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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! Special April 1<sup>st</sup> Edition!</span><o:p></o:p></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
and commentary on land use in Oregon and other states. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://larazonsanluis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/April-Fool-Messages-Fake-Pregnancy-Jokes-and-Pranks-On-Girl-Friend-Boy-Friend_02.jpeg"><span style="text-decoration:none">Cascadia Subduction To Have Day In Court</span></a><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Siting unpopularity and malfeasance the Cascadia Subduction Zone is seeking reparations from county officials, coastal communities, and state agencies who have been involved in sharing information about earthquake potential in Oregon. At
fault, are cities who have placed tsunami evacuation routes, distributed safety brochures to tourists, and informed residents about the deadly potential of a massive earthquake taking place off Oregon’s coast…
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<h3 style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#444444;font-weight:normal"><a href="http://www.kgw.com/news/local/animal/ahem-wash-co-sheriff-announces-cat-for-k-9-unit/114326532"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:#660099;text-decoration:none">Wash.
Co. sheriff announces Patrol Feline Unit</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></h3>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><em><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#444444;font-style:normal">Washington County</span></em><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#444444"> </span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#444444">Sheriff's
Deputies will begin testing a patrol feline program alongside the existing K-9 unit. This morning ...<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/2016/03/portland_wants_to_pay_for_side.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioUMTYzMDk4OTc1OTg1ODM4MTg3MjMyGjdkMTE2ZDljMWE2MjEwMjE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFDaAfrEHv8olRf8zrbPuWiQgIxQw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Portland
wants to pay for sidewalks with new fee </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 transportation officials want to strategically build sidewalks – and maybe even pave some gravel roads – with up to $1 million
a year from 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/pt/10-opinion/299495-176102-letters-road-diets-send-problems-elsewhere&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTU0NjUwNTQ5OTk0ODc5NTg2MTYyGjdkMTE2ZDljMWE2MjEwMjE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFJ769VBV_Ngvgu3axp834sIZ4VPA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Letters:
Road 'diets' send problems elsewhere </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">The Foster Streetscape Plan was derived by city staff and citizens interested in improving the area and the transportation options. That
two-year ...<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/20160330/NEWS/160339962&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTYzMDk4OTc1OTg1ODM4MTcwODkyGjBmNzFmYWM4MGU4YWVmNGM6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNEBB3nT09uAFl4xuWnjQC7IfizgoA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Merkley:
Oregon is in a housing crisis </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">He works full time and also went back to school at Southern Oregon ... are being constructed, according to the Oregon Home Builders Association.<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://katu.com/news/local/oregon-lawmakers-embark-on-affordable-housing-tour&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTYzMDk4OTc1OTg1ODM4MTkwMTEyGjJmNzcwMGUyMDliYjk2MGI6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNG5lg6ZxyFMw2JrguQeUT5nCsRtzQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Oregon</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">
lawmakers embark on affordable housing tour </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">From left to right: Rep. Earl Blumenauer, Sen. Jeff Merkley and Sen. Ron Wyden participate in a meeting with community leaders at Gray's
Landing 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.oregonlive.com/front-porch/index.ssf/2016/03/new_york_city_approves_inclusi.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTYzMDk4OTc1OTg1ODM4MTg5NzUyGjM4MTMwN2UzMjUwZWJmMmI6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNH9d81F03s7iUOZgZ6cUuhTMBWQVA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">New
York City approves inclusionary zoning, as Portland considers the same </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">"In the end, the mayor's plan, which changes zoning requirements across the ... The Oregon Legislature's version allows cities to impose
inclusionary ...<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/299755-177554-roundtable-explores-ideas-for-housing-crisis-aid-from-dc&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTYzMDk4OTc1OTg1ODM4MTk5NTQyGjQwZGU4YzMxOWVmZWZiZTU6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNEBEsn7cyzh_vSwQqzuFLzZOHGNqA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Roundtable
explores ideas for housing crisis aid from DC </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">Roundtable explores ideas for housing crisis aid from D.C. ... and the state of Oregon, at the Gray's Landing apartment complex Tuesday
afternoon.<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/gresham/index.ssf/2016/03/homeowners_illicitly_cut_down.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTYzMDk4OTc1OTg1ODM4MTcwNTMyGjFlNTVhYjMzZWU3YjM2ZDQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGv1UDtVWK02fzVi2ussAvTtfIxQA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Gresham
homeowners cut 44 trees on public land to improve views, $661K lawsuit claims </span>
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<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">Metro has estimated the loss of trees and other land damage at $176,900, but is seeking three times that, or $530,700, under Oregon's
timber trespass ...<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/34196284-78/middle-ground-on-forest-policy-can-be-found.html.csp&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTU0NjUwNTQ5OTk0ODc5NTcxNDMyGmIzZTMxYTA0Mzg5YWY4ZTY6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNEqeqzF6IFiKGy0B9uAaJd7YV9AZw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Middle
ground on forest policy can be found </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">I cannot speak for Keene, but I prefer managing Oregon's public forests ... What's good for the forest products sector and rural Oregon
communities ...<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/will-rogers/despite-end-of-oregon-standoff_b_9558080.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTU0NjUwNTQ5OTk0ODc5NTU0NDYyGjFlNTVhYjMzZWU3YjM2ZDQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGwDgCSDWhvZu-nT4moiQrOUDeCmQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Despite
