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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:green">Welcome to last week’s roundup of the Land Use News! Double Issue!</span><span style="color:#00B0F0"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The 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
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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.eastoregonian.com/eo/local-news/20160226/boardman-biorefinery-gets-11-million-usda-backing&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTNzU1NTEzNDg0OTgzNjc0ODQ0NjIaNDNhN2ZmN2FhMTZiMmUzMTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNE-VarpzmwiWl1so3YDYvGUKg9qIA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Boardman
biorefinery gets $11 million USDA backing </span></a></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:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#737373">East Oregonian (subscription)
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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">Novus Energy has received an $11 million loan guarantee from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's biorefinery assistance program. Oregon
Sen.<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.nwboomerandseniornews.com/news/2016/feb/29/burning-issues/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTgxNzAzMDI4MDk0OTYxODU1NDIyGjAzNDA1NDYxZjkzNjE0YTE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFAJWxHDsCZ9Ak4kz99d0GZUZMzOw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Burning</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">
Issues </span></a></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:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#737373">Northwest Boomer and Senior 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">“Field burning was a huge issue back then. We had doctors testify, and Bill Bowerman and Steve Prefontaine (Oregon's celebrated track
coach and ...<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://kval.com/news/local/money-trees-does-oregon-owe-counties-for-timber-lands-held-in-trust&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTczMTAwMDYxMzQ4MTAwNzcwMjIyGjFlNTVhYjMzZWU3YjM2ZDQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFSybmhfLn4EkWjPFd7MYMqdMUprQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Money
Trees: Does Oregon owe counties for timber lands held in trust? </span></a></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:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#737373">KVAL
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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">Some 640,000 acres of Oregon timber land passed into county ownership through foreclosures back in the 1930s. The counties couldn't afford
to ...<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.rawstory.com/2016/02/pot-is-power-hungry-americas-3-5-billion-weed-industry-is-an-energy-hog/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioTNzU1NTEzNDg0OTgzNjc0NTc5ODIaODk5N2QyN2I2YTQ5MTMwYTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNEvUVt6EIpwgrJlQD4m7S77nWpX_Q"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Pot</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">
is power hungry: America's $3.5 billion weed industry is an energy hog </span></a></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:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#737373">Raw Story
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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 report by the Northwest Power and Conservation Council in Oregon – where recreational marijuana has been legal since 2014
– 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.mailtribune.com/news/20160226/oregon-legislature-allows-existing-medical-marijuana-grows&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioTNzU1NTEzNDg0OTgzNjc0ODUzOTIaOTMzODVjZTI4NWQ4NjE5YTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGbJX_k0Ylg43LTmOF_kPjQR4tQ0w"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Oregon</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">
Legislature allows existing medical marijuana grows </span></a></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: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">Rapidly changing marijuana legislation in the Oregon Legislature has been keeping local officials, growers and neighbors off balance as
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.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2016/03/beyond_minimum_wage_and_coal_p.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNDIxODM2MDc5NDM3MTI3MzI2MzIaMDNhMDBlZDQzNDdmNTY3NDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFRTfFGBmVNlrVJdxKLV7335837Ow"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Beyond
minimum wage and coal: 25 Oregon bills passed by the 2016 Legislature </span></a></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: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">It gives Oregon the highest rates in the nation: $14.75 inside Portland's urban growth boundary, $13.50 in midsize counties and $12.50
in rural ...<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.csmonitor.com/Environment/2016/0312/Oregon-s-first-in-the-nation-anti-coal-law-The-pros-and-cons&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTNDIxODM2MDc5NDM3MTI3NDIxNjIaMGIwZjlkZTkzNmZmMGJkNTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGOzO6yaNPEIvkFGWZtY5hK2nK-jA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Oregon's</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">
first in the nation anti-coal law: The pros and cons </span></a></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:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#737373">Christian Science 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">Oregon</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525"> aims to phase out the the reliance on coal fired
plants by 2030. Gov. ... claiming that EPA regulations on coal would drive people into the cold.<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/84670/new-design-guide-affordable-housing-developments&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNzU1NTEzNDg0OTgzNjc0ODEwODIaYTI4ZTJkYWVjZWQwMTc4ZTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHsO1FyFZalcYnXBbMG2Xf7J8SG7A"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">A
