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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!
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<h3><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/steve_duin/index.ssf/2015/12/steve_duin_the_last_noel_at_wh.html"><span style="color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;text-decoration:none">Steve
Duin: The last Noel at Wheeler <em><span style="font-weight:normal">Christmas</span></em> Tree Farm</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></h3>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="tqb"><span lang="EN" 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%">OregonLive.com</span></span><span lang="EN" 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%"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">"The highest and best
<em><span style="font-weight:normal">use</span></em> of the <em><span style="font-weight:normal">land</span></em>, he would say." ...
</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333;letter-spacing:.15pt">But then came the pole barn and the nativity scene. The wreaths and the ornaments.</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<h3><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><a href="http://www.bendbulletin.com/localstate/environment/3731259-151/fourth-graders-eligible-for-free-christmas-tree"><span style="color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;text-decoration:none">Fourth-graders
eligible for free <em><span style="font-weight:normal">Christmas</span></em> tree</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></h3>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="tqb"><span lang="EN" 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%">Bend Bulletin</span></span><span lang="EN" 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%"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">As part of the Every Kid in a Park campaign, fourth-graders in Central
<em><span style="font-weight:normal">Oregon</span></em> and around the country can obtain a national
<em><span style="font-weight:normal">forest Christmas</span></em> ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<h3><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><a href="http://savannahnow.com/latest-news/2015-12-23/upside-down-weather-pattern-across-us-linked-el-nino"><span style="color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;text-decoration:none">Upside-down
weather pattern across U.S. linked to El Nino</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></h3>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="tqb"><span lang="EN" 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%">Savannah Morning News</span></span><span lang="EN" 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%"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">In a reversal of a typical
<em><span style="font-weight:normal">Christmas</span></em>, forecasters expect New York to be in ... On Sunday, a heavy storm closed
<em><span style="font-weight:normal">Oregon's</span></em> Mount Ashland Ski Area when it knocked out power. ...<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/pt/10-opinion/286169-163029-comp-plan-isnt-a-solution-but-more-foundation&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTU1MjE1NzEzNTk4OTAyMjg1MDMyGjcyYTBmOWVhNDcxMmNhYTA6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHz8_MPAF3IBYPg2lN4W3Mi6fmRnA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Comp
plan isn't a solution, but more foundation </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 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">Jim Redden's piece about the city's new Comprehensive Plan doesn't tell the whole story (Neighborhood leaders ... Info:
<a href="http://www.portlandoregon.gov/bps">www.portlandoregon.gov/bps</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://pamplinmedia.com/wbi/152-news/286393-163309-city-swears-in-new-chief-passes-ugb-amendment&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTEyNTA3NzgzMTYzMTM4Mzk5NDkyGmZjNjY1MGY0NWM0YjE5Zjg6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGY6lw7vgvYsw4Xt55G6groG7lBHg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">City
swears in new chief, passes UGB amendment </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">City swears in new chief, passes UGB amendment ... a remanded version of the urban growth boundary amendment it passed in 2005. ...
Mary Kyle McCurdy, policy director and staff attorney for 1000 Friends of Oregon, also spoke in ...<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.wallowa.com/local_news/20151221/31-million-coming-to-land-trust&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioUMTEyNTA3NzgzMTYzMTM4NDA3NTUyGjFlNTVhYjMzZWU3YjM2ZDQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHjVlv37rNw2jtCcaFrjzhFnNbjNA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">$3.1
million coming to land trust </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Wallowa County Cheiftain
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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">While the land trust took the lead in submitting the grant, Ackley credited ... Trust for Public Land, Wallowa County and Oregon Parks
and Recreation ...<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.mailtribune.com/article/20151221/NEWS/151229978/11669/NEWS&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioUMTU1MjE1NzEzNTk4OTAyMzA2NzQyGjFlNTVhYjMzZWU3YjM2ZDQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHGVpemspsbcVvjwsxiQCtHE4t44g"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Talent
approves contract for economic analysis </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Mail 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">... for development and ascertain whether the city has enough land to support future ... There's also underutilized industrial land
near the new Oregon ...<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.hoodrivernews.com/news/2015/dec/23/tourism-studio-program-invites-wide-participation/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTEyNTA3NzgzMTYzMTM4NDAyMzcyGjIxYWM4ODFhODA1ZjlkMTI6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNExbg-vJ8Y-2S1h2KnrN7JhG-9MqA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Tourism
Studio program invites wide participation </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Hood River News
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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">#Gorge Tourism Studio, offered by Travel Oregon in partnership with 26 agencies and organizations, is now open for registration. The
