From casaria.r.tuttle at state.or.us Tue May 8 16:42:35 2012 From: casaria.r.tuttle at state.or.us (Tuttle, Casaria R.) Date: Tue, 8 May 2012 23:42:35 +0000 Subject: [LandUse-News] Land Use News May 8, 2012 Message-ID: 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 may be found here: http://listsmart.osl.state.or.us/pipermail/landuse-news Anyone may subscribe, unsubscribe or change their subscription to the free service by visiting this site: http://listsmart.osl.state.or.us/mailman/listinfo/landuse-news Food service safe harbor and restaurants on farms in Polk County http://www.polkio.com/ns/news/22969/from-farm-to-plate Sustainable agriculture heats up Sustainable Business Oregon Oregon's head start in thinking about local food, sustainable agriculture and land-use planning has positioned the state to benefit from this new age of agriculture finance. That new age is earmarked by a variety of approaches to finance. See all stories on this topic > Out of Sight Mail Tribune The Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals determined the tower was built too close to a nearby residence. The city budgeted $199680 for the new tower, which improves emergency communication. With the additional cost of moving, the total cost rises to ... See all stories on this topic > California's Growing Housing Imbalance Robert Steuteville looks at a recent report on the Golden State's supply and demand imbalance in the housing market. It's not what the The Wall Street Journal has led you to believe. 2 May 2012 - 11:00am Better Cities & Towns Federal Bike/Ped Pilot Project a Success Included in the 2005 federal transportation bill was $100 million for four regions to invest in bike and pedestrian infrastructure to determine, essentially, if they build it, will they bike and ride more and drive less. The final results are in. 3 May 2012 - 12:00pm Fast Lane (DOT blog) Is Portland Well Planned? Its Mayor Doesn't Think So Mayor Sam Adams pens an opinion piece for Grist in which he considers why Portland is not as well planned as it could be, and how a different approach to planning is necessary for American cities to address their most pressing challenges. 3 May 2012 - 2:00pm Grist No gold rush on Oregon's federal lands even with record prices OregonLive.com Josephine County has attracted perhaps a bit more interest than five years ago -- "but not a lot," said Diane Parry, a US Bureau of Land Management spokeswoman in Medford. Southwestern Oregon often is associated with suction dredges -- essentially ... See all stories on this topic > [Description: cid:image001.jpg at 01CD2D34.A1997330] OregonLive.com Jackson County mechanic fights permit requirement Bend Bulletin Feb 3, 1972, in a time before land-use laws had many teeth. In the past month, Chancler sent the county a letter threatening legal action for what he sees as infringement of his constitutional rights to a jury trial. County officials initially said the ... See all stories on this topic > Michael Morrissey | Policy Analyst 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. 320 | Fax: (503) 373-5518 michael.morrissey at state.or.us| www.oregon.gov/LCD/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 2529 bytes Desc: image001.jpg URL: