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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! Happy eclipsing!</span></b><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,
agency announcements and commentary on land use in Oregon and other states. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<h3><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#4472C4"><a href="http://www.wweek.com/culture/2017/08/17/you-can-camp-with-goats-while-watching-the-eclipse-and-fighting-corporate-expansion/"><span style="color:#4472C4;text-decoration:none">You
Can Camp With Goats While Watching The Eclipse</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></h3>
<h3><span class="ohs"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Willamette Week</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><o:p></o:p></span></h3>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">You Can Camp With
<em>Goats</em> While Watching The <em>Eclipse</em> And Fighting Corporate ... "But the reason I'm doing this is to protect
<em>all of Oregon</em>.".<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://wncn.com/2017/08/17/traffic-is-already-bananas-in-oregon-for-the-solar-eclipse/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTNDU5MTQxOTk5NDY5OTQ4NTI1MTIaMjFhYzg4MWE4MDVmOWQxMjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFeOZCLWFXbkekyuLfBM17J7Lb0HA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Traffic
is already bananas in Oregon for the solar eclipse </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">WNCN
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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">Over 1 million people are expected to
<b>travel Oregon</b> to see the solar eclipse, causing unprecedented traffic. It could be the worse traffic mess in state history.<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.eastoregonian.com/eo/local-news/20170817/john-day-airport-booked-during-eclipse-but-hermiston-pendleton-runways-open&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNDU5MTQxOTk5NDY5OTQ4ODg1NzIaYjNlMzFhMDQzODlhZjhlNjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNEOWUqkZ6nlsVMYWKZQIu0URnoKng"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">John
Day airport booked during eclipse, but Hermiston, Pendleton runways open </span>
</a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#737373">East Oregonian (subscription)
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525">With various warnings from government officials about the crush of people that could descend on
<b>rural Oregon</b> not matching up with the reality in Hermiston up to this point, Rawe compared it to Y2K, the theory that the calendar change from 1999 to 2000 would cause massive problems in computers.<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.slate.com/articles/business/metropolis/2017/08/how_oregon_towns_are_preparing_for_the_eclipse.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTQ2MzgzMTg1Njc2NDEyMTA0NDEyGjIxYWM4ODFhODA1ZjlkMTI6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNEjd5DrAWhwf1vWyjxH-4IswtZ9hw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Eclipse
Chasers Are Descending on 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">Slate Magazine
<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">“Act like an Oregonian,” says
<b>Travel Oregon's</b> Linea Gagliano. “Leave no trace, be kind. Pack your patience.” Be a green groupie, a granola muncher.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></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.gazettetimes.com/news/housingthemidvalley/developers-appeal-timberhill-decision/article_a251117e-e5d4-5d50-ab38-6986ed1afe8a.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTOTU1ODY2Mzg2OTAyNDk4NDkyMzIaNDE4NGJlMTY3ZTA2Y2NjMjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNEv1J7FzzDSl8f-cNaHXqpmlTx5HQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Developers
appeal Timberhill decision </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">Corvallis Gazette Times
<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">The developers, GPA 1 and Forest Heights, said that a 2016
<b>Department</b> of <b>Land</b> <b>Conservation</b> and <b>Development</b> enforcement order mandates that the city remove the planned development overlay from the property.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#4472C4"><a href="http://www.capitalpress.com/Oregon/20170817/critics-claim-ruling-allows-pay-offs-for-farm-impacts"><span style="color:#4472C4;text-decoration:none">Critics Claim Ruling
Allows Pay-Offs for Farm Impacts</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">The Capital Press<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">“<span style="color:black">The State of Oregon is joined by the Oregon Farm Bureau and the 1,000 Friends of Oregon conservation group in asking the Oregon Supreme Court to overturn
that decision.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></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.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/2017/08/16/state-board-rejects-third-bridge-decision-sends-back-salem-city-hall/570053001/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioSOTgyNTYzODkxMTk3MTgxNjYwMhoxZTU1YWIzM2VlN2IzNmQ0OmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNHfh0ydgCuOIKO02D6r-XdX185KaQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">State