winter/spring ...<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.hoodrivernews.com/news/2015/dec/23/county-passes-land-use-zoning-code-update-sets-agr/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTEyNTA3NzgzMTYzMTM4Mzg5NjYyGjFlMTc3MzVhYjAzYjkzMzk6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNEiaYQ4iF9rsn9X5QdOqtsZkq0UQQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">County
passes farm land zoning code update, sets 'agritourism' event rules </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Hood River News
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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">#Public opinions were largely in favor of protecting high value farm land in some capacity, but views ... The commission agreed to authorize
Chair Ron Rivers to sign letters of support to the Oregon Water Resources Department for ...<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://marijuanapolitics.com/oregons-opportunity-to-lead-on-cannabis-policy/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMTU1MjE1NzEzNTk4OTAyMjk5OTMyGjljMjhlODA0YTVmZTNjZmI6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHPVcK5R6-MLKGHjjsEmcST5B4EKw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Oregon's</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">
Opportunity to Lead on Cannabis Policy </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Marijuana Politics (blog)
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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">But when it comes to cannabis in Oregon, failure to lead sums it up. ... And hemp feeds into Oregon's manufacturing industries, our
farming industries, ...<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/marijuana/3843579-151/deschutes-county-temporarily-bans-marijuana-businesses&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTU1MjE1NzEzNTk4OTAyMjk5OTMyGjljMjhlODA0YTVmZTNjZmI6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGWOjQL3a3BPg-_GL1MahsxQclp8Q"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Deschutes
County temporarily bans marijuana businesses </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Bend Bulletin
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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">Existing medical marijuana growing operations are not affected. ... The Oregon Farm Bureau cautioned the county in a letter this month
about potential ...<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.yahoo.com/travel/best-vacation-ever-a-pot-tour-of-washington-and-045913656.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMTU1MjE1NzEzNTk4OTAyMjcyMDAyGjg5OTdkMjdiNmE0OTEzMGE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGsXx4kaX5cEIE98tyIv6YYbNorEw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Best
Vacation Ever! A Pot Tour of Washington and Oregon </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Yahoo Travel
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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">Now that marijuana can be legally purchased and enjoyed in both Washington and Oregon states, you have to wonder whether the pot tour
or pot ...<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.tillamookcountypioneer.net/regional-watershed-councils-to-turn-christmas-trees-into-wild-salmon-habitat/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMTU1MjE1NzEzNTk4OTAyMjc4MjIyGmYyM2VhOGI3ZDQ0MDkzZDE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNEgnGH7KlRT6q-NBpu6zI9HH2Jefg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Regional
watershed councils to turn Christmas trees into wild salmon 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">Tillamook County Pioneer
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">Watershed Councils along the north Oregon coast are once again teaming ... and even a pick-up option for those who live in south Clatsop County.</span><o:p></o:p></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://registerguard.com/rg/opinion/33865892-78/make-fund-permanent.html.csp&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTU1MjE1NzEzNTk4OTAyMzA2NzQyGjFlNTVhYjMzZWU3YjM2ZDQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNH0HH071LOydNgPmgHAlqDYcwMUgw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Make
fund permanent </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
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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">But while groups like the Coalition of Oregon Land Trusts and the Oregon chapter of Backcountry Hunters and Anglers breathed a sigh
of relief, they ...<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/2015/12/17/western-oregon-finally-escapes-drought/77511280/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNDU0NTAyMzM3NDc1MTQ1MjYwODIaNTIwNjQ3NjljYWI2ZjE3Yzpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNEKJjKn6xqoMfIfbjAgN0oBhvEzfQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Western
Oregon finally escapes drought </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">Snowpack</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525"> in the north and central Cascade Range
is at 65 to 90 percent of normal, but 134 percent in Southern Oregon and well above average in ...<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.startribune.com/oregon-warm-springs-tribe-approves-marijuana-sales-project/362964181/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNDU0NTAyMzM3NDc1MTQ1MjUyNjIaNGJmZDk0Nzc5ZTAyOGQyMDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHro0k_XKhGhyYpWwoXsSttnbfoGA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Oregon
Warm Springs tribe approves recreational marijuana facility, sales outside reservation
</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Minneapolis Star Tribune
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">Members of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs have approved a plan to build a facility to grow marijuana on their reservation in central Oregon ...<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.heraldandnews.com/news/oregon/who-s-in-the-mix-to-buy-oregon-s-elliott/article_a209e222-f52d-5a2f-b833-873e28b51505.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNDU0NTAyMzM3NDc1MTQ1MjkzNjIaNzBjYzY0NjhiNGVjMGVjMzpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGK_ofFuK09ziBAQNQrttyF1m3keQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Who's
In The Mix To Buy Oregon's Elliott State Forest? </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Herald and News
