Urban Planning

The City of Sisters is looking to expand its Urban Growth Boundary (UGB), in an effort to create more space for its growing population. More than 3,700 people live in Sisters, and that’s projected to nearly double in the next two decades, according to the Population Research Center at Portland State University.

The downtown square, first opened to public in the ‘80s, occupies a city block that has served as a gathering place for Portlanders in one form or another since the mid-19th century.

The South Beach neighborhood is now home to the Oregon Coast Aquarium, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Pacific fleet, Oregon Coast Community College and more. Still, local business owners are split on how much they’re benefiting.

According to preliminary results from the May 16 special election, residents of Talent, Oregon, voted down a plan to fund the city’s urban renewal plan using money from property taxes.

How Betty Niven went from petitioning her city council for a sidewalk to

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.

"Think Out Loud" is live from the headquarters of Portland Design Week Friday, April 21, 2017.

University of Oregon associate professor Nico Larco is studying the effect that self-driving cars are likely to have on cities and the people who live in them.

We talk to a leader of some of the protests this weekend and about how some African-Americans are envisioning life under President Trump. We also look at how the Portland city council is thinking of changing the city's zoning.

Supporters and opponents of Oregon State University's campus in Bend, OSU-Cascades, discussed the incoming branch Tuesday night.