New Design Guide for Affordable Housing Developments </span></a></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: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">New affordable housing is only one step toward creating livable communities—a quality mix of uses on the ground floor, designed to integrate
with 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.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2016/03/affordable-housing_bill_acknow.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoSNTY3NzY0MTcyMDkxNjI3NzA2MhoxMzM4ZDhmMmY2NWIxZjRhOmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNEd1mRmyOR4tXBaOsjikWnFIH7xtw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Affordable-housing
bill acknowledges Oregon's buildable land supply problem: Editorial </span></a></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: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">Still, it indicates a willingness by lawmakers to tinker with the land-use ... in Oregon and elsewhere, notes that traditional affordable-housing
programs ...<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/2016/02/housing_crisis_inclusionary_zo.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNzU1NTEzNDg0OTgzNjc0NTY3NDIaMmY3NzAwZTIwOWJiOTYwYjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFD3XfdML-BRDoLYWIjzbTRlG_4jw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Housing</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">
crisis: Inclusionary zoning bill clears Senate, bucking years of failure </span>
</a></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: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">SALEM — Democrats and Republicans in the Oregon Senate teamed up Friday to pass legislation that lifts a state ban on affordable 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.bendbulletin.com/home/4061932-151/bend-sends-mixed-signals-on-housing-package-in&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioTMjQwMjcxNjAxMjc4ODk4NDgzMzIaMDNhMDBlZDQzNDdmNTY3NDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFqoBOqQ72FfKEiVaUJqei_qXCr6w"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Bend
sends mixed signals on housing package in Salem </span></a></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: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">The conservation group 1000 Friends of Oregon opposed the urban growth boundary expansion bill, it said, because it was a threat to the
entire 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://registerguard.com/rg/opinion/34102018-78/a-looming-shortage.html.csp&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTODgwMTE1NDgyMjkyNjU5MDgxMTIaMmY3NzAwZTIwOWJiOTYwYjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHp8G5FEB_DZSsJzypATuJwIOO8xg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">A
looming shortage </span></a></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: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">The one thing almost everyone seems to agree on is that Oregon is facing a shortage of affordable housing that isn't going to go away
on its own, and ...<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/pt/9-news/295742-173231-bailey-announces-comprehensive-affordable-housing-plan&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTczMTAwMDYxMzQ4MTAwNzg4NjcyGjcyYTBmOWVhNDcxMmNhYTA6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFMu7o_SngSyxFpX68Asm8SqcGDGQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Bailey
announces comprehensive affordable housing plan </span></a></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: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">“Our city is at a turning point. Portlanders love our city, but we're starting to feel that the city we love is beginning to slip through
our fingers," says ...<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.capitalpress.com/Oregon/20160301/oregon-house-oks-urban-growth-boundary-pilot-projects&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTczMTAwMDYxMzQ4MTAwNzY5NzcyGmZjNmM4NzUzZGYyNDAxMWE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNE5Yau5ybuZTHg-XXuR2ZkAUrT_Zg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Oregon</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">
House OKs urban growth boundary pilot projects </span></a></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:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#737373">Capital Press
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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">Opponents of the bill, including the Oregon Farm Bureau and 1,000 Friends of Oregon, argued that it would short-circuit the UGB expansion
process ...<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/opinion/index.ssf/2016/03/stop_blaming_growth_boundaries.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoSNjg0MDUxNDkxMjc1Mzk4MDQwMhowM2EwMGVkNDM0N2Y1Njc0OmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNFXUcpsDQ0h2p3CZ-lCa3g1mSR-sA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Stop
blaming growth boundaries for housing costs (OPINION) </span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><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">Common misconception #1: The urban growth boundary makes housing less affordable by constraining land supply. This claim has been addressed ...<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/opinion/index.ssf/2016/03/want_to_make_housing_affordabl.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTczMTAwMDYxMzQ4MTAwNzcwMjcyGjAzYTAwZWQ0MzQ3ZjU2NzQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHYmF6t28YYHkaV49YJUJzCjTEtTQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Want
to make housing affordable? Ditch urban growth boundaries (OPINION) </span></a></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: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">A lot of terrible ideas are coming out of Oregon this year. Although Portland, Bend and other Oregon cities face housing affordability
crises, most ...<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/9-news/295890-172869-middle-class-cant-afford-homes-near-jobs-&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioTNjA5NzU3NjUyOTExNTg1NjA1MzIaMmY3NzAwZTIwOWJiOTYwYjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHvPEuw2Tv84T88RX17fOYhILe_mQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Middle
