Oregon: A Smart Growth Slap-Down?

15 December 2004 - 12:00pm

Measure 37’s passage means lots of lawsuits, and little else

When people around the country hear that Oregonians just voted to chuck it all with an anti-planning ballot measure, they have to wonder what that means for their own efforts to promote good planning that preserves communities and the environment.The short answer: not much.

Source: Michigan Land Use Institute, December 14, 2004
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