From cliff.voliva at state.or.us Tue Aug 24 09:20:32 2010 From: cliff.voliva at state.or.us (Voliva, Cliff) Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2010 09:20:32 -0700 Subject: [LandUse-News] Land Use News from DLCD - August 24, 2010 Message-ID: <2D371CBB27C746488A630F87111B59170166049065@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. 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 24: (Ashland Daily Tidings) City to make transportation plan greener http://www.dailytidings.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100824/NEWS02/8240310/-1/NEWS The city will begin an 18-month process Tuesday to create a greener Transportation System Plan focused not just on cars but on pedestrians, bicycles and trains... August 23: (Portland Tribune) Metro, city purchase link in Baltimore Woods corridor http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=128262419782201200 A walking, jogging and cycling path that links neighborhoods along the Willamette River will expand in North Portland, onto property purchased by Metro, Portland Parks and Recreation and the city's Bureau of Environmental Services. A six-acre addition to the Willamette River Greenway... August 23: (New York Times) In Oregon, Students Seek Key to a Sustainable City http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2010/08/23/23greenwire-in-oregon-students-seek-key-to-a-sustainable-c-87835.html?emc=eta1 SALEM, Ore. -- In many cities, the rise of a shopping mall forebodes the fall of a downtown. A Sears trades Main Street for Mall Drive. Shoppers follow in their cars and so do the automobile dealerships and furniture stores... August 23: (Bend Bulletin) Deschutes considers wind proposal http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100823/NEWS01/8230391/1001/NEWS01&nav_category=NEWS01 John Scarborough began lobbying Deschutes County commissioners last fall to change county code, so he could install wind turbines on his 10 acres of land northeast of Bend... August 22: (McMinnville News-Register) McMinnville receives state grant for Granary district http://www.newsregister.com/article/45281-mac+receives+grant+granary+district McMinnville has obtained a $76,650 planning grant for the Granary District, a former industrial area now mixing light and heavy industry with housing, professional offices, retail outlets and an increasingly popular farmers market.... August 21: (Ashland Daily Tidings) Council approves Croman plan http://www.dailytidings.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100821/NEWS02/8210310/-1/NEWS After two years of work, the city of Ashland has a plan to redevelop one of the largest blocks of unused land in town... August 20: (Daily Journal of Commerce) NAIOP asks Metro for more industrial land http://djcoregon.com/news/2010/08/20/naiop-asks-metro-for-more-industrial-land/ The National Association of Industrial and Office Properties has requested industrial lands that would be included in the possible expansion of the urban growth boundary... August 19: (Daily Journal of Commerce) Warehouse ready for wind giant makeover http://djcoregon.com/news/2010/08/19/warehouse-ready-wind-giant-makeover/ Gerding Edlen Development has left its mark on many former warehouses in Portland's Pearl District. But until this week, one warehouse had eluded the company's green thumbprint... August 19: (Statesman Journal) Move would allow Keizer annexation process to begin near park http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20100819/NEWS/8190342/1001/news Keizer is one step closer to annexing 38 acres into the city to expand Keizer Rapids Park... August 18: (Statesman Journal) City sees many changes during growth spurt http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20100818/COMMUNITIES/8180360/1106/KEIZER Keizer has changed a great deal since its incorporation in 1982, but the past three years have been the most intense period of growth, with commercial and entertainment developments galore... August 18: (La Grande Observer) Hearing continues on wind advisory vote http://www.lagrandeobserver.com/News/Local-News/Hearing-continues-on-wind-advisory-vote Union County's public hearing on a proposed wind farm advisory vote continues Wednesday, in a space big enough to accommodate an expected large crowd... August 18: (Newberg Graphic) Counties join to form a unified land use concept http://www.newberggraphic.com/news/2010/August/18/Local.News/counties.join.to.form.a.unified.land.use.concept/news.aspx Oregon has 36 counties, all with their own versions of an agricultural economy. Try bringing them all together to create a consensus and you get a waiting game of surveys and recommendations... August 18: (Bend Bulletin) Redmond woman fined for wedding http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100818/NEWS01/8180378/1001/NEWS01&nav_category=NEWS01 A Redmond woman was sentenced to a $500 fine Tuesday morning for hosting a wedding on her farmland in June 2009 in violation of Deschutes County code... August 17: (Daily Astorian) Astoria plaza area sits 'like a big cancer' http://www.dailyastorian.com/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=398&ArticleID=72637&TM=35243.68 Astoria city councilors may not know what to do about a depression that has formed in the concrete at the former Safeway lot off Duane Street - but they all agree it needs to be fixed... August 17: (Portland Tribune) Proposed Morgan Road rock quarry draws ire of neighbors http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=128208608292237300 Concern over a proposed rock quarry on Morgan Road in rural Sherwood is riling neighbors who fear such a facility would result in noise, dust, a loss of nature, increased road damage and lower property values... August 17: (Detroit Free Press) Bing's land use plan to reshape Detroit http://www.freep.com/article/20100817/NEWS01/100817031/Bing-s-land-use-plan-to-reshape-Detroit Detroit Mayor Dave Bing's land use plan has morphed into a multi-faceted strategy intended to attract new residents, stabilize neighborhoods and encourage development, all while reshaping the city's economic and physical footprint... August 17: (Hillsboro Argus) City, airport say zoning appeal was filed too late http://www.oregonlive.com/news/argus/index.ssf?/base/news/128206921188890.xml&coll=6 Hillsboro Airport attorneys said Friday that even if there is unconstitutional content in some of the city's airport zoning rules, the state's Land Use Board of Appeals can't just pick and choose where it finds that content... 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