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[Cliff Voliva]

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Oct. 21: (Daily Astorian) State of Oregon tells feds to put the brakes
on LNG
http://www.dailyastorian.info/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=398&ArticleID=55286
The state of Oregon has joined a chorus of legal challenges to the
federal approval of the Bradwood Landing liquefied natural gas
project...

Oct. 21: (Eugene Register-Guard) ‘Pit’ redevelopment on hold
http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/1217843-35/story.csp

Eugene’s downtown pit across the street from the public library will
remain an eyesore for longer than anticipated...

Oct. 20: (Daily Journal of Commerce) Solar-cell material plant breaks
ground in Salem
http://www.djcoregon.com/articleDetail.htm/2008/10/20/Solarcell-material-plant-breaks-ground-in-Salem

State and local officials broke ground Wednesday on an $80 million
solar-cell factory in Salem...

Oct. 20: (Ashland Daily Tidings) City eyes changes to its affordable
housing policies
http://www.dailytidings.com/2008/1020/stories/1020_council.php 
The City Council will consider changes to city rules so that developers
will have more flexibility to provide a mix of affordable housing to
low- and middle-income households...

Oct. 19: (Medford Mail Tribune) "Big Look" to hold another forum after
capacity turnout
http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081019/NEWS/810190332

Local residents will have a chance to take another look at Oregon's
"Big Look Task Force" project Monday...

Oct. 17: (The Oregonian) Resorts ride the economy up, now down in
Central Oregon
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2008/10/resorts_ride_the_economy_up_no.html

PRINEVILLE -- As resorts sprung up across central Oregon in recent
years, so did concerns about how their golf courses and thousands of new
homes fit into the rural landscape...

Oct. 16: (Statesman Journal) Elkhorn resort OK'd with conditions
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081016/NEWS/810160350/1001/NEWS

A destination resort planned along the Little North Santiam River that
has been on the docket since the 1980s got a green light Wednesday
morning from the Marion County Board of Commissioners...

Oct. 16: (Bend Bulletin) State considers a major update of resort
rules
http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081016/NEWS01/810160440/1001/NEWS01&nav_category=

For former state Sen. Charlie Ringo, D-Beaverton, who now lives in
Bend, a family trip last summer brought home the difference between
destination resorts that cater to tourists and ones that resemble
exclusive rural subdivisions...

Oct. 16: (Bend Bulletin) No new resorts in Crook County
http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081016/NEWS01/810160431/1001/NEWS01&nav_category=

PRINEVILLE - With a tap of Judge Scott Cooper’s gavel Wednesday
morning, the development of any new destination resorts in Crook County
was blocked for at least three years...

Oct. 16: (The Oregonian) Crook County removes resort zones
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2008/10/crook_county_removes_resort_zo.html

Prineville - Crook County this morning removed from its zoning map most
of the land it had set aside for destination resorts...

Oct. 15: (KTVZ, Bend) Destination resorts remain hot-button issue
http://www.ktvz.com/Global/story.asp?S=9186395 
The hot-button issue of allowing destination resorts was up for
discussion at a big state meeting in Prineville late Wednesday
afternoon, just hours after Powell Butte area resort foes got Crook
County leaders to do as the voters had asked...

Oct. 15: (AP, Coos Bay World) Third company enters LNG race
http://www.theworldlink.com/articles/2008/10/15/news/doc48f4d200091de781645433.txt

WARRENTON (AP) - Backers of a third proposed liquefied natural gas
terminal, this one near Warrenton, have applied to federal energy
regulators to build a facility on a spit of sand that juts into the
Columbia River...

Oct. 15: (Bend Bulletin) Without financing, Tetherow on hold
indefinitely
http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081015/NEWS01/810150390/1001/NEWS01&nav_category=

Stagnant sales and frozen credit markets have indefinitely delayed
hotel construction at Tetherow, a 700-acre destination resort west of
Bend...

Oct. 15: (Bend Bulletin) Plan for Redmond industrial site clears key
hurdle
http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081015/NEWS01/810150404/1001/NEWS01&nav_category=

SALEM - A plan that will redefine the landscape south of Redmond - and
potentially lure large industrial employers to Central Oregon - earned a
preliminary green light on Tuesday...

Oct. 14: (Daily Astorian) Oregon LNG is back in the race
http://www.dailyastorian.info/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=398&ArticleID=55113

WARRENTON - Oregon LNG has filed with federal authorities to move
forward with its proposed liquefied natural gas terminal at the mouth of
the Columbia River...

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Cliff Voliva
Communications Officer
Department of Land Conservation and Development
635 Capitol St. NE, Suite 150
Salem, OR 97301-2540
Phone: (503) 373-0050 x268
Fax: (503) 378-6033
cliff.voliva at state.or.us
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