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The events this month in Charlottesville felt shocking for many; and for many still, this is all too familiar. We mourn the untimely death of Heather Heyer and offer healing thoughts to her family and the survivors of that attack. We are absolutely disgusted by the violent acts of white supremacists, KKK members, and Nazis. There is no place in this country for hate, bigotry, and racism.
As the country reeled from these acts, President Obama shared Nelson Mandela’s words: “No one is born...
Every summer, 1000 Friends of Oregon welcomes college interns to our office to work on special projects. One intern comes to us through Duke University and their DukeEngage program. The other is our Gerhardt intern, selected national pool of applicants to work with us in the loving memory of former 1000 Friends staffer Paul Gerhardt Jr..
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Circuit Rider Attorney Meriel Darzen has been hard at work managing a series of high-profile land use cases with supportive legal services. Here are some...
The 2017 legislative session was a long and winding road. Early land use threats died easily, while new ones cropped up at the final hour.
1000 Friends of Oregon achieved success with two of our major legislative goals – providing statewide transit funding in the Transportation Package and conserving working lands and natural resources in the Oregon Agricultural Heritage Bill. We also made significant strides towards ensuring that every town and city provide for the housing needs of all; work we will continue in future legislative sessions. And, we successfully fought back legislation that would have severely damaged Oregon’s land use planning program, its farms and ranches, and its iconic landscapes.
We could not have achieved this without you, both through your financial support to 1000 Friends and your outreach to Oregon senators and representatives. We cannot emphasize enough how much it means to legislators to hear from their constituents....
The 2017 legislative session was a long and winding road. Early land use threats died easily, while new ones cropped up at the final hour.
In every legislative session, bills are introduced that will remove land use planning from some or all of eastern Oregon, or that will destroy the integrity of urban growth boundaries, and this session was no exception. In this session a few of them progressed through the legislature farther than we have seen in years. Make no mistake about it, our thoughtful planning that has made Oregon such a livable and lovable place for so long, is increasingly in jeopardy.
1000 Friends of Oregon successfully defeated multiple bills that undermined the land use system, including HB 432 - a major threat listed by the Oregon Conservation Network. We successfully fought back legislation that would have...
1000 Friends of Oregon applauds the transportation package passed by the Oregon Legislature’s Joint Committee on Transportation Preservation & Modernization on Saturday, July 1. For the first time in history, Oregon is poised to fund statewide transit at a meaningful level. This means many rural Oregonians will have reliable transit for the first time, thereby gaining access to employment opportunities, community services, shopping, and more. And urban Oregonians will have better service, which could include more bus routes, higher frequency service, and evening and weekend service.
This bill, if passed in full, will be transformational for Oregon. It signals a statewide commitment to breaking transportation barriers, to cutting our...
Since 2012, 1000 Friends' Land Use Leadership Initiative (LULI) has equipped advocates and activists with the tools they need to engage on issues in their communities. Our 17 new graduates have spent...In the Fall, 1980 edition of the 1000 Friends newsletter, then-State Housing Council Chair Betty Niven stressed the importance of fully implementing land use planning Goal 10, Housing. Niven reminded readers that reforms required by the Goal pertain not only to housing supply, but also to "what people can afford to pay for a house - what might be called 'income-sensitive zoning.’
Niven’s words could have been written today, as Oregon struggles to address a statewide housing shortage, and as Oregonians from every county and municipality are being evicted and/or priced out of their communities. As Mayor Vinis of Eugene...
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