[LandUse-News] Land Use News for October 23, 2015

Fri Oct 23 16:25:30 PDT 2015

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Portland plans $67 million more for affordable housing over decade<http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2015/10/portland_plans_67_million_more.html>
OregonLive.com

The city of Portland plans to pledge an additional $67 million to subsidize affordable housing over the next decade, marking a massive political ...

KeyBank Provides $13.8M to Affordable Housing Development in ...<http://www.multihousingnews.com/news/keybank-provides-13-8m-to-affordable-housing-development-in-oregon/1004129913.html>
Multi-Housing News
Other SVDP financing partners include the City of Eugene, Oregon Housing and Community Services, the Network for Oregon Affordable ...

Portland tech's gains add to city's housing strain<http://www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/index.ssf/2015/10/portland_tech_booms_adding_to.html>
OregonLive.com
She's delighted with Portland -- so long as the housing crunch ... Oregon's tech industry isn't actually growing that quickly, in historical terms.

The key players on affordable housing in Portland<http://invw.org/2015/10/21/the-key-players-on-affordable-housing-in-portland/>
InvestigateWest
Housing activists at a Community Alliance of Tenants press conference in ... The Oregon Housing Alliance is a coalition of 67 organizations ...

Oregon Coast's Gearhart weighs regulation of short-term housing ...<http://registerguard.com/rg/news/local/33623295-75/oregon-coasts-gearhart-weighs-regulation-of-short-term-housing-rentals.html.csp>
The Register-Guard
GEARHART - Officials in a coastal Oregon city plan to use a survey to help determine whether short-term vacation rentals should be regulated ...

Developers eye building storage units amid area housing boom<http://registerguard.com/rg/business/33605308-63/storage-wars.html.csp>
The Register-Guard
He owns 22 storage unit facilities across Oregon and Washington, including one on West 11th Avenue near Randy Papé Beltline in west ...

Data centers' small-town tax breaks bring Silicon Valley to rural ...<http://www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/index.ssf/2015/10/small-town_tax_breaks_bring_si.html>
OregonLive.com
They're all in colossal warehouses on a bluff above this high-desert Oregon town, where computers labor all day and night churning out ...

Under Armour Is Stepping on Nike's Turf-Literally<http://www.wsj.com/articles/under-armour-is-stepping-on-nikes-turfliterally-1445469476>
Wall Street Journal
Nike was founded in Oregon and its sprawling global headquarters, which hosts 9,200 employees across a 44-building campus, is less than 10 ...

Saving the forest for the beers<http://www.treehugger.com/clean-water/saving-forest-beers.html>
Treehugger
Healthy, resilient forests are vital in ensuring clean water, a key ingredient in making beer. By Matt ... You need pure water to manufacture silicon micro-chips." ... In Bend, Oregon - one of the best beer towns in the country ...

Rules For Oregon's Marijuana Industry Approved<http://www.oregonlive.com/marijuana/index.ssf/2015/10/rules_for_oregons_marijuana_in.html#incart_river>

Portland Oregonian

The Oregon Liquor Control Commission on Thursday approved wide-ranging rules that will launch the state's recreational marijuana industry next year.

Southern Oregon residents worried about 'gold rush' for pot land <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/2015/10/22/southern-oregon-residents-worried-gold-rush-pot-land/74381806/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTAyNDA0MzM0MTc0NzUxMDE3OTMyGjFlNTVhYjMzZWU3YjM2ZDQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNE_RlWVxjvs1GWDVs8L-wfwb6XOHg>
Statesman Journal
MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) - Many residents in rural Jackson County say their peaceful way of life is being threatened by people grabbing up land for ...

Truth in Site files appeal vs. OSU-Cascades <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.bendbulletin.com/localstate/bend/3615705-151/truth-in-site-files-appeal-vs-osu-cascades&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioUMTAyNDA0MzM0MTc0NzUxMDE3OTMyGjFlNTVhYjMzZWU3YjM2ZDQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNEFtfdCMuxtlMxekQiLo1t6MgpEZQ>
Bend Bulletin
"We are confident that the Oregon Supreme Court will rule in OSU-Cascades' favor as did the State Court of Appeals, the Oregon Land Use Board of ...

Blue Earth Announces Acquisition of 13MWp Solar Project in Malheur County, Oregon <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.marketwired.com/press-release/blue-earth-announces-acquisition-of-13mwp-solar-project-in-malheur-county-oregon-2066364.htm&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMTAyNDA0MzM0MTc0NzUxMDQ0ODMyGjJlYzBmOTAxZjU2YWM5MGY6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNF-mbPeQ1gGitfh2pGF7dzDGVB5BA>
Marketwired (press release)
HENDERSON, NV--(Marketwired - October 22, 2015) - Blue Earth Inc. ( NASDAQ : BBLU) an alternative/renewable power generation solutions ...

