DANDRIDGE, Tenn. (WATE) — Anything that happens will take time because it has to go through the appropriate channels and get the needed approvals. The Dandridge Growth Boundary Committee is already ...

Bradley W. Parks / OPB 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, ...

Though they did not hold a vote, members of the Petaluma City Council voiced their support and gave direction Monday for a possible ballot measure to maintain the city’s existing urban growth boundary ...

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) The City of Bend said Tuesday it is seeking applications from eligible landowners who are interested in getting more affordable housing on the ground through a one-time, accelerated ...

PORTLAND — A severe lack of affordable housing has prompted Oregon lawmakers to consider chipping away at a 1973 law that made the state a national leader in leveraging land-use policy to prevent ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek is moving to build a 373-acre semiconductor facility adjacent to Hillsboro. Anca Matica, the governor’s press secretary, confirmed the proposal would ...

Measure Y, the latest in a decades-long effort to limit urban sprawl stemming from Petaluma, appeared to be cruising to victory. The measure, which seeks to extend the term of Petaluma’s urban growth ...

Nine years ago, state lawmakers set up a test. The question was whether giving slack for rules around a pillar of Oregon’s land use system — the urban growth boundary — could provide a new tool for ...

A few decades ago, a few local governments across the heart of the Charleston region drew a line beyond which all of them agreed to limit new development. And in the years since, this line, known as ...

Two cities are making strides with legislation to bypass Oregon’s regular procedures for swapping land in “urban growth boundaries,” despite fears of a bad land use precedent. The governments of ...

A severe lack of affordable housing has prompted Oregon lawmakers to consider chipping away at a 1970s law that made the state a national leader in leveraging land use policy to prevent suburban ...

Several weeks after a public meeting that drew both ardent support and opposition over the future of hundreds of acres of rural farmland north of Hillsboro, Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek has made a decision: ...