Do you love to garden? Would you like to share your gardening knowledge with a gardener in your neighborhood? Would you like to help a low-income neighbor grow...
Dear residents and fellow stakeholders: As you may have heard by now, the City Council is mandating that 30% of Lents urban renewal funds be dedicated to the...
There is a lot of concern about affordable housing in Portland - here is something very important: According to Coldwell Banker, a 2,200 square foot,...
Jim, People choose to live in Portland because of the quality of life created by the Urban Growth Boundary. This means that they are willing to live in a...
I have seen similar guidelines set up for communities in and near Bend. They even go as far as to dictate the architectural style of the buildings and subject...
I'm getting some milkweed plants from an organization that is working to bring back the Cascade Monarch Butterflies. The plants are free, but it is important...
Everyone should be clear that the PDC is not the benevolent community partner that it pretends to be. They're projects are focused on serving a select group of...
I spoke with Brian Newman (metro councilor)last week at his inaguration, and one of his goals is to develope a city wide design standard for infill housing. I...
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Jan 8, 2007 4:15 pm
Reminder from: ilovelents Yahoo! Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ilovelents/cal Homebuying 101 Workshop Saturday January 20, 2007 8:00 am - 5:00 pm (The...
The Lents Town Center Urban Renewal Advisory Committee (URAC) consists of 18 members who are nominated by area stakeholder groups and approved by the Portland...
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Jan 10, 2007 5:02 pm
Reminder from: ilovelents Yahoo! Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ilovelents/cal Homebuying 101 Workshop Saturday January 20, 2007 9:00 am - 5:00 pm (The...
That's great, Alan, thanks for stepping up. It would be a good idea for Lents residents to meet and talk about the housing standards we would like to see for...
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Jan 11, 2007 9:26 pm
Reminder from: ilovelents Yahoo! Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ilovelents/cal Looking forward, how should Lents grow Tuesday January 16, 2007 1:30 pm -...
In my opinion the 30% set aside for low income housing is a horrible idea- but I am not against affordable housing by any means. While trying to find other...
Here is a little video about the downside of "inclusionary zoning": http://www.portlanddocs.com/video/RM-Moore.rm you can also download some information about...
Jeff, I think that this kind of plan, with a reasonable amount of the money dedicated to cleaning up, redeveloping (the eyesores) and improving (within...
Jim, I'm not going to say anything except the editor and owner of the two web sites that you reference is none other than Jim Karlock, yourself. And, your...
Affordable housing advocates have been lobbying for inclusionary zoning for many years. It is one of the tools that Metro encourages local jurisdictions to...
You might be interested in "Building Blocks for Outer Southeast Neighborhoods", which includes design guidelines for residential, commercial and mixed-use...
Psymonetta Isnoful, you just continue to attack me - makes me think that you recognize that the things I am saying are correct, so you attack me. You said that...
No Jim. As I've told you before, I do not work for TriMet. I work for a private non-profit that coordinates paratransit. I recognize the things that you are...
Hi, Nick. Thanks for the resource. Whenever I think that surely by now I've read all of the plans put together for our area, I am yet again surprised to...
Page 55 of that document is great. It's nice to see the old town center photo side by side with the present day photo. It's easy to see how much we lost, and...
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Jan 14, 2007 12:12 am
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the ilovelents group. File : /Building...
Nick! I'd like to hear more from you about "the IZ" (which is what I'm going to call it from now on!) What I like most about the IZ is that it seems that it...
