWYxNDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGr20yuaP7RTO1DSfCWbX0PS3S_Ag"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">The
Hottest of the Hot: What Are the Top 10 ZIP Codes in America? </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">... where it's at today, according to an exclusive analysis by our economic data team that resulted in a list of the top 10 hottest ZIPs in the United States.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://theworldlink.com/news/local/education/oregon-coast-schools-need-seismic-upgrades-to-withstand-cascadia-earthquake/article_6a244494-61ad-5859-93fd-2af287667911.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTODQxNjEyMDkyNDMxMzcwMTM3OTIaNTM0OWRhZDRjYTVjYmU4NTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGXb5D4yBQlnY-DP4sm66XcYsLmkw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Oregon</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">
coast schools need seismic upgrades to withstand Cascadia earthquake </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Coos Bay World
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">COOS BAY — Oregon's coastal schools are facing the reality that their buildings probably couldn't withstand a Cascadia-size earthquake
and tsunami.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://theworldlink.com/news/local/usgs-allots-million-to-develop-earthquake-early-warning-system/article_54ec151a-bd86-53b1-a13d-5e54d960eff2.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTODQxNjEyMDkyNDMxMzcwMTM3OTIaNTM0OWRhZDRjYTVjYmU4NTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNF-8qQcBkF1dpvoOAWmEGbJIIf_9g"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">USGS
allots $4 million to develop earthquake early warning system </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Coos Bay World
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">COOS BAY — Additional federal funding means the University of Oregon will be able to flesh out its development of an earthquake early
warning ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.kimatv.com/news/local/Severe-drought-leading-to-water-theft-in-lower-valley-321105331.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTODQxNjEyMDkyNDMxMzcwMDI1MjIaOGEyMGVhMTRkOGNkZDMzYzpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNF9WebOJUZqBlZNJrn_buoY-UzXjQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Severe
drought leading to water theft in lower valley </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">KIMA CBS 29
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">YAKIMA COUNTY, Wash. -- There was very little snow-pack this past winter. Over 99-percent of Washington is in "severe" drought right
now.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><a href="https://courses.planetizen.com/course/tactical-urbanism-2"><span style="color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;text-decoration:none">Planetizen</span><span style="color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;text-decoration:none">
on Twitter: "How much do you know about tactical urbanism? Learn how it's done in our
</span><span style="color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;text-decoration:none">...</span><span style="color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;text-decoration:none">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">planetizen</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525"> · @planetizen. Urban planning, design,
and development. News, views, jobs, education, and more. Los Angeles, CA, USA. planetizen.com.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://7thspace.com/headlines/514869/the_inaugural_ecorestorative_land_management_conference_announced_by_restore_the_land.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTODQxNjEyMDkyNDMxMzcwMjI1OTIaZjAxNDFkNDM4YjZlYWU1NDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGTElARP0RT8yBqAWLHSDawqJEhng"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">The
Inaugural Ecorestorative Land Management Conference Announced by Restore the Land
</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">7thSpace Interactive (press release)
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">Austin, Texas – United Sates – Restore the Land, a leader on best practices for sustainability and simultaneous profit, announced their
inaugural land ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=https://www.oliveoiltimes.com/olive-oil-basics/agritourism-in-crete-greece/48549&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTcwOTA5MjkwOTkzMTQyNzc3NDYyGmI4ZGJlM2EzNzBmMDc3MzQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGBIU51PgX2ughZngTz3MX9D8ds7w"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Agro-Culinary
Attractions in Crete Span Ages </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Olive Oil Times
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">Undaunted, the four Marinakis brothers set to work, gradually transforming their family's burnt land into an agritourism and culinary
tourism attraction ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2015/08/marion_county_no_rave_without.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTODQxNjEyMDkyNDMxMzY5OTEyNTIaYjFlMWE0MGU4ZWM0YjBiYzpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGUw0U3qG6c9_oQSW1Uz96xDK79_A"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Marion
County</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">: no rave without permits this weekend
</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">OregonLive.com
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">Marion County</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525"> officials filed a court injunction
to stop the Boonbox in da Boondox festival after organizers failed to get the necessary permits for the ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.ktvz.com/news/oregon-lawmakers-urge-quick-hemp-pilot-project/34640118&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTcwOTA5MjkwOTkzMTQyNzY5MzQyGjQzYTdmZjdhYTE2YjJlMzE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNF0j0NXA0kcmuFoHN37ouEzE9vZag"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Oregon</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">
lawmakers urge quick hemp pilot project </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">KTVZ