board rejects third bridge decision, sends it back to Salem City Hall </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
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525">In April, an intergovernmental agreement between Salem and the
<b>Oregon</b> Department of <b>Land</b> Conservation and Development came before the council for approval. In a tight 5-4 vote, the council rejected the agreement, signaling the change away from the bridge proposal.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><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/Local_News/20170815/seaside-residents-lukewarm-on-urban-renewal&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTQ2MzgzMTg1Njc2NDEyMDg1MzEyGjAzYTAwZWQ0MzQ3ZjU2NzQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHT5xRe1vJ1DWDQDxDxPeX0nOzXLA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Seaside
residents lukewarm on <b>urban</b> renewal </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
<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">“I think there has been some confusion between the
<b>urban growth boundary</b> and the urban renewal district. They are two distinct things,” he said. However, city councilors received written testimony hours before the hearing from Sean Malone, an attorney with the
<b>Oregon</b> Coast Alliance, who asserts that by including property in the urban renewal district the city is not in compliance.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><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://registerguard.com/rg/opinion/35860650-78/jordan-cove-a-threat-to-oregon.html.csp&ct=ga&cd=CAEYByoTOTU1ODY2Mzg2OTAyNDk4MTQxNDIaNTM0OWRhZDRjYTVjYmU4NTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNEG8-xho9imKFA7uKeK1sjdxaRNcw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Jordan
Cove a threat to <b>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">The Register-Guard
<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">The terminals would be built on the Cascadia subduction
<b>earthquake</b> fault and <b>tsunami</b> zone. We can't solve climate disruption (drought, flooding, catastrophic storms, severe heat waves) by investing in expensive and dangerous new fossil fuel infrastructure built to last for 30 or more years.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><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.npr.org/2017/08/15/543481719/-granny-pods-help-keep-portland-affordable&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTQ2MzgzMTg1Njc2NDEyMDgxNTgyGjJmNzcwMGUyMDliYjk2MGI6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNEou-11CeC2pmASQYM_gi6dO1VDLw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">'Granny
Pods' Help Keep Portland Affordable </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">NPR
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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">It's a type of
<b>housing</b> city planners refer to as an accessory dwelling unit, or ADU, often called a granny flat or granny pod. The Cully neighborhood is also, according to 2010 census data, one of the most diverse neighborhoods in
<b>Oregon</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><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/politics/index.ssf/2017/08/oregon_fast_tracks_30_million.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNDU5MTQxOTk5NDY5OTQ4OTEwOTIaNjg1OTUxMTNlYzQ5MTAwZTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHjOOEL0As81HYb3bTlhP3QKQxKlA"><b><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Oregon</span></b><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">
fast tracks $30 million I-205 widening project </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"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525">Oregon</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525"> fast tracks $30 million I-205 widening
project. The bill funds road upgrades and <b>public transit</b> projects around the state through raising taxes and fees and creating a set of new taxes, including on the sale of new cars and bicycles and on payroll.<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=https://www.pasadenaweekly.com/2017/08/17/caltech-five-colleges-nonprofit-get-nearly-5-million-earthquake-warning-system/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNDU5MTQxOTk5NDY5OTQ4NzA5NjIaNTM0OWRhZDRjYTVjYmU4NTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNF4g6ye3zW4KkortnTJUFLLyPQd2w"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Caltech,
five other colleges, and nonprofit get nearly $5 million for <b>earthquake</b> warning system
</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">Pasadena 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">Caltech, Central Washington University, UC Berkeley, University of
<b>Oregon</b>, University of Washington, University of Nevada, Reno and University Navstar Consortium, Inc. received money to help advance the system. “The additional $4.9 million awarded to the
<b>Earthquake</b> Early Warning brings us one step closer to fully deploying this technology.”<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.aggman.com/oregon-dogami-presents-mined-land-reclamation-awards-for-2016/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTNDU5MTQxOTk5NDY5OTQ4NzMyMDIaMWU1NWFiMzNlZTdiMzZkNDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHJH5Lv_KIw0nR96rtH8mzRE2HEMg"><b><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Oregon</span></b><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">