End of Oregon Standoff, Public Land Critics Continue to Push </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">Although the armed seizure of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge has ended with the arrest of the militants in Oregon, critics of the
public lands we ...<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/walden-to-discuss-land-management-canyonlands/article_20e8a35a-f5cb-11e5-8fe4-3f805845a6c3.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTU0NjUwNTQ5OTk0ODc5NTQ5NTUyGjJlYzBmOTAxZjU2YWM5MGY6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNF_pxp60SnqtI6gvWe4XwqGKJuUwQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Walden
to discuss land management, Canyonlands </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">Walden has voiced his concerns about a potential national monument designation in Malheur County and a forest plan in northeast Oregon,
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://theworldlink.com/news/local/city-of-coos-bay-installs-first-tsunami-blue-line/article_5663918e-737b-51e8-8983-b3143fa08a1e.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioUMTU0NjUwNTQ5OTk0ODc5NTg0MTUyGjUzNDlkYWQ0Y2E1Y2JlODU6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNEtofTmBjHMuvaXt3Cu5ISXaAU6Sg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">City
of Coos Bay installs first tsunami Blue Line </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">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 is one of several Oregon cities participating in the Tsunami Blue Line pilot program, which ... The 9.2 earthquake off the coast
of Alaska triggered tsunamis that killed more than 100 people, including four in 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.bendbulletin.com/opinion/editorials/4170403-151/editorial-expand-enterprise-zone-in-sunriver&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTU0NjUwNTQ5OTk0ODc5NTUwMTEyGjY3MzBjYmFmYjM0OTAyNGY6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFF23h_aBZNJJbM_1tUNKb-zmQEKA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Editorial:
Expand enterprise zone in Sunriver </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 enterprise zones in Oregon are temporary and usually only last three years, though they can be extended to five years and even 15
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San Diego Should Learn From the Country's Best and Worst Public Transit Systems </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">Today, however, many cities have come to see public transit as an ... served by public transportation than Portland, Oregon, through its
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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/stalled-out-how-empty-parking-spaces-diminish-neighborhood-affordability/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTYzMDk4OTc1OTg1ODM4MTc5NjAyGjM3NzYzYWE4ZmY2YWJjNjc6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFFfgKWI--YVzeb-NgobiqPWbVnYA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Stalled
Out: How Empty Parking Spaces Diminish Neighborhood Affordability </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">This report from the Center for Neighborhood Technology explores the relationship between unused parking and neighborhood affordability.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-chicago-residential-parking-glut-0325-biz-20160325-story.html"><span style="text-decoration:none">Chicago has apartment building parking glut,
study shows</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">While Chicago and Evanston have both recently relaxed parking requirements for transit-oriented residential developments — buildings near
<a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/topic/transportation/public-transportation/chicago-transit-authority-ORGOV000082-topic.html" title="Chicago Transit Authority">
CTA</a> stations — the study found excess parking was widespread. "Away from transit, particularly along high-frequency bus lines, there's a need for reduction as well," Smith said. "It might not be all the way down to zero, but it's certainly less than one
space per unit.<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-weight:normal">"</span></strong></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><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/85249/saving-coastal-cities-climate-change&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioUMTYzMDk4OTc1OTg1ODM4MTg1NzkyGmEyOGUyZGFlY2VkMDE3OGU6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGu9pJjoVzmHrvilABmJv7Eo3HPmg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Saving
Coastal Cities from Climate Change </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">More than 600 million people call the world's coastal cities home, but those areas face dramatic challenges to their sustainability—especially
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:11.7pt;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"><a href="http://www.dailycamera.com/news/boulder/ci_29702029/boulder-council-members-cite-monster-homes-concern-about"><span style="color:#660099;text-decoration:none">Boulder
council cites 'monster homes' in concern about affordable housing</span></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.planetizen.com/node/85254/twin-cities-suburbs-anti-bus-crusade&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioUMTU0NjUwNTQ5OTk0ODc5NTcyODgyGmEyOGUyZGFlY2VkMDE3OGU6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNEmDkghgRYT0Sun8PSfpYJ9DkJptw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Twin
Cities Suburbs on an Anti-Bus Crusade </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">Bob Shaw reports on the anti-transit controversy embroiling a suburban city east of the Twin Cities. The project in question would add
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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://kuow.org/post/black-farmers-detroit-are-growing-their-own-food-theyre-having-trouble-owning-land&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioUMTU0NjUwNTQ5OTk0ODc5NTU2MTQyGmI3YTE1YmFmY2JmZTg5NDM6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGhYadsT86loPCateiy8CW4EiL3yA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Black
farmers in Detroit are growing their own food. But they're having trouble owning the land.
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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">Lorenzo Herron is a 26-year-old Detroit native and urban farmer. His degree in agribusiness from Michigan State University brought him
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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/85246/peak-millennial-looking-past-numbers&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTU0NjUwNTQ5OTk0ODc5NTcyODgyGmEyOGUyZGFlY2VkMDE3OGU6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNF2jmYCDdDrxNCtNNFrsM5ETC7Y_A"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Peak
Millennial: Looking Past the Numbers </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">Two articles look at millennials, cities, and the future. "Peak Millennial" refers to the numbers of millennials moving to and from cities.
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