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">Peter DeFazio, Kurt Schrader, Earl Blumenauer and Suzanne Bonamici asked the Oregon Department of Agriculture and Oregon State University
on ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/11757181/American-Indian-tribes-plan-to-make-marijuana-a-cash-crop.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTM2MDg4OTIwNjE2NzQwNzgxOTAyGjBjNGY1ZGI1N2NiZTUyNDM6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHvQUOyLuZklCdG0DGt8nCaPOfUsA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">American
Indian tribes plan to make marijuana a cash crop </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Telegraph.co.uk
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">“I am interested in it as a medicine and as an alternative to improper land use. “It is a form of economic development which is sustainable
and consistent with our philosophy of wise husbandry of the land. In my view this is the proper ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.idahostatesman.com/2015/08/13/3937014/malheur-county-ontario-ban-retail.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNTY3MTc1MTgzODYwNjAwNzQzNzIaMmVjMGY5MDFmNTZhYzkwZjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNEWn4iQGTY_hbbM2h3TnTQltjQhxw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Malheur
County</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">, Ontario ban retail pot sales
</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">The Idaho Statesman
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">Malheur County</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">, Ontario, Vale and Nyssa have moved
to ban marijuana businesses from their boundaries as Oregon prepares to begin retail sales in ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.winespectator.com/webfeature/show/id/51956&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioUMTIwMjg4NDUwNzQyNTI2MzU1NDMyGjQzYTdmZjdhYTE2YjJlMzE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHmurZREvpf0mvsyk-1re3qP12hbQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Willamette
Valley Vineyards Files Lawsuit Over Pinot Noir Killed by Drifting Pesticides </span>
</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Wine Spectator
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">Oregon</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525"> winery Willamette Valley Vineyards (WVV)
has filed a lawsuit ... “The Department of Agriculture ultimately concluded that a herbicide drift had ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.oregonlive.com/travel/index.ssf/2015/08/10_best_outdoor_places_in_curr.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioRMzgzODE0MjgyODAyODIwMjQyGmUxZTg2YzM5Mjg1OTlmMTQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNExBPwJlsNlr_XRYY4zc4fbLAvhkg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">10
best</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none"> outdoor places in Curry County: Wild about Oregon coast
</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">OregonLive.com
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">North Curry County, Oregon coast The northern Curry County coast in southwest Oregon features Cape Blanco State Park and Floras Lake
State ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/2015/08/08/new-oregon-state-parks-bungee-adventures/31356805/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioTNTAwNTg3NzEzMjM0OTE0MjQ5OTIaMWU1NWFiMzNlZTdiMzZkNDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNEsZPbwWw4iV0igMbDiECUtRqpanA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">New
at Oregon state parks: bungee and other adventures </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Statesman Journal
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">said James Scott, owner of Central Oregon Bungee Adventures. ... signed one-year contracts with each business, allowing it access to
state park land.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.rockdalenews.com/section/170/article/22595/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNTAwNTg3NzEzMjM0OTE0MjkzMzIaMGM0ZjVkYjU3Y2JlNTI0Mzpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNEpbCyo2akteQtbvIpjWXozEGcb3w"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">CREDC
Director: Strategic economic development plan needed </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Rockdale News
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">... incorporated into and be a part of the discussion of the land use plan. You can't have economic development without those two being
tied together.".<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/blog/real-estate-daily/2015/08/forest-group-hires-products-head-to-push-oregon.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTNTY3MTc1MTgzODYwNjAwNDUzOTIaNDNhN2ZmN2FhMTZiMmUzMTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGlPitJUbKJoMVm2kW_YImX7upwsA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Forest
group hires products head to push Oregon timber for construction projects </span>
</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Portland Business Journal (blog)
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">The Oregon Forest Resources Institute recently added Timm Locke to its ranks to ... $250,000 Wood Innovation Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2015-08-07/article/43583%3Fheadline%3DSmart-Growth-Why-It-s-Not-Working-in-the-Bay-Area-Public-Comment---James-Shinn&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTM2MDg4OTIwNjE2NzQwNzU3MTEyGjM3NzYzYWE4ZmY2YWJjNjc6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFVd97fATFrwCGZBqWo4Z6r3vumzQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">New:
Smart Growth: Why It's Not Working in the Bay Area (Public Comment) </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Berkeley Daily Planet
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">Smart growth</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525"> is simply not working in highly attractive
urban settings such as San Francisco. The reason is that smart growth in these areas has a ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.austinmonitor.com/stories/2015/08/planning-commission-take-closer-look-neighborhood-infill-tools/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNTY3MTc1MTgzODYwNjAwNzExMzIaZDhiMWVmMTE0NjE0N2M1OTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNE5PNaRYysk9W_JxgThcDEUBC_s1w"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Planning
