From sadie.carney at state.or.us Fri Jun 23 14:03:56 2017 From: sadie.carney at state.or.us (Carney, Sadie) Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2017 21:03:56 +0000 Subject: [LandUse-News] Land Use News for June 23, 2017 Message-ID: <5BFC63B298A82F4F9C841F27468D2DF02BE0DD4B@DLCDSXCH05.dlcd.state.or.us> Welcome to this week's roundup of the Land Use News! The Land Use News is an electronic news clipping service provided by the Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development (DLCD). 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. ________________________________ Advance Astoria a road map for economic development Daily Astorian The Astoria City Council took its first step toward approving a new five-year economic development strategy that hopes to create 200 high wage jobs by 2021. The Advance Astoria plan promotes economic diversification. Cheatgrass returns to Central Oregon Bend Bulletin With summer officially here, the invasive weed commonly known as cheatgrass is back and taller than ever, leaving federal and county forestry official concerned that the outbreak could lead to more wildfires. The invasive grass has grown in thicken and taller this year due to the wetter winter and spring around Central Oregon. Grazing can reduce wildfire damage Capital Press A study showed that livestock grazing can affect fire behavior metrics and can be an effective tool in wildfire suppression...and land managers are looking for ways to reduce potential fire damage. "Cattle can be a valuable tool." Thurlby: Looking ahead to the Northwest cherry season Good Fruit Grower-May 19, 2017 Growing degree-days are down this year. A year-to-year comparison of cumulative growing degree-days from January 1 to April 6 in several Northwest locations shows a downward trend. Oregon highway funding bill thrown into peril as deadline looms OregonLive.com Failing to pass the proposal would mark the second time in two years that a transportation package has been drafted only to die without a vote, dealing a major blow to the agendas of Gov. Kate Brown and other top Democrats. Benton has lowest unemployment rate in state Corvallis Gazette Times Benton County's unemployment rate stayed the same at 2.8 percent in May - the lowest mark in the state, as usual, thanks in large part to the presence of Oregon State University. Meanwhile, across the Willamette River, Linn County's unemployment rate dipped to 4.1 percent in May. Portland's Laurelhurst Neighborhood Fights to Keep the Housing Crisis Out Willamette Week The residents of a quaint Portland neighborhood plan to ward off developers who could bring teardowns, McMansions or apartment buildings for renters. Portland's homeless population jumps nearly 10 percent, new count shows OregonLive.com Homeless advocates and city and county leaders have warned that, despite more money and attention to the problem, the housing crisis is still forcing people onto the streets. Oregon May Strip Portland of Its NIMBY Powers CityLab A controversial bill before the state legislature would preempt cities' rights to prevent new affordable housing. People can't afford to be poor in Portland, Oregon. ... citing the Oregon Home Builders Association's support for the legislation as a cause for concern. Oregon looks to help logging industry with country's tallest wooden high-rise Washington Examiner "Oregon's forests are a tried and true resource that may again be the key to economic stability for rural Oregon, expanding opportunity for communities hit hard by the decline of the natural resource economy," Brown said. Glowing, translucent pickle-looking creatures inundate Oregon Coast kgw.com The ocean waters off the Oregon Coast are now full of strange looking creature called pyrosomes that set off a glow, according to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration officials. Inside his NOAA research lab at the Hatfield Marine Science Center in Newport, oceanographer Rick Brodeur is studying the creatures. Dallas near top of national troubled home market list, and five of the top 10 areas are in Texas Dallas News (blog) "Regionally, the rankings show positive and healthy housing trends in more than 75 percent of MSAs, suggesting sustainable expansion during the next year." ":Home price growth has been near double digits for over five years in a row and has resulted in very low housing affordability." How San Francisco is building affordable housing, fast, to catch up on a long-established backlog Interest.co.nz San Francisco practices SMART growth, which is an American ideal some of their cities adopt to create compact cities. California sets cherry record; big Washington crop rolling Capital Press California has set a record of 9.7 million 18-pound boxes of cherries in a season just ending. The Pacific Northwest is just starting and could top its 23.2 million 20-pound box record of 2014. Guacamole costs to jump as avocado shortage sparks record prices East Bay Times Guacamole costs to jump as avocado shortage sparks record prices. The price, which is subject to seasonal swings, is more than double what is was a year ago and the highest in data going back 19 years. Holy guacamole. Sadie K Carney | Rural Policy Analyst/Communications Manager Director's Office Oregon Dept. of Land Conservation and Development 635 Capitol Street NE, Suite 150 | Salem, OR 97301-2540 Direct: (503) 934-0036 | Cell: (503) 383-6648 | Main: (503) 373-0050 sadie.carney at state.or.us | www.oregon.gov/LCD/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: