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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/agriculture/20160721/oregon-farmer-wins-zoning-dispute&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMTE0NTQ0NzE1OTI3MzM2Mjk3MDQyGjFlNTVhYjMzZWU3YjM2ZDQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFrkTLgRleMeNFDmQ7cPLslvX5lxw"><b><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Oregon</span></b><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">
farmer wins zoning dispute </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"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525">The ruling upholds a finding by
<b>Oregon's Land</b> Use Board of Appeals, or LUBA, that straw-compressing is crop “preparation” that's allowed outright on ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.capitalpress.com/Opinion/Editorials/20160721/incoming-portland-mayor-offers-hope-for-rural-oregon&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTE0NTQ0NzE1OTI3MzM2MjgxNDcyGmIzZTMxYTA0Mzg5YWY4ZTY6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNEO03bvq4t_TgZNWYf4cPhwb_o1Zw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Incoming
Portland mayor offers hope for <b>rural Oregon</b> </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">In Wheeler
<b>rural Oregon</b> may have a partner in Portland. His family made its money in the timber industry. He appreciates the urban-rural divide 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/ht/117-hillsboro-tribune-news/315618-194422-hillsboro-to-see-large-population-increases-by-2040-&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTODI1NjA1MTMwMTc3NDY4OTg1NjIaMDNhMDBlZDQzNDdmNTY3NDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHsfVak8gCvo66WmkrW9A5VwJRwCw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Hillsboro
to see large population increases by 2040 </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">TRIBUNE FILE PHOTO - Hillsboro could become Portland's largest
<b>Oregon</b> suburb ... Some of the most substantial growth is expected in Hillsboro, which is ... The regional government administers the
<b>urban growth boundary</b>, which ...<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/315374-193715-metro-projects-big-population-growth-in-suburban-counties&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoSMTk3OTg4OTk2Nzc1NTMxMTUyMhpiNjQ5M2YwMGU4YWVlYTY3OmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNE6uRDPY3md36mYRa0d294IRz9ekg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Metro
projects big population growth in <b>suburban</b> counties </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">By now, nearly everyone in Portland has heard the city's population will skyrocket over the next 20 years. The Comprehensive
<b>Plan</b> update recently ...<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://keizertimes.com/2016/07/18/we-need-to-have-a-grown-up-conversation/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoSMTk3OTg4OTk2Nzc1NTMwNTc3Mho0MjkyNDljYzI0ZTg4NjU1OmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNF9hoDUvWt2eTyVqDGk3-5kYUJE7w"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">'We
need to have a grown-up conversation' </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">Keizertimes
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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">Keizer's current tax rate was set in 1996, and locked in when
<b>Oregon</b> voters approved <b>Measure 50</b>, which capped <b>property tax</b> assessments, in May ...<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/2016/07/a_common_sense_approach_to_ref.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTODI1NjA1MTMwMTc3NDY5MDAxNzIaMTMzOGQ4ZjJmNjViMWY0YTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNEOkadXZYV_RgxvW1DGy7VTwnrPjg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">A
common sense approach to reforming development in <b>Oregon</b> flood plains (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">For years this
<b>program</b> has subsidized irresponsible development that puts people, ... Politicians like DeFazio, who argue that
<b>Oregon's</b> current <b>land</b>-<b>use</b> system is ... FEMA has identified 251
<b>Oregon</b> communities as flood-prone.<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.hcn.org/issues/48.12/latest-sediment-from-logging-roads-that-imperil-fish-dont-require-extra-regulation&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMjY3NDkyNzI2NTY1NzQ3NTU0MzIaMGIwZjlkZTkzNmZmMGJkNTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNG2bpczx0enqe5IA2kudxlpYF5Eog"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Latest:
<b>EPA</b> won't regulate logging road runoff </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">High Country News
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525">State regulation of road runoff varies, so a 2003 Oregon lawsuit sought to require federal regulation by the
<b>Environmental Protection Agency<o:p></o:p></b></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/34573884-78/industrys-forest-health-promise-a-hollow-one.html.csp&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNTk0ODM2NjE2MzIyODE3ODI2MDIaYjNlMzFhMDQzODlhZjhlNjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHhHExFG3reOpiRlPdeh-CcXcGJkw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Industry's
forest health promise a hollow one </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">In the 1970s, living in a
<b>rural Oregon</b> coastal community, I witnessed the rapid economic and environmental devaluation caused by industry's ...<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/article/crook-county-leaders-table-natural-resource-plan/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioTODI1NjA1MTMwMTc3NDY4ODYyODIaYjNlMzFhMDQzODlhZjhlNjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFEU3IPcO7Gu3Phr_FBl4kW4364XQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Crook
County Leaders Unexpectedly Table Natural Resource 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">The debate over the plan is the latest among
<b>rural Oregon</b> communities that are increasingly frustrated with what they see as federal overreach.<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/opinion/editorials/2016/07/16/wild-owyhees-much-wildland-enough/87163416/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTMxODE5ODYxOTM1Mjg0NDAzNTUyGjFlNTVhYjMzZWU3YjM2ZDQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNEMizzd_50F-TH-WkwEOxVOlRgX_w"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Wild
Owyhees: How much wildland is enough? </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">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">Roughly half of the region's grazing
<b>land</b> is within the proposed boundaries of ... why is fast-tracking a national monument in
<b>Oregon</b> the best solution?<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.eham.net/articles/37225&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTE0NTQ0NzE1OTI3MzM2MzAzMTIyGjUzNDlkYWQ0Y2E1Y2JlODU6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHEukvCYqS0gMMq5CgwmJk5HD1Riw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Amateur
Radio Plays Key Role In Major FEMA <b>Earthquake</b> Disaster Exercise: </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">eHam.net
