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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:green">Welcome to this week’s roundup of the Land Use News!
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<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,
agency announcements and commentary on land use in Oregon and other states. </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 links to copyrighted news stories in Land Use News are not archived by DLCD, and the archiving policies of these sources vary. The stories, if available, reside on the site
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="http://www.oregon.gov/LCD/docs/meetings/lcdc/072017/Item_5_Policy_Agenda.pdf"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">DLCD Draft Policy Agenda
</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">Agency Update<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525">The Draft Policy Agenda for the 2017-19 biennium has been posted online for review and comment.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=https://bikeportland.org/2017/07/11/beyond-the-bike-tax-heres-what-else-oregons-new-transportation-bill-does-for-biking-and-walking-234406&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTODQ5OTg4MTY2NjU5NDUwMjE3MTIaMGQ5ZGJkNDg0YTg0MDM3MTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGJKA5RuYw3K-IAU81h-89OvLuxuQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Beyond
the bike tax: Here's what else Oregon's new transportation bill does for biking and walking
</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">BikePortland.org
<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">A new employee-paid payroll tax of 0.1 percent (about 39 cents per week for a minimum wage earner) will raise $1.2 billion over 10 years.
This is the best news in the bill for transportation reformers by far.<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.thechronicleonline.com/news_paid/columbia-county-economic-outlook/article_e519b0fa-6732-11e7-895f-b33474da6a9d.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNDcwODI3OTI5OTM5MDMxODM2ODIaMDNhMDBlZDQzNDdmNTY3NDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHn2GIAdnD7-X9WPrOJoik9TWQwwQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Columbia
County economic outlook </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">St. Helens Chronicle
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<p class="LandUseNews"><span style="font-weight:normal">The study found Oregon's rapid economic expansion since the recession ended in 2010, came from job growth in urban counties.
</span><span lang="EN" style="font-weight:normal">Perhaps the county’s most valuable asset is land. Large tracts of undeveloped acreage, suitable for industrial or commercial development, are available in north and south county. In Scappoose, a major expansion
of the urban growth boundary is attracting widespread attention as a potential site for future industrial expansion.</span><span style="color:#737373;font-weight:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://ktvl.com/news/local/land-use-group-tries-to-stop-oregon-solar-farm-07-11-2017&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTODQ5OTg4MTY2NjU5NDUwMTIzMTIaMTMzOGQ4ZjJmNjViMWY0YTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNE5pbUsiH5RRdUTJ5DppwmZfdUsFg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Land</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">-use
group tries to stop Oregon solar farm </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">KTVL
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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">(AP) -- The land-use group 1000 Friends of Oregon is trying to block a large solar farm planned for prime agricultural land outside Medford.
The Jackson County Board of Commissioners approved the project last month by a 2-to-1 vote. 1000 friends filed its intent to appeal with the state Land Use Board of Appeals on Friday.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.eugeneweekly.com/20170713/news-features/whats-theirs-mines&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNDcwODI3OTI5OTM5MDMxOTcwNTIaMTMzOGQ4ZjJmNjViMWY0YTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNEqejqHuxbepdwt6Inor-45Pd2P8g"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">What's
Theirs is Mines </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">Eugene Weekly
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<p class="LandUseNews"><span lang="EN" style="font-weight:normal">Commissioner Jack Howard of Union County says he was glad the bill focuses on job creation, but that it could set up a dangerous precedent of competing land use goals between counties and the
state. In an email to<i> EW</i>, Howard writes that he is concerned “it may be that we’ve moved from taking away the overreach of statewide planning to an inability for local governments to actually have a full range of discretion to deny a local application.” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="LandUseNews"><span lang="EN" style="color:#333333;font-weight:normal"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=https://bikeportland.org/2017/07/13/state-bikewalk-advisory-committee-seeking-two-new-members-234671&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioTNDcwODI3OTI5OTM5MDMxOTcwNTIaMTMzOGQ4ZjJmNjViMWY0YTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNE8auMn7_4g2SDbTd0so-iB_7SD6g"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">State
bike/walk advisory committee seeks two new members </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">BikePortland.org
<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">SALEM – The
<span class="LandUseNewsChar"><span style="font-weight:normal">Oregon Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee is seeking two new members: one local government/land use planning member and one at-large member.
