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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:green">Welcome to this week’s roundup of the Land Use News!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-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. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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 of the original news source. Please direct requests for archived stories, or permission to reprint them, to the original news source. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Past Land Use News weekly e-mails may be found here:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.mycentraloregon.com/2016/09/22/bend-city-council-gives-final-approval-to-urban-growth-boundary-plan/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoSMTc2MjkwMjYzMTk2ODM0ODU5MhowM2EwMGVkNDM0N2Y1Njc0OmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNEzrHQClpKpIKDKUPxVbOdKktAUww"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Bend
 City Council Gives Final Approval To Urban Growth Boundary 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"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525">Bend City Council Gives Final Approval To Urban Growth Boundary Plan ... About 70 percent of the projected growth in housing and in jobs can be ... the UGB plan
 will be sent to the Oregon Department of Land Conservation 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.bendbulletin.com/localstate/4674132-151/oregon-conservation-projects-score-funds&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTgyMjY4NTk2MDg0MzAwMzI1ODIyGjBiNTJlNjJiODUyNDA4MDA6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHrHxg9PcFR2CWjU9D5VcjFenaknA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Oregon
 conservation projects score funds </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 Oregon, the Deschutes Basin Multi-Species Habitat Conservation Plan got $700,000; the Rogue River Recovery Land Acquisition got $500,000; ...<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.wsj.com/articles/oregons-willamette-valley-wine-country-travel-without-the-headaches-1474552071&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoSMTc2MjkwMjYzMTk2ODMzMzI5MhoyMWFjODgxYTgwNWY5ZDEyOmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNHO8Cs5053Z5oCEFFy2SfY-K-iBGw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Oregon's
 Willamette Valley: Wine Country Travel Without the Headaches </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">WINE-COUNTRY travel can often be better in theory than practice, with overpriced tasting rooms, heavily trafficked highways and crowded
 restaurants ...<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.worldpropertyjournal.com/real-estate-news/united-states/washington-dc-real-estate-news/esa-national-flood-insurance-program-changes-2016-national-association-of-home-builders-nahb-endangered-species-act-esa-national-flood-insurance-program-nfip-national-marine-fisheries-service-nmfs-10050.php&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoSMTc2MjkwMjYzMTk2ODM0MTkyMho5MGM0YTdkNTRhZDQ2NjkxOmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNFALL6w_-ROnPzzYuU5wvha3uY6-Q"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">National
 Flood Insurance</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none"> Changes by ESA to Harm U.S. Home Affordability
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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">Perhaps worst of all, NFIP-participating communities in Oregon and ... state and local interests, but was not the intent of the original
 program," he said.<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/11-features/323624-200025-oregon-citys-bike-concierge-powers-unique-views-of-local-landmarks&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTgyMjY4NTk2MDg0MzAwMzExNDgyGjIxYWM4ODFhODA1ZjlkMTI6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFn67HM8uAXiG3tMW3cur0zMPje5A"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Oregon
 City's Bike Concierge powers unique views of local landmarks </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 referred me to Travel Oregon's report that bicycle travelers in Oregon spend $400 million annually, which is nearly $1.1 million per
 day. Thom Batty ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.oregonlive.com/travel/index.ssf/2016/09/new_columbia_river_gorge_trail.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoSMTc2MjkwMjYzMTk2ODMyODM1Mho3ZDExNmQ5YzFhNjIxMDIxOmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNEJGRY66jSs2ZZpdZT3EqPwk0B8Qw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">New
 Columbia River Gorge trail adds to 73-mile bike path, walking route </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 trail isn't expected to officially open until October 7, but on Saturday morning the U.S. Forest Service, Oregon Department 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://portlandtribune.com/pt/9-news/323886-203497-panel-hears-views-on-transportation-funding&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTY3ODE3NjMyNzIzMTE5MzA0NzUyGjdkMTE2ZDljMWE2MjEwMjE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNH10z4eWVVkyEDfkQaILUFhgtu86A"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Panel
 hears views on transportation funding </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 message we are trying to deliver is very simple: We'd like to see a significant, game-changing investment in Oregon transportation,”
 Andy Duyck, ...<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://lebanon-express.com/news/local/main-street-program-brings-benefits-to-lebanon-downtown-revitalization/article_4da0e26d-a433-538e-9160-7eb574d8f498.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoSMTc2MjkwMjYzMTk2ODMyMzY2Mho5OGNiZDM5MzVjNGYxNzdjOmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNHgy_67O_NXDzsg17V5Z0SmWigfYw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Main