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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">Amateur Radio Plays Key Role In Major FEMA
<b>Earthquake</b> Disaster Exercise: ... The coast will be literally wiped off the map by a 100'
<b>tsunami</b>. ... Central Washington and central <b>Oregon</b> east of the Cascades will suffer disruptive ...<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/article/bend-oregon-affordable-housing-properties-sale/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTE0NTQ0NzE1OTI3MzM2MjczNzIyGjJmNzcwMGUyMDliYjk2MGI6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNH7xsKyGUvj5yEfPmT5JklrcCkXwQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Bend
Council Approves Sale Of Properties For Affordable <b>Housing</b> </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">OPB 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">Until recently Bend was the only
<b>Oregon</b> city with an affordable <b>housing</b> fee on the books, because the city policy was grandfathered in before the 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.bendbulletin.com/localstate/4517081-151/prineville-to-convert-school-into-housing&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMTE0NTQ0NzE1OTI3MzM2MjczNzIyGjJmNzcwMGUyMDliYjk2MGI6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNE_ztnILJNiN73VCaWMTxtM4EVrpQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Prineville
to convert school into <b>housing</b> </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 commission unanimously voted to give
<b>Housing</b> Works, Central <b>Oregon's</b> <b>housing</b> authority, permission to move forward with the project, which it ...<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/315611-193074-letters-use-of-the-word-affordable-is-all-relative&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioUMTE0NTQ0NzE1OTI3MzM2MjczNzIyGjJmNzcwMGUyMDliYjk2MGI6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHLN8_T4Cc0apxmKIwpK5aQRlqU4g"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Letters:
Use of the word 'affordable' is all relative </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">Your article on the proposed bond measure to facilitate more affordable
<b>housing</b> is interesting for many reasons (July 5). What I find most remarkable ...<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://daily.jstor.org/skateboarders-shock-troops-gentrification/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTE0NTQ0NzE1OTI3MzM2Mjk0MzAyGjQ3ZWQ0YWY2MGExODhmOTc6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHlZzBKSm2Y_AHp9SRwc_Va7A4pxw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Skateboarders:
The Shock Troops of <b>Gentrification</b> </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">Ocean Howell, a professor of architectural history at the University of
<b>Oregon</b>, describes skateboarders as “the shock troops of <b>gentrification</b>.” 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.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/politics/2016/07/19/cyclists-stage-die--odot-steps-salem/87288326/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTODI1NjA1MTMwMTc3NDY5MTc2ODIaN2QxMTZkOWMxYTYyMTAyMTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNET8sP0_gFOV8B4SoXldZzPL5oEXw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Cyclists
stage 'die-in' on ODOT steps in Salem </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">They purposely scheduled the die-in about a week before the
<b>Oregon</b> <b>Transportation</b> Commission was scheduled to meet at ODOT. Several group ...<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.gazettetimes.com/news/state-and-regional/oregon-leans-toward-putting-off-high-speed-rail-plans/article_83457fbe-8668-56a2-8181-b2ab76d6ad24.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoSMTk3OTg4OTk2Nzc1NTMyMjEwMhoyNWNhODA2MmU1MGUyZmUxOmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNG80RG-TJcErBWU8z6eRNeUVSFRLQ"><b><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Oregon</span></b><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">
leans toward putting off high-speed rail <b>plans</b> </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">The Register-Guard reports (<a href="http://bit.ly/29OGlly">http://bit.ly/29OGlly</a> ) that the
<b>Oregon</b> Department of Transportation is <b>planning</b> to keep the passenger rail line in its current ...<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.bendsource.com/bend/too-many-tourists/Content%3Foid%3D2740281&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTODI1NjA1MTMwMTc3NDY4ODI4NjIaMjFhYzg4MWE4MDVmOWQxMjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFgoqTSTbxUSkB0x63N7t697mdA1A"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Too
Many Tourists? </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 Source Weekly (press release) (registration) (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">Spokespeople for Visit Bend, Central Oregon Visitors Association and
<b>Travel</b> <b>Oregon</b>, the three main organizations that promote Bend and Central ...<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/americans-will-pay-live-near-transit/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioTODI1NjA1MTMwMTc3NDY4OTg2NjIaMzc3NjNhYThmZjZhYmM2Nzpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNE9p48-H7Ye4mkCnAMg2Shz3blvKQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Americans
Will Pay More to Live Near Transit </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 Online
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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">Fifty-five percent of Americans say they are willing to pay more for their mortgage or rent in order to get to work and recreational activities
without ...<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.economist.com/news/middle-east-and-africa/21702472-never-mind-foreign-interlopers-african-urbanites-are-scooping-up-more&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioUMTE0NTQ0NzE1OTI3MzM2Mjg1ODgyGmI3YTE1YmFmY2JmZTg5NDM6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGio5_eZEEYn1sWLt4dbB8YRy4DvQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Africa's
real land grab </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 Economist
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525">Urban farmers</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525"> often bring new ideas and technology to the places where they
settle. Raphael Laizer, a government official who moved into farming, ...<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/creating-21st-century-communities-making-economic-case-place/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioTMjY3NDkyNzI2NTY1NzQ3NTc3MDIaMzc3NjNhYThmZjZhYmM2Nzpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFghPDF272SnOoJZPnisVYcfpfCiQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Creating
21st Century Communities: Making the Economic Case for Place </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 Online
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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 Michigan Municipal League (MML) identified eight assets that communities need to grow and strengthen to prosper in coming years. MML
hired ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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