DOGAMI presents Mined <b>Land</b> Reclamation Awards for 2016 </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">Aggregates Manager (registration) (blog)
<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">The
<b>Oregon</b> Department of Geology and Mineral Industries (DOGAMI) announced the recipients of its annual Mined
<b>Land</b> Reclamation Awards.<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://news.streetroots.org/2017/08/17/time-move-oregon-forward-affordable-housing&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNDU5MTQxOTk5NDY5OTQ4NzIzNjIaMmY3NzAwZTIwOWJiOTYwYjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNG8mac3lSM6fwmEDlakhoDrIZln-w"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Time
to move <b>Oregon</b> forward on affordable <b>housing</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"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525">Just a short month ago, the
<b>Oregon</b> Legislature adjourned the 2017 session. Legislators had the chance to act during the session to take a bold step forward to address our state’s housing crisis for the 4 in 10 people who rent their home in Oregon, and they failed.</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=http://www.capitalpress.com/SpecialSections/Nursery/20170817/oregon-nursery-industry-reclaims-no-1-spot&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioTNDU5MTQxOTk5NDY5OTQ4NzIzNjIaMmY3NzAwZTIwOWJiOTYwYjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGxp0jlI_xdsLIAPP42xCZb33R47g"><b><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Oregon</span></b><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">
nursery industry reclaims No. 1 spot </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">Jeff Stone, director of the
<b>Oregon</b> Association of Nurseries, said he is fortunate to be part of the nursery community, and that it is still a “handshake industry” where friendship and trust has been built over a long period of time.
<b>Housing</b> and constructing industries are its major customers.<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.bozemandailychronicle.com/news/city/commission-candidate-proposes-fee-based-affordable-housing-program/article_d27b1748-cc18-531b-89c3-213b6eb08380.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoSOTgyNTYzODkxMTk3MTc4MTUyMhoyZjc3MDBlMjA5YmI5NjBiOmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNE78q4UA-yE7Dht2pm7cXs3igmvqg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Commission
candidate proposes fee-based affordable <b>housing</b> program </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 Bozeman Daily 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">Cunningham based the system on a similar and successful program in Bend,
<b>Oregon</b>, which started in 2006. Under the Bend program, developers are charged one-third of 1 percent for both commercial and residential building permits, and the funded projects must target residents at or below 80 percent median income.<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://dailygazette.com/article/2017/08/16/more-than-1-million-awarded-to-adirondack-communities&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoSOTgyNTYzODkxMTk3MTgwMzQ3MhozNzc2M2FhOGZmNmFiYzY3OmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNGWTekYRjFSoDXToCedAZ0KDKRPAw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">More
than $1 million awarded to Adirondack communities </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 Daily Gazette
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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 $1 million in state funding for "<b>smart growth</b>" projects has been awarded to communities in the Adirondack Park, Gov.
Andrew M. Cuomo said this week. A total of $1.35 million went to communities in the Adirondacks and Catskills.<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.adirondackexplorer.org/news_releases/chance-weigh-mountain-bike-trails&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNDU5MTQxOTk5NDY5OTQ4NzMwNjIaMjE4ZjY2NTNlMjc4OGJlMDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNE0STOKPm5i6H0FDYVduFRBcZT67g"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Your
Chance To Weigh In On Mountain Bike Trails </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">Adirondack Explorer (press release) (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">The state Department of Environmental Conservation and
<b>Adirondack Park</b> <b>Agency</b> are seeking comments on guidelines for bike trails in the Forest Preserve. You can read the draft guidelines on the APA website.<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.planetizen.com/node/94267/bronx-hopes-tech-boom&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMTQ2MzgzMTg1Njc2NDEyMDkxMjgyGmEyOGUyZGFlY2VkMDE3OGU6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGsEtRfJEV5-wU-eMdO-j-S1nNleg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">The
Bronx Hopes to Tech Boom </span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#737373">Planetizen
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525">"The Bronx is open for business—the tech business," according to an opinion piece in Crain's New York Business. "The new 'it' neighborhood
in New York is the South Bronx,” according to Marlene Cintron.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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