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As Astoria booms, the city balances new development with its gritty-not-pretty history
The Astoria City Council is considering implementing system development charges to help modernize the city’s infrastructure. The city is considering hiring a consultant to make recommendations on how much the city should charge developers.
Inside the fight between Oregon leaders to create a revolutionary growth management system
In the 1970s, Oregonians looked to California and didn't want the same fate for their state A new crop of young legislators in Salem saw an opportunity to advance an ambitious agenda. It took nearly a decade to put in place a system that has some of the strongest protections in the U.S. for farms, forests and other open spaces.
Oregonians once feared their state would be wrecked by out-of-control sprawling development
Fifty years ago, Oregonians feared their farmlands and other open spaces would be overrun with urban sprawl. This eventually led to the state's unique land-use system. This is part one in a six-part series describing how this happened and explaining why it affects so many things you might not have thought about.
Portland’s Bureau of Development Services to lay off 13 staff members
The bureau raises nearly all its own revenue — 98% of its funding comes through construction permit fees. But in the midst of a pandemic, demand for big commercial projects like office buildings or hotels, which are capable of generating sizable permit fees, has plummeted.
PPS Forcing Out Private School, With No Plan For Empty Building
De La Salle North Catholic has proven successful at getting students of color ready for college, over a decade at the Kenton Elementary building. Portland Public Schools is not extending its lease past 2021.
How To Spend $7 Million: Artists Rep’s New Reality
Artists Repertory Theatre has started to move on logistics and management of game-changing $7 million gift.
Portland Council Takes Up Permanent Renter Protections, Facing April Sunset
Portland City Council is revising a law that requires landlords to pay tenants if they are forced to move without cause.
New Development Could Transform Portland's Arts Landscape (And Its Skyline)
Zidell Yards wants to make artists and arts organizations central to its 33-acre development, along with OMSI. But can they make it pencil out?
'We Have A Lot To Lose': Portland Commissioners Try To Save Creative Space
Commissioners Nick Fish and Chloe Eudaly share the scoop on their 24-point council proposal.
1 Man's Mission To Ease The Squeeze On Portland's Creative Space
Ken Unkeles has provided workspace for hundreds of Portland artists. Here’s how he did it.