Commission to take a closer look at neighborhood infill tools </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Austin Monitor
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">In recent years, a number of neighborhood activists have complained that infill tools are being used to allow development that is out
of place or goes …<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><a href="http://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/editorials/rent-control-is-not-the-answer-for-seattle-and-is-illegal/?utm_content=buffer95a92&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=owned_buffer"><span style="color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;text-decoration:none">Rent
Control Is Not The Answer for Seattle, And Is Illegal – Opinion</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Seattle Times<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Despite all the buzz about rent control in Seattle, the policy is against state law and wont help solve the citys housing crunch. Seattle City Council members and candidates
should stop talking about rent control. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2015/08/what_the_portland_city_council.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioTODQxNjEyMDkyNDMxMzY5ODc5NTIaN2QxMTZkOWMxYTYyMTAyMTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFB3P3mlQxe_j3Z8CWcHf9fJu1epg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">What
the Portland City Council says about more affordable housing money </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">OregonLive.com
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">In this case, some portion of urban renewal money is often spent on transportation projects within districts – streetcar, traffic signals,
sidewalks, adding ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.communitynews.com.au/news/Code-changes-could-lead-to-sprawl/7673891&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMTcwOTA5MjkwOTkzMTQyNzY1MTYyGmQ4YjFlZjExNDYxNDdjNTk6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNH9_N5Y1U0jlr0GilrY9fmQupUY0w"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Code
changes could lead to sprawl </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Community Newspaper Group
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">“Since 2010, the number of apartments allowed on a block has been subject to a different calculation (plot ratio) to other infill developments
such as ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://registerguard.com/rg/opinion/33386513-78/rezoning-plan-could-reduce-property-values.html.csp&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTM2MDg4OTIwNjE2NzQwNzczMjgyGjYxOGZlZTA4OTZhNWU5OGE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHrLuxNcv2bhjeHpvqFIB5yeOOT6Q"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Rezoning
plan could reduce property values </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">The Register-Guard
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">When a property is slated for redevelopment, the threat of construction ... The city is expecting property owners to surrender important
property rights in ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.vox.com/2015/8/10/9118199/public-transportation-subway-buses&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTcwOTA5MjkwOTkzMTQyNzYxMTAyGjk2ZDNiMmQ0YzYwYWQ2MGE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHFeMOn4RlmBmYwqB3Grok4AcFvgw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">The
real reason American public transportation is such a disaster </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Vox
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">The US spends a ton of money on public transportation. So why is it so terrible? American buses, subways, and light rail lines consistently
have lower ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://saportareport.com/leadership/transit/2015/08/11/gamification-for-public-transit/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioUMTM2MDg4OTIwNjE2NzQwNzU3NzYyGjk2ZDNiMmQ0YzYwYWQ2MGE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNE71QuxwKZCb4l-nFvLGGWAS6w_lw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Gamification
for Public Transit </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">SaportaReport
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">Gamification slowly but surely filters in many meaningful aspects of our lives. Transportation is not an outlier of this process. Public
transit, as a part of ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.dailyastorian.com/Local_News/20150812/walk-and-roll-downtown-tour-highlights-obstacles-to-mobility&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMTM2MDg4OTIwNjE2NzQwNzU0NTMyGmZkNjcyMDJkYzBjYmQzNzQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGI_RsvakKfKWfZ6ZPmzxV5jQLkvw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Walk
and roll: Downtown tour highlights obstacles to mobility </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Daily Astorian
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">“The more walkable and accessible we can make communities, the more likely people are able to stay in the place that they want to live,”
Mickelberry ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Sadie K Carney</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> | Rural Policy Analyst/Communications Manager</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Director’s Office</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Oregon Dept. of Land Conservation and Development</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">635 Capitol Street NE, Suite 150 | Salem, OR 97301-2540</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Direct: (503) 934-0036 | Cell: (503) 383-6648 | Main: (503) 373-0050</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="mailto:sadie.carney@state.or.us"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none">sadie.carney@state.or.us</span></a> |
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.oregon.gov/LCD/"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:blue;text-decoration:none">www.oregon.gov/LCD/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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