From cliff.voliva at state.or.us Tue Aug 18 13:49:02 2009 From: cliff.voliva at state.or.us (Voliva, Cliff) Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2009 13:49:02 -0700 Subject: [LandUse-News] Land Use News from DLCD - August 18, 2009 Message-ID: <2D371CBB27C746488A630F87111B5917F1A5FEE8@dlcdsxch01> Welcome to the Land Use News e-mail list! Land Use News is an electronic news clipping service provided by the Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development. Land Use News emphasizes local reporting and commentary on land use in Oregon and other states. (Measure 49 articles have headlines in ALL CAPS.) 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 of the original news source. Please direct requests for archived stories, or permission to reprint them, to the original news source. Past Land Use News weekly e-mails can be found here: http://listsmart.osl.state.or.us/pipermail/landuse-news Anyone can subscribe to the free service by visiting this site: http://listsmart.osl.state.or.us/mailman/listinfo/landuse-news ____________________________________________________________ August 17: (Bend Bulletin) With an eye to drawing jobs, Deschutes seeks study http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090817/NEWS01/908170357 SALEM - Deschutes County planners are thinking big - about big pieces of land, that is - as they try to help lure jobs to Central Oregon. The county has applied for a $50,000 state grant to underwrite an effort to study the region, including Crook and Jefferson counties, to see if it has enough industrial land - specifically, lots of 100 acres or more - to suit a large manufacturer... August 16: (The Oregonian) Wildfire risks rise along with more homes in Oregon's forests http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/08/wilfire_risks_rise_along_with.html RHODODENDRON -- The little cabin tucked in the woods near Mount Hood seems a sylvan slice of paradise. Birds whistle. A creek trickles. Trees screen the summer sun... August 14: (Editorial, The Oregonian) Talking the walk over the Columbia River http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2009/08/talking_the_walk_over_the_colu.html Portland and Vancouver often seem like they are not just in two different states, but two different states of mind - on planets light-years apart... August 13: (East Oregonian) Morrow County Court favors Love's Travel Stops http://eastoregonian.com/main.asp?SectionID=13&SubSectionID=48&ArticleID=96469&TM=42762.9 Despite strenuous arguments from Devin Oil Company, the Morrow County Court upheld a planning department decision to allow a land partition so the city of Boardman can sell a parcel to Love's Travel Stops... August 13: (East Oregonian) Morrow Port OKs transportation project http://eastoregonian.com/main.asp?SectionID=13&SubSectionID=48&ArticleID=96465&TM=42762.9 BOARDMAN - The Port of Morrow is moving ahead with a $10.7 million project that will improve transportation and open more land for development... August 12: (Honolulu Star-Bulletin) Developer plans 12,000 homes on 'the best ag land' on Oahu http://www.starbulletin.com/news/20090812_Developer_plans_12000_homes_on_the_best_ag_land_on_Oahu.html A proposal for building 12,000 homes on what is described as the best agricultural land on Oahu goes back before the state Land Use Commission tomorrow.... August 11: (Portland Tribune) East County seeks broad support for highway connector http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=125004099260874200 In an effort to secure funding from Metro for a corridor study, East Multnomah County officials are appealing to their Clackamas County neighbors... August 11: (Roseburg News-Review) Roseburg used wrong data to justify expansion http://www.nrtoday.com/article/20090811/NEWS/908119990/1001/NONE&parentprofile=1055 After months of contentious public hearings, the Roseburg City Council voted in December to expand its Urban Growth Boundary, which marks areas into which the city plans to expand one day as it grows... August 7: (Ashland Daily Tidings) Official says Croman plan misguided http://www.dailytidings.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090807/NEWS02/908070313 Michael Dawkins, vice chairman of the Planning Commission, is concerned that rezoning the Croman Mill property will fracture Ashland and leave downtown struggling... Cliff Voliva | Communications Officer Director's Office Oregon Dept. of Land Conservation and Development 635 Capitol Street NE, Suite 150 | Salem, OR 97301-2540 Office: (503) 373-0050 ext. 268 | Fax: (503) 378-5518 cliff.voliva at state.or.us www.oregon.gov/LCD -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: