[LandUse-News] Land Use News from DLCD - June 10, 2010

[Voliva, Cliff]

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June 5: (Albany Democrat-Herald) The final straw
http://www.democratherald.com/news/local/article_9c82c264-712b-11df-a503-001cc4c002e0.html
Andrew Martin is beating his plowshare into a sword, and he's using it to cut his ties with his hometown. Frustrated with what he sees as an overly restrictive and inflexible land development code...

June 4: (Tualatin Times) Tualatin to expand notifications for land-use decisions
http://www.tigardtimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=127553120778354600
It seemed to happen a lot of the last couple years: Tualatin residents would show up at a council meeting, upset over a project - the racket club, a hospital expansion - that they said they had no idea was happening...

June 3: (Editorial, The Oregonian) Refining the I-5 crossing
http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2010/06/refining_the_i-5_crossing.html
It appears that the Columbia River Crossing planning process is now moving in a promising direction, bridging communities rather than dividing them. This is a welcome shift in tone that signals that the bridge may actually be built...

May 26: (Roseburg News-Review) Committee discusses Roseburg sustainability plan
http://www.nrtoday.com/article/20100526/NEWS/100529819
For Roseburg to become a more sustainable community, the city has to take the lead by implementing its own sustainable practices. This was a consensus Tuesday at the first meeting of an 11-member citizen advisory committee...

May 25: (Roseburg News-Review) Roseburg approves school district plan
http://www.nrtoday.com/article/20100525/NEWS/100529847/1001
Roseburg's adoption of a 10-year forecast for Roseburg School District facilities has prompted the city to examine how to improve pedestrian access to district schools...

Cliff Voliva | Communications Officer
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