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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 of Oregon is looking for a buyer for the Elliott State Forest, and ... They all had to notify the Department of State Lands
by close of business ...<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://registerguard.com/rg/opinion/33870790-78/oregon-needs-more-new-business.html.csp&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTNDU0NTAyMzM3NDc1MTQ1MTQ2MDIaMWU1NWFiMzNlZTdiMzZkNDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHkwXPveQxWKK7pnUw7dtEqyA6--A"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Oregon</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">
needs more new business </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
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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">I suspect Oregon has no such enticing opportunities due to our overly restrictive land use laws, which put a huge damper on attracting
new businesses ...<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.dailyastorian.com/Local_News/20151221/new-dredge-spoil-site-could-change-army-corps-oregon-lng-dispute&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMTU1MjE1NzEzNTk4OTAyMzA2NzQyGjFlNTVhYjMzZWU3YjM2ZDQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGeSbXn2CE0272GbF403GkIyoQrFA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">New
dredge spoil site could change Army Corps, Oregon LNG dispute </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
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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">In September, Mike Connors, a Portland attorney representing Oregon LNG, said at a public hearing on the company's land use permit applications
in ...<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.foxnews.com/politics/2015/12/21/water-wars-could-return-in-northwest-as-congress-dams-deal.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTU1MjE1NzEzNTk4OTAyMzA0MjYyGjJkMGFiM2Q5Yzk5NWVmYTE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGxn8lPSV2aF8HzZL8Inz0cG87Y6Q"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Water</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">
wars could return in Northwest as Congress dams deal </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Fox News
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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 Klamath and Karuk Tribes, which were granted senior water rights ... Oregon's lone Republican member of Congress, Greg Walden, wrote
a bill ...<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.themreport.com/news/data/12-17-2015/employment-numbers-drive-housing-market-health&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNDU0NTAyMzM3NDc1MTQ1MTA1MDIaMDkwZGNkMjVjMTAwNDk3Mjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNEVLopm88XbUKevYRLzdSyshb80hA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Employment
Numbers Drive Housing Market Health </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 MReport
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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">Positive labor market with sustainable housing trends: In the majority of MSAs, ... "National house price appreciation is accelerating
and is weakening ...<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/front-porch/index.ssf/2015/12/housing_on_the_oregon_coast_in.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMjE1OTkwNTI4NzM3NzEwODU4MDIaMmY3NzAwZTIwOWJiOTYwYjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHumQ_VoKBUckx0oQ0C0XQD9y96lA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">On
the Oregon Coast, affordable housing doesn't pencil out </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">Cohen, 60, moved from Chicago to the Oregon Coast less than a year ago to take a job as director of the Tillamook Economic and Small
Business ...<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/politics/index.ssf/2015/12/10_questions_bailey_vs_wheeler.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioUMTU1MjE1NzEzNTk4OTAyMzA2NzYyGmIzZTMxYTA0Mzg5YWY4ZTY6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNF9YkQte_VDWfdiCFVwHQMledYWcQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">10
questions: Jules Bailey vs. Ted Wheeler on fixing Portland streets </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">... to leave more control with Portland and other large local governments, while the Oregon Department of Transportation focuses on
rural needs.<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/weather/index.ssf/2015/12/oregon_transportation_workers.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTEyNTA3NzgzMTYzMTM4NDAzNzYyGjdkMTE2ZDljMWE2MjEwMjE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHcb0MQKW5kzIkSZGGt2R5BgZpwYw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Oregon
transportation</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none"> workers make headway on coastal highway repairs
</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">Oregon</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525"> 131 near Oceanside and Oregon 22 on the Oregon
coast are expected to reopen to traffic on Wednesday, Oregon Dept. of Transportation ...<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.planetizen.com/node/82841/cities-lead-way-meeting-paris-climate-goals&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTU1MjE1NzEzNTk4OTAyMjg5MzgyGmEyOGUyZGFlY2VkMDE3OGU6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHKTbZlzJB1U01G8wafSXe7dNjClw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Cities
Lead the Way in Meeting Paris Climate Goals </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Planetizen
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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">To meet the U.N.'s global warming targets, city leadership is critical. The international agreement struck in Paris last week has been
hailed as an ...<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.planetizen.com/node/82827/los-angeles-redesign-its-worst-public-space&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMTU1MjE1NzEzNTk4OTAyMjg5MzgyGmEyOGUyZGFlY2VkMDE3OGU6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNED5PZzfmg8XoqEJZQNLLSTO_FO5g"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Los
Angeles to Redesign Its 'Worst Public Space' </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Planetizen
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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">Josh Stephens reports on the Pershing Square Renew Design Challenge, an effort to redo one of the "world's worst squares and plazas."