 Street</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none"> program brings benefits to Lebanon Downtown revitalization
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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 Main Street Coordinator, Sheri Stuart, presented at the Lebanon Downtown Association's meeting about the Oregon Main Street
 program.<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.thedalleschronicle.com/news/2016/sep/21/city-main-street-receive-state-awards/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoSMTc2MjkwMjYzMTk2ODMyMzY2Mho5OGNiZDM5MzVjNGYxNzdjOmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNE0LA_EABhlCdW9ov6VSQrUi35vBQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">City,
 Main Street receive state awards </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">"We are happy to give this award to The Dalles Main Street and to use the booklet as a model for communities throughout Oregon,” she added.<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/20160921/retired-professor-donates-timberland-to-benefit-rural-school&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTY3ODE3NjMyNzIzMTE5MzA0NzkyGmIzZTMxYTA0Mzg5YWY4ZTY6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGgBrHMnCHZ6SlwHbRaASfSmBvhTA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Retired
 professor donates timberland to benefit rural school </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">Castle taught for many years at Oregon State University, headed a Washington, D.C., resource issue think tank and now is retired and living
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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/wildfire-rehab-in-idaho-oregon-includes-fall-herbicide/article_70e05942-c0d0-5973-8e58-f1ee3592b16c.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYBCoSMTc2MjkwMjYzMTk2ODM0MjQyMhoxZTU1YWIzM2VlN2IzNmQ0OmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNErXF8NYTRNFT2XiiI8OIcW1sLVDQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Wildfire
 rehab in Idaho, Oregon includes fall herbicide </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 U.S. Bureau of Land Management has started applying the herbicide Imazapic on federal lands to knock out invasive weeds in Oregon
 and will ...<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.kiro7.com/news/local/threat-of-climate-change-wildfires-growing-in-northwest/447533061&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTg0MDc5MDQxNTI1NjM4ODM3NDAyGmZhZTc2OTM5MWJhODIxZjk6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGB2CNGavZtzabSOD8MD_PD0J538g"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Threat
 of climate change wildfires growing in Northwest </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">Wildfires</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525">. But not just your average fires. Climate
 change wildfires are ... He has been studying forests throughout Oregon and Washington over 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://registerguard.com/rg/news/local/34822466-75/interior-department-touts-effort-to-protect-sage-grouse.html.csp&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTY3ODE3NjMyNzIzMTE5Mjc2OTIyGjNmNmNhYzI4YjA0ZjBlYzY6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNE4Nz6z-jcaSs_IcTvPCvTh0VKQog"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Interior
 Department touts effort to protect sage grouse </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">Greater sage grouse live in 11 Western states including Oregon. About 200,000 to 500,000 remain, down from a peak population of about
 16 million.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.oregonlive.com/travel/index.ssf/2016/09/report_big_mining_potential_in.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTg0MDc5MDQxNTI1NjM4ODA4MjgyGjJlYzBmOTAxZjU2YWM5MGY6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHoH9VsKXvNiQt7xbFFco_oVxX53g"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Report:
 Big mining potential in Malheur County, home of Owyhee monument proposal </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">According to a new report by the Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries, Malheur and several other counties in southern and
 eastern ...<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/news/local/34805416-75/cannon-beach-considers-buying-former-school-in-tsunami-zone.html.csp&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTOTUwNTI0OTAxODI0OTQ4MTk5NzIaNTM0OWRhZDRjYTVjYmU4NTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHMvZibUK_uKG0jjlVFgLd_AVFNEA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Cannon
 Beach considers buying former school in tsunami zone </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">Cannon Beach considers buying former school in tsunami zone ... a former elementary school that had to close because it sits in a tsunami
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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/9-news/323940-203694-poll-majority-support-repealing-statewide-ban-on-rent-control&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoSMTc2MjkwMjYzMTk2ODM0Njg2MhoyZjc3MDBlMjA5YmI5NjBiOmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNFauWiSish37EQfWvCiURIq-33rlw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Poll:
 Majority support repealing statewide ban on rent control </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">As housing costs increase across the state, a slim majority of Oregon voters support repealing the statewide ban on rent control — with