<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<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/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2017/07/eastern_oregon_neighbors_fearf.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNDcwODI3OTI5OTM5MDMxOTU0NzIaMWU1NWFiMzNlZTdiMzZkNDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNF0ekuPA1fMMGiswu4UiscxLjQrZA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Eastern
Oregon neighbors worry about human waste from eclipse campers, file lawsuit </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">Neighbors of an eastern Oregon organic farm are asking a judge to stop it from renting out land to up to 6,000 campers during the Aug.
21 total solar eclipse. A lawsuit filed Friday claims the Stelzer family of Azure Farms hasn’t received an “outdoor mass gathering” county permit for its four-night money-making venture.<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"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.eugeneweekly.com/20170713/wine/weeds-wine&ct=ga&cd=CAEYBCoTNDcwODI3OTI5OTM5MDMxOTY5MzIaODk5N2QyN2I2YTQ5MTMwYTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHtWf96ftvZIWvZyg2ZIWv-gJTbCg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Into
the Weeds with Wine </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">Eugene Weekly
<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">“Vineyard owners sue over pot operation,” reads an April headline. Marijuana's</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525">
history in Oregon is hazy, and made hazier by 50 years of strident anti-pot propaganda, along with increasingly draconian law enforcement and punishment, putting thousands of people in jails for possession.
<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://kuow.org/post/earthquake-insurance-task-force-gets-started-oregon&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTODQ5OTg4MTY2NjU5NDUwMTQzMzIaNTM0OWRhZDRjYTVjYmU4NTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHAI945mY7skpKiLh20TWrftpP9ug"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Earthquake</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">
Insurance Task Force Gets Started In Oregon </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">KUOW News and Information
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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">Earthquake</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525"> insurance is an optional add-on to homeowner's
coverage. Oregon State Resilience Officer Mike Harryman said there are many reasons consumers skip buying it: It’s expensive, deductibles are typically quite high, your primary carrier may not offer it, and big earthquakes are rare.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.dailyastorian.com/Local_News/20170712/fire-season-in-clatsop-county&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNDcwODI3OTI5OTM5MDMxNzQyMDIaMjE3ZmE2NDU5NjI4YzMyYzpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGdCITXn_DdFoTdpVojH61o6uaIuQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Fire
season in Clatsop 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">Daily Astorian
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525">The state Department of Forestry and Clatsop County Fire Defense Board declared the season open as of 1 a.m. Monday. Open debris burning
is now prohibited with a few exceptions. <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.nydailynews.com/news/national/trump-2018-budget-cuts-fighting-wildfires-deadly-article-1.3318296&ct=ga&cd=CAEYBioTODQ5OTg4MTY2NjU5NDUwMjI0MDIaZmFlNzY5MzkxYmE4MjFmOTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFFXUdmBC8rlKFy3mOv_617T-fSTA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">President
Trump's proposed budget cuts to fighting wildfires could be deadly for the Western US
</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">New York Daily News
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525">The fires have spread across Nevada, Arizona, Montana, Oregon and Washington where states of emergency have been declared. Meanwhile,
Congress is debating a White House proposal to cut $300 million from the U.S. Forest Service’s wildfire fighting initiatives and $50 million from its wildfire prevention efforts.<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"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.dailyastorian.com/editorials/20170713/our-view-good-trails-benefit-residents-and-tourists-alike&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNDcwODI3OTI5OTM5MDMxOTE0NjIaNTIwNjQ3NjljYWI2ZjE3Yzpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNH5UfUtjlTMJIVofJj5xQfoQtnZiQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Our
view: Good trails benefit residents and tourists alike </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">Daily Astorian
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525">This year, more walkers are discovering the Oregon Coast Trail because of lingering snow pack and high water in the Sierra Nevada mountains.<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.kgw.com/news/local/electric-vehicle-rebates-included-in-oregon-transportation-bill/456245265&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNDcwODI3OTI5OTM5MDMxODA0MDIaN2QxMTZkOWMxYTYyMTAyMTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGyzFrXzy0qlPhSRJ00pxm_ok8UKQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Electric
vehicle rebates included in Oregon transportation bill </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">kgw.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, Ore. -- If you're thinking about buying or leasing an electric vehicle in Oregon, but are worried about the cost, just wait
a few months.<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://patch.com/oregon/portland/statewide-transportation-bill-approved-oregon-legislators&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTNDcwODI3OTI5OTM5MDMxODA0MDIaN2QxMTZkOWMxYTYyMTAyMTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNH-_2X_vkh_Ggse5VR4jG9Fxb5m8Q"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Statewide
Transportation Bill Approved By Oregon Legislators </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, OR — Oregon State Legislators last week approved a statewide transportation improvement plan that will raise $5.3 billion over
the next 10 years to repair and improve the state’s transportation infrastructure. House Bill 2017 seeks to accomplish five specific goals identified by the 14-member joint transportation committee: reduce congestion, increase alternate transportation options,
invest in maintenance and preservation, improve the safety of existing infrastructure, and ensure accountability in how taxpayers dollars are spent.<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/2017/jul/13/rep-huffman-will-not-run-again/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTNDcwODI3OTI5OTM5MDMxOTkyNDIaYjNlMzFhMDQzODlhZjhlNjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNEE2UK6gz-DJf4Dlz4_2HPYO5fPdw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Rep.