class can't afford homes near jobs </span></a></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: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">The affordable housing crisis has quickly emerged as perhaps the No. ... Most of the efforts have focused on finding and funding more
apartments people ... a 1 percent construction excise tax under consideration by the 2016 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.planetizen.com/node/84728/tech-sector-makes-inroads-portland&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTgxNzAzMDI4MDk0OTYxODQ4NDIyGmEyOGUyZGFlY2VkMDE3OGU6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNF78ixeXX35PNbHmerIFfL6hX5JUg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Tech
Sector Makes Inroads in Portland </span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><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">Portland may be joining the rest of the West Coast as a center for employment in software and tech. Residential and business costs are
far lower, ...<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/scs/83-news/297455-174700-port-wont-give-up-on-rezone-efforts&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTU4MTQyMzUzNDM3NTMxNjE0NzYyGjFlNTVhYjMzZWU3YjM2ZDQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFX7ygV3_w3-ZmzYnP2gEnCv040cg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Port
won't give up on rezone efforts </span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><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">Following an appeal by Seely Family Farm, the Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals remanded the comprehensive plan amendment to the county, ...<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/crookcounty/4042307-151/crook-county-residents-form-a-pac-to-make&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioUMTgxNzAzMDI4MDk0OTYxODMyNTAyGjFlNTVhYjMzZWU3YjM2ZDQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGXDScY3GzRfqBtVnnie18gFY9wAQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Crook
County residents form a PAC to make a land use plan </span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><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">Recently proposed plans from Oregon Wild and the U.S. Forest Service concerning land use and access don't take the county's best interests
into ...<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/frank-islam/citizenship-exploited-les_b_9367268.html%3Futm_hp_ref%3Dimpact%26ir%3DImpact&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioTMjQwMjcxNjAxMjc4ODk4MzUxMDIaMWU1NWFiMzNlZTdiMzZkNDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFziZaKUP6fuxIBi_GeKuIuU6HUSg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Citizenship
Exploited: Lessons from the Oregon Occupation </span></a></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: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">The occupiers also asserted that the Constitution limits the federal ownership of land. (Most legal scholars agree this is absolutely
incorrect.) They also ...<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.adn.com/article/20160226/resolution-dispute-oregon-shows-how-democracy-should-work&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNzU1NTEzNDg0OTgzNjc0NzQ2MDIaMWU1NWFiMzNlZTdiMzZkNDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFAohD6WESuxT3l7V6Et5DNBjjPIA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Resolution
of dispute in Oregon shows how democracy should work </span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><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">To recap: Ammon Bundy and a group of followers occupied the refuge located in Harney County, Oregon, to protest federal land 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.opb.org/news/series/burns-oregon-standoff-bundy-militia-news-updates/ammon-bundy-lawyers-clatsop-county-ethics/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNzU1NTEzNDg0OTgzNjc0NTY0MzIaMjE3ZmE2NDU5NjI4YzMyYzpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGrVr1ZBRS-9t-THcrO9mFNZU2j0Q"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Bundy's
Lawyers Fire Back At Clatsop County DA </span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><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">An attorney for the militant who led the occupation at a federal wildlife refuge in Oregon called Clatsop County District Attorney Josh
Marquis 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.argusobserver.com/news/hemp-crops-get-attention-in-county/article_cdf0300e-dded-11e5-8257-bb9d778b2e9b.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNzU1NTEzNDg0OTgzNjc0NzQ5MTIaMmVjMGY5MDFmNTZhYzkwZjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFy14KR3cqJJKC3hboIVfeQF0qaQQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Hemp
crops get attention in county </span></a></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:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#737373">Ontario Argus Observer
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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 emailed comments, Lindsey Eng with Oregon Department of Agriculture ... Noller said interest has been shown by growers in Malheur County
and ...<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.beachconnection.net/news/inthoax030216_755.php&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNjA5NzU3NjUyOTExNTg1Mzk2MDIaNTM0OWRhZDRjYTVjYmU4NTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGG9QKtHMXWzdK932kGrbkCE2yCzQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">New
Internet Hoax About Impending Oregon Coast Quake Goes Viral </span></a></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:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#737373">Oregon Coast Beach Connection
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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 coast is due for a devastating quake and tsunami someday ... There is also no way to predict an earthquake, and she added the