The new ...<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.earth911.com/business-policy/urban-gardening-jfk-airport/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTEyNTA3NzgzMTYzMTM4NDEzMTYyGmI3YTE1YmFmY2JmZTg5NDM6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNEmQbRln6x545i2iCASEyS_sDCwUA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Why
Urban Gardening Landed At The US's 5th Busiest Airport </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Earth911.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">Airport sustainability? Farm-to-plane? No matter what you call it, urban gardening is soaring to new heights with JetBlue's new outdoor
'T5 Farm' at ...<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.huffingtonpost.com/entry/new-cities-foundation-global-urban-innovators_56797c2ee4b06fa6887ebf25&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioUMTEyNTA3NzgzMTYzMTM4NDEzMTYyGmI3YTE1YmFmY2JmZTg5NDM6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFgp1xbC_hugKKDffKD125DDERzSA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">This
Nonprofit Believes Anyone Can Make Cities Better. And It's Accepting Applications
</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Huffington Post
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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">Successful candidates will join New Cities' new Global Urban Innovators program, which launched in November. ... Past participants in
the program include people working on everything from urban farming in Montreal to a unique ...<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://smartgrowth.org/the-urban-planners-guide-to-a-post-cop21-world/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioTMjE1OTkwNTI4NzM3NzEwODExMzIaMzc3NjNhYThmZjZhYmM2Nzpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFi3vGOK0n8EEjrKPxaqQyzn6_4OA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">The
Urban Planner's Guide to a Post-COP21 World </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Smart Growth Network
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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">With 196 nations committed to reducing carbon emissions, the question is how, and for the first time, there is international consensus
on the need for ...<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.planetizen.com/node/82823/paris-launches-ecodistrict-train-station-site&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMjE1OTkwNTI4NzM3NzEwODI0NjIaYTI4ZTJkYWVjZWQwMTc4ZTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGtnkjkpa8_XN2iVNnx9TaIeGrfvQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Paris
Launches EcoDistrict on Train Station Site </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Planetizen
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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">After a decade of development, Paris' first EcoDistrict launched this year. Built in place of a disused train station, the district
features offices, housing, ...<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.planetizen.com/node/82829/detroits-getting-better-say-detroiters&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTMjE1OTkwNTI4NzM3NzEwODI0NjIaYTI4ZTJkYWVjZWQwMTc4ZTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFdJ5NvioO1IbIHvOhNDm8yU4VoUg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Detroit's
Getting Better, Say Detroiters </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Planetizen
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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">According to a wide-ranging poll conducted by the Detroit Free Press, residents have regained some optimism about their city and its
management.<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.planetizen.com/node/82840/toward-better-understanding-supply-and-demand&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioTMjE1OTkwNTI4NzM3NzEwODI0NjIaYTI4ZTJkYWVjZWQwMTc4ZTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNEB8Lk3SyMG6oqXxNwmILaZBbUaLQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Toward
a Better Understanding of Supply and Demand </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Planetizen
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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">A housing market analyst finds that traditional models do a poor job of measuring supply and demand, which makes it very difficult to
know how much ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Sadie K Carney</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> | Rural Policy Analyst/Communications Manager</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Director’s Office</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Oregon Dept. of Land Conservation and Development</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">635 Capitol Street NE, Suite 150 | Salem, OR 97301-2540</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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