Huffman will not run again </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">Dalles Chronicle
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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">Rep. John Huffman, R-The Dalles, will not run for his House District 59 seat in 2018 – and may be leaving earlier if he is selected by
the Trump administration to oversee Oregon's rural development programs through the U.S. Department of Agriculture.<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/20170711/black-retires-as-wallowa-county-planning-director&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTODQ5OTg4MTY2NjU5NDUwMjEwNTIaYTYwZWJhODRjZGI0NjM1Yzpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNEW3U1uGOyv4xaqK-xvTRanMN7muA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Black
retires as Wallowa County planning director </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">Steve Tool/Chieftain Long-time Wallowa County Planning Director Harold Black at his retirement party held at the Wallowa County Courthouse
on July 29. Black served in the planning department for 19 years.<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.sftu.org/2017/07/listen-yimby/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNDcwODI3OTI5OTM5MDMyMDE1NTIaZWQxZDAxZTdlMzVlYzA5Zjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHOqvI34VeI6NE4kVegk4FxfpQg5w"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Listen,
Yimby! </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">San Francisco Tenants Union
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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">Listen, Yimby! What if your market-based model is destined to fail? An open letter from someone who is not a Nimby. By Tim Redmond –.
Dear Yimbytown folks: ...<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.ktvb.com/news/local/homes-being-demolished-near-boise-airport-worries-neighbors/456518503&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAyoTNDcwODI3OTI5OTM5MDMxNzYzOTIaYjdhMTViYWZjYmZlODk0Mzpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFD2bitgCaOo6c6eWAm-Zp2GNsScg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Homes
being demolished near Boise Airport worries neighbors </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">“So the reason the airport purchased those properties was to turn it into a compatible land use, and so what we did was partner with the
Department of Parks and Rec and they are able to take this land and turn it into an urban farm, which is a compatible land use within the airport influence area.”.<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.sustainablebrands.com/press/how_measure_social_impact_community_collaborations&ct=ga&cd=CAEYBCoTNDcwODI3OTI5OTM5MDMxNzYzOTIaYjdhMTViYWZjYmZlODk0Mzpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNE5SbM5Vj8UMyqJ2bmMTIRtYcy4KQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">How
to Measure Social Impact of Community Collaborations </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 Michigan Urban Farming Initiative is working to debut America's first sustainable urban agrihood – a neighborhood growth model with
agriculture at the center of a mixed-use development.<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://inhabitat.com/sustainable-solar-housing-with-urban-farming-to-take-root-in-eindhoven/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNDcwODI3OTI5OTM5MDMxNzYzOTIaYjdhMTViYWZjYmZlODk0Mzpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNF_LstHXBeCpax8c7qNe1UZoQ4rig"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Sustainable
solar housing with urban farming to take root in Eindhoven </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 sustainable green design is taking root in the Dutch city of Eindhoven. The city just selected MVRDV and SDK Vastgoed (VolkerWessels)
to create Nieuw Bergen – a super green block of homes and businesses topped with living roofs and solar panels.
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a Tsunami in the United States </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">“If we have the 9.0 for up to five to 10 minutes, we’re talking about infrastructure not standing in almost any scenario,” said Oregon
Office of Emergency Management Deputy Director Matt Marheine. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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