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Oregon
Land Use Update
March 2, 2006
In
this issue:
1000
FRIENDS OF OREGON
- Publish
Your Oregon Story
- Garibaldi
City Council Endorses Connections Project Report
- Measure
37: Where do we go from here?
OREGON
NEWS
- Statewide
Land Use Task Force First Meeting March 3 (Friday)
- Oregon
Supreme Court Rules Measure 37 Legal
- A Subdivision
Larger Than the City of Dundee: Yamhill County's Largest Measure 37
Claim to Date
NATIONAL
NEWS
- Surface
Transportation Policy Project Regional Workshop: Denver, March 16-17
- Developers
Nationwide are Learning Backroom Deals Don't Work
- Rural
Sprawl and Firefighting
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FRIENDS OF OREGON
Publish
Your Oregon Story
We want
to hear from you about what makes Oregon feel like home for you. What
makes Oregon unique? What do you hope for the future of Oregon? We want
your stories and photos to help create an website forum to “envision
Oregon.” Please email your stories and images to Kate Kimball at
kate@friends.org.
Garibaldi City Council Endorses Connections Project Report
On Tuesday,
February 21st, the Garibaldi City Council adopted a resolution endorsing
the Garibaldi Connections Project report by 1000 Friends of Oregon.
The resolution states that the City hereby accepts the work “as
a toolkit for developing future projects.” The community is now
poised to integrate the Connections Project recommendations with their
comprehensive plan update and creation of an urban renewal district.
According to Mayor Ev Brown, “This report fits in perfectly with
the timing of our other planning efforts to improve the community.”
Learn more
about the Garibaldi Connections Project.
Measure 37: Where do we go from here?
Bob Stacey's
opinion piece on looking ahead after the Measure 37 Supreme Court ruling
and promoting fairness was recently published in the Statesman-Journal.
Read
the commentary.
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OREGON
NEWS
Statewide
Land Use Task Force First Meeting March 3 (Friday)
The 10-member
Land Use ("Big Look") Task Force has its first meeting tomorrow,
March 3 at 1 pm in Hearing Room F in the Capitol Building. Show up and
introduce yourself before or after the meeting. What's at stake is the
future of our state. Read
an agenda and more information.
Oregon Supreme Court Rules Measure 37 Legal
The Oregon
Supreme Court ruled on February 28 that Measure 37 is legal. We were disappointed
of course, and will continue to press for fairness to all Oregonians.
Read
a news article. Questions remain about how the measure works: read
more.
A subdivision larger than the city of Dundee: Yamhill County's largest
Measure 37 claim to date
From a tree
farm north of Sheridan to a new community of 2,500 people is what Yamhill
County's largest Measure 37 claim to date might have in store for neighbors.
As reported
in the News-Register, the city of Dundee has fewer homes than this
one proposed subdivision.
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NATIONAL
NEWS
Surface
Transportation Policy Project Regional Workshop: Denver, March 16-17
STPP and
its partners are hosting three workshops across the country entitled "Moving
from the Margins to the Mainstream: Using the Federal Transportation Law
to Meet the Needs of Your Community." For an agenda and to register,
go here.
Developers nationwide are learning backroom deals don't work
A different
perspective on what development coming to town means: read
more. A recent news
article also highlights one way people show they care for their communities
in other states.
Rural sprawl and Firefighting
Houses in
rural areas challenge firefighters in South Carolina: read
more.
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