Malheur County officials set meeting on Owyhee Canyonlands preservation plan <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.oregonlive.com/travel/index.ssf/2015/10/malheur_county_officials_set_m.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNjg4OTY0OTA5MTY4MzIzNzk2NDIaMmVjMGY5MDFmNTZhYzkwZjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFG-el37nDE98if4rgJmtZbYR5mwA>
OregonLive.com
Just upstream of Birch Creek Ranch, October 2010. Scenes from Oregon's Owyhee country, in Malheur County in the southeast corner of the state.

Oregon ranchers rally against national monument proposal <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.cattlenetwork.com/news/oregon-ranchers-rally-against-national-monument-proposal&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioUMTAyNDA0MzM0MTc0NzUxMDQ0ODMyGjJlYzBmOTAxZjU2YWM5MGY6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGpx2tlOuax8D1R15RnlI85jR5s4g>
CattleNetwork.com
Malheur County is the state's largest cattle producing county and the proposal will take away nearly 33 percent of the county's grazing land Sregio ...

Anti-coal ballot initiative makes sense for Oregon (OPINION) <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2015/10/post_146.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTAyNDA0MzM0MTc0NzUxMDI5NTUyGjc1MmFjMzdmZTEzOTNiZGU6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHjpWOMIynWdu2xk73bZpNNgQUZ4g>
OregonLive.com
Coal trains idle in 2010 near Dry Fork Station, a coal-fired power plant ... In 2007, Oregon adopted a goal of having 25 percent renewable energy by ...

Miners sue Oregon over dredging ban <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/tech/science/environment/2015/10/22/miners-sue-oregon-over-dredging-ban/74385486/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMTAyNDA0MzM0MTc0NzUxMDIyMjIyGmU5OGM5MjUyY2VmODhhYTM6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFwcWvksvpG6oTsJ_96nIqRhhr_Zg>
Statesman Journal
"This is our way of telling the state of Oregon to drop dead," said Rick ... near spawning habitat in creeks and rivers deemed "essential salmon habitat.

Port donation adds to Ross Island habitat land <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.pamplinmedia.com/pt/9-news/277842-153552-port-donation-adds-to-ross-island-habitat-land&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTMTE5ODkzNDIyMjY3Nzg2MzY4ODIaMWU1NWFiMzNlZTdiMzZkNDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNEU4zi1pmLWGizDo4djnlr4g8SioA>
Pamplin Media Group
COURTESY MIKE HOUCK - Ross Island seen from the Oaks Bottom Wildlife Refuge, which is The Port of Portland will donate approximately two acres

As NW wildfire season ends, investigators' work goes on <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.ktvz.com/news/as-nw-wildfire-season-ends-investigators-work-goes-on/35950932&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTY2ODM4MDAxMTcxNDE0MzcyMzgyGmI5ZTczMDBkZmY4MTZlZjg6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNF9QnxjRpYWLPUGxGE4mahulMVGJg>
KTVZ
Fire investigators working on the Stouts Creek Fire in SW Oregon this ... Line Fire near Neah Bay in NW Washington that burned on Makah tribal land.

In new developments, Philadelphia's urban dreams meet suburban reality <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.philly.com/philly/home/20151022_In_new_developments__Philadelphias_urban_dreams_meet_suburban_reality.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTAyNDA0MzM0MTc0NzUxMDI3NzIyGmI2NDkzZjAwZThhZWVhNjc6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHoOjMLWq5V59kmjCV8ySCMM42GhA>
Philly.com
Over the last eight years, urban planning has held a privileged place in the ... Instead, the developers treat their sites like suburban subdivisions.

Nashua Regional Planning Commission remains neutral on controversial pipeline <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.unionleader.com/article/20151023/NEWS05/151029550%26source%3DRSS&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTAyNDA0MzM0MTc0NzUxMDMzODMyGjgxOWY2ZTI4NWIzZjZlZDA6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFdx-xGzGS50oApvkvQFJQ0I943OA>
The Union Leader
BEDFORD - Although the Nashua Regional Planning Commission has not yet taken a stance on the controversial natural gas pipeline being ...

>From legally grey to green: urban farms brought into zoning bylaw <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.metronews.ca/news/edmonton/2015/10/20/edmonton-welcomes-urban-farming.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMTY2ODM4MDAxMTcxNDE0MzcwODUyGmI3YTE1YmFmY2JmZTg5NDM6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNG7-ZvPjY8mLb_17tV_z2jbpOyx3A>
MetroNews Canada
Travis Kennedy is passionate about urban farming, and said new land-use classes introduced to city bylaws Monday will allow more people to get in ...

Sadie K Carney | Rural Policy Analyst/Communications Manager
Director's Office
Oregon Dept. of Land Conservation and Development
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