data ...<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/pelican-brewing-expands-with-new-bottling-facility-cannon-beach-pub-and-brewery-mixed-12-packs/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNDIxODM2MDc5NDM3MTI3NDU4MDIaZjIzZWE4YjdkNDQwOTNkMTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHMos_cRqjkbrqw8hxZYho00wH8-w"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Pelican
Brewing expands with new bottling facility, Cannon Beach pub and brewery, mixed 12-packs
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<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" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525">As with the Pacific City location and the Tillamook Tap Room, the Cannon ... at the Clatsop County Fairgrounds as part of the Clatsop
County High Schools ... “We outgrew the ability to meet demand in Tillamook,” said Prinzing. ... The Oregon Liquor Control Commission reports that Pelican leaped from ...<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/local_news/haggen-auction-will-not-include-klamath-stores/article_866519e4-43f6-543b-af4e-b7fb19dd1966.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTNzU1NTEzNDg0OTgzNjc0Njc1MzIaYTg1ODAzYjhmNmU5MzA2YTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFypb9s8gKWVxBuaSyoZkKqaRqHZA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Haggen
auction will not include Klamath stores </span></a></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: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">This is because Klamath's stores are not tied up in the company's bankruptcy, according to Klamath Falls City Manager Nathan Cherpeski.<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/local_news/road-to-restoration/article_250c4aeb-a85d-5c2a-8335-fadee0816f88.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioTNzU1NTEzNDg0OTgzNjc0Njc1MzIaYTg1ODAzYjhmNmU5MzA2YTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNH3M_wRCSGLFAvJfCFOTQFoarhh9w"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Road
to Restoration </span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><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">Nic Phair, vice president of the Klamath Falls Downtown Association, Erik ... The tour was part of an exploration effort by Klamath Falls
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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/home/4060043-151/fly-fishing-guides-enter-the-spotted-frog-case&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNTk3MDQ5MjE3Mzg3NDgwOTQ4NDIaYTkyMmVhYmM2Y2NmMmQ2Mjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFGpwW3hrZE2T22pBIf74TKzMQWNQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Fly-fishing
guides enter the spotted frog case </span></a></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: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">The issue is the Oregon spotted frog, since 2014 listed as a threatened ... Perin, in a court filing, wrote that low winter flows in the
river kill thousands of ...<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.courthousenews.com/2016/03/11/sage-grouse-concerns-trip-up-turbine-project.htm&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMTU4MTQyMzUzNDM3NTMxNjI0MDMyGjc1MmFjMzdmZTEzOTNiZGU6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGrCudrB50Tksa4TY-4VGUUfBxCJA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Sage
Grouse Concerns Trip Up Turbine Project </span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><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">PORTLAND, Ore. (CN) - Regulators approved a wind-turbine project in southeastern Oregon with no thought to the greater sage grouse, ...<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/20160308/seeds-of-agricultural-tourism-taking-off-in-wallowa-county&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMjY1MjE4NDAwMTg3OTM1NTUxOTIaZjczZTdkNGUxZDRiZGIwNjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNETEzSc4_6mTNg85xMIeBnlSJfJwA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Seeds
of agricultural tourism taking off in Wallowa County </span></a></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: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">The meeting host, Northeast Oregon Agritourism Project, has been developing agritourism in the region for some time but it wasn't until
recently that ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#444444"><a href="https://nextcity.org/features/view/traverse-city-small-cities-growth-planning"><span style="color:#660099;text-decoration:none">Small-Town America
Is Facing Big-City Problems</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#444444">Small-Town America Is Facing Big-City Problems</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#444444">. From Portland,
Maine, to Traverse City, Michigan, many smaller U.S. cities are struggling with ...<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.aspendailynews.com/section/home/170328&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMjY1MjE4NDAwMTg3OTM1NjU4NjIaOTZjODAxN2RmYzRkOTQ5Mzpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNG3PCydWAyo4xoTpZEM0ggcNHUcnA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">High
parking rates translate into free stuff for residents </span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><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">The city of Aspen is planning to use increased parking revenue from this summer's “dynamic pricing” experiment to help locals buy bus passes, bike ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<h3 style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#444444;font-weight:normal"><a href="http://blogs.mprnews.org/newscut/2016/03/survey-millennials-eye-the-suburbs/"><span style="color:#660099;text-decoration:none">Survey:
Millennials eye the suburbs</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></h3>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:11.7pt;background:white"><span class="tqb"><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%">Minnesota Public Radio News
(blog)</span></span><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%"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#444444">“This may be the most 'bright lights,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-style:normal">big
city</span></em>' generation in history,” NPR declared, although, to be fair, it was pointing out the slow death of<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-style:normal">small-town America</span></em>.