 the 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/324101-200772-low-rent-apartments-in-tigard-kicking-residents-out&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAyoSMTc2MjkwMjYzMTk2ODM0Njg2MhoyZjc3MDBlMjA5YmI5NjBiOmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNHCFOkLB-6S-x-odIg-4NSwebe9Ng"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Low-rent
 apartments in Tigard kicking residents out </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">TIMES PHOTO: JONATHAN HOUSE - Tigardville Apartments resident Chris Mckenzie has been fighting the mass Chris and Tanya Mckenzie are ...<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/2016/09/how_a_back-room_deal_helped_po.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTYxNzA2MDUxMTAzNjY2NjE4OTAyGjJmNzcwMGUyMDliYjk2MGI6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFkh34nZwdd0ScjS8p0e5elo-QiAA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">How
 a backroom deal helped Portland dodge another gentrification controversy </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">Portland Commissioner Dan Saltzman oversees the Housing Bureau. ... Creager told The Oregonian/OregonLive the nonprofit and Meta "were ...<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/housing-woes-hit-prineville/Content%3Foid%3D2760481&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoSMTc2MjkwMjYzMTk2ODMzMDA4Mho0MGRlOGMzMTllZmVmYmU1OmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNGBjtf1l8cKg7FHSeYT3ObyQAm7BA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Housing</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">
 Woes Hit Prineville </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">A recent article in the Central Oregon Association of Realtors real estate ... The affordable housing crisis will require creative solutions
 and changes, ...<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-board-sides-with-county-on-marijuana-zoning-09-22-2016&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoSMTc2MjkwMjYzMTk2ODMzNDI3Mho5YzI4ZTgwNGE1ZmUzY2ZiOmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNHEK-87gmlP3lACKYJQmfsF2hpnIw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Oregon</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">
 board sides with county on marijuana zoning </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 county argues that farmers can still grow marijuana in non-residential zones, including exclusive farm use and forest zones. The board
 of appeals' ...<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/news/local/34804579-75/oregon-hazelnut-growers-reach-agreement-for-third-highest-starting-price-ever.html.csp&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTOTUwNTI0OTAxODI0OTQ3ODgyOTIaMWU1NWFiMzNlZTdiMzZkNDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHD1GWQk-mYKcmfvDWRcfeKG6gkiw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Oregon</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">
 hazelnut growers reach agreement for third-highest starting price ever </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">During the past 10 years, the amount of land in Oregon occupied by hazelnut orchards grew by 22,833 acres, bringing the total acreage
 of hazelnut ...<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://mtpr.org/post/study-says-montana-wind-energy-potential-tops-columbia-river-gorge&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoSMTc2MjkwMjYzMTk2ODM0ODA5Mho3NTJhYzM3ZmUxMzkzYmRlOmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNHUdIQqISP1qaphkuK1qJz14WlEpA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Study
 Says Montana Wind Energy Potential Tops Columbia River Gorge </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">A new study says that Montana's potential for wind energy production is better than that in the Columbia River Gorge, between Oregon 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://urbantoronto.ca/news/2016/09/greenbelt-does-smart-growth-policy-impact-affordability&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMTY3ODE3NjMyNzIzMTE5Mjk1OTMyGjM3NzYzYWE4ZmY2YWJjNjc6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNG4YwlEYAcVuGkVZAa2BO6CQPW4HA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">The
 Greenbelt: Does Smart Growth Policy Impact 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">Arguing that restrictive 'smart growth' policies like the Greenbelt can pose a significant impact on affordability, Matthews was joined
 by Ryerson'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://nashvillepublicradio.org/post/mapper-who-plotted-gas-shortages-and-nycs-best-bathrooms-now-helps-nashville-kids-walk-school&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMTYxNzA2MDUxMTAzNjY2NTkxMzcyGmUwNWU1Zjc3NWRhNTQxY2M6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNF5HJhXMp5jkHgwQXtdk5qIfSi1TA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Mapper
 Who Plotted Gas Shortages and NYC's Best Bathrooms Now Helps Nashville Kids Walk To ...
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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 launch this weekend in Nashville was for safe walking routes, with teams exploring near two elementary schools — Eakin in Hillsboro,
 and J.E. ...<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>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Direct: (503) 934-0036 | Cell: (503) 383-6648 | Main: (503) 373-0050</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"><a href="mailto:sadie.carney@state.or.us"><span style="color:blue">sadie.carney@state.or.us</span></a> |
</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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