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There is a common misconception that only residents of big cities bike and walk, and therefore active transportation investments are not well-suited to rural areas. A new report from the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy tells a different story.
As the report, entitled Active Transportation Beyond the Urban Centers, describes, people in rural areas walk and bike at rates near...
1000 Friends was proud to launch our 2012 Land Use Leadership Initiative last Friday night, January 20. The inaugural class of emerging leaders and their advisors came together in Portland for a rousing conversation about the history and implications of Oregon's land use planning system.
Read more about this event, and follow along with the program's progess all year on the Land Use Leadership Initiative blog.
1000 Friends co-signed a letter to the Metro Council on January 17, urging Councilors to reconsider and disavow a flawed "Opt In" survey on transportation and infrastructure priorities. 18 organizations and individuals from across the business, livability and environmental sectors signed the letter, which was spearheaded by the Coalition for a Livable Future.
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In an important move protecting the intentions of Oregon voters, the United States Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld the constitutionality of Measure 49, the 2007 ballot referendum that reversed the worst excesses of 2004’s Measure 37.
The Ninth Circuit’s ruling, issued unanimously on January 12, 2012, affirmed the ruling of a lower court, denying two challenges to Measure 49 by a handful of Jackson County property owners. These property owners alleged that Measure 49 denied them rights they claimed were granted by Measure 37, which would have required local...
In November 2011, after eight years of work and nearly two more years of public hearings, the Jackson County Board of Commissioners approved, or "adopted", the Greater Bear Creek Regional Problem Solving Plan (RPS), which will guide growth for six Jackson County cities for the next fifty years.
The plan creates urban reserves as the first priority areas for urbanization.
Although adoption is a major step, over the next year the plan must be approved by the state Land Conservation and Development...
On Wednesday, December 21, 1000 Friends of Oregon appealed a decision by the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners to designate up to 1,900 acres in Central Oregon for large-lot industrial expansion, along with expensive taxpayer-funded road, water and sewer line improvements.
“This appeal isn’t about jobs, and it isn’t even about 1,900 acres of land. It’s about making a realistic economic development plan based on solid facts. Plans like this drive public investment. We need to use Central Oregon taxpayers’ money wisely by focusing our...
A study released this week by the Oregon Department of Agriculture explores the long-range, multifacted value of farmland in the state, which transcends the short-term profits that result from developing such lands.
With so much pressure to develop or convert Oregon's most valuable farmland, which is often near existing urbanized areas, to other uses, the study is a vital reminder that farmland contributes on many levels to the health and well-being of the state's economy and environment. Moreover, unlike many other economic...
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