... The<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-style:normal">problem</span></em><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>— if you think it's a<em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-style:normal">problem</span></em><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>—
is student debt and the fact ... the younger ones are<em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-style:normal">facing</span></em><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>a different market than the older ones did.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><a href="https://nextcity.org/daily/entry/amy-liu-brookings-report-remake-economic-development"><span style="color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;text-decoration:none">Why
Now Is the Time to Remake Economic Development</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:11.7pt;background:white"><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%">Next City<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#444444">Embracing a broader vision of economic development is an economic and fiscal imperative. Our nation's economic competitiveness and social ...<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.citylab.com/politics/2016/02/brookings-report-inclusive-economic-development-prosperity/471324/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTODgwMTE1NDgyMjkyNjU5Mzg5OTIaMGM0ZjVkYjU3Y2JlNTI0Mzpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNEpDlRsXszki9YUSRPvsZpWRUMFug"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Toward
Inclusive Economic Development </span></a></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:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#737373">CityLab
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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">U.S. cities and metro regions have long made jobs and financial competitiveness the center of their economic development strategies—usually
by ...<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.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2016/02/29/nyu-study-defines-social-motivations-of-urban-farms.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTODgwMTE1NDgyMjkyNjU5MDY4ODIaYjdhMTViYWZjYmZlODk0Mzpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHhVAFJykxolpp6IeRevLbTgvbH5Q"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">NYU
Study Defines Social Motivations of Urban Farms </span></a></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:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#737373">NYU News (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">Two thirds of urban farmers have a social mission that goes beyond food production and profits, finds new research led by NYU Steinhardt
School of ...<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/city-slickers-why-urban-centers-are-drawing-population-bookends-of-millennials-baby-boomers/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioUMTgxNzAzMDI4MDk0OTYxODQ4NjMyGjM3NzYzYWE4ZmY2YWJjNjc6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGUHWZ6FugxWLA7HZDnw0JIf-Mreg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">City
Slickers: Why Urban Centers Are Drawing 'Population Bookends' </span></a></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: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">In a post-World War II United States, two achievements signaled someone's arrival at the doorstep of the American Dream: a house in the
suburbs ...<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/how-a-19th-century-town-became-a-new-millennium-marvel/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMTE5MTE4ODAzNTU0MDM5MDM3NDIaMzc3NjNhYThmZjZhYmM2Nzpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHyEH7ODiLtA_4cBiuAC465Q6IoBQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">How
a 19th-Century Town Became a New Millennium Marvel </span></a></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: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">Once the world's textile leader, Manchester, New Hampshire, had to let go of the past before it could move forward. Today, the city is
successfully ...<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/84917/friday-funny-john-oliver-skewers-special-districts&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioSNTY3NzY0MTcyMDkxNjI2MTcyMhphMjhlMmRhZWNlZDAxNzhlOmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNGGnAmyDHYXNXSaClbza9Msrid_eg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Friday
Funny: John Oliver Skewers Special Districts </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">Last Week Tonight with John Oliver tackles the corruption and mismanagement of special districts, which are well known to professional
planners, but ...<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/84868/unmanned-aircraft-systems%25E2%2580%2594coming-your-planning-department-soon&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMjY1MjE4NDAwMTg3OTM1NTQwOTIaYTI4ZTJkYWVjZWQwMTc4ZTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFquqXI7qVR4im_KkxEcPKzZAPiHg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Unmanned
Aircraft Systems—Coming to Your Planning Department Soon </span></a></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: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">Transformative technologies like unmanned aircraft systems (drones) are identifying and creating new applications in planning every day,
for both ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><a href="http://www.oregon.gov/LCD/"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:blue">www.oregon.gov/LCD/</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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