Neighborhoods And Historic Districts Win One; Developers' Bill HB2007 Is Defeated
A couple of months ago, we all learned about the Oregon bill that was intended to strip protections for Oregon's National Register Historic Districts. The bill that some called the homebuilders' "Trojan Horse", and that others called "a developers' Christmas wish list". This post will explain what happened with that bill. The story has a happy ending. Chapter 1. The Developers Write Their Christmas Wish List. HB2007 was sponsored by three Portland-area representatives (the
Historic District - The Path Ahead
To start off the month of July, this is the first of a series of updates on what is happening and what is to come, in the historic district effort. LNA Board Takes The Next Step After the neighborhood's Declarations received through May 30 were counted, and based on the 83.4% support for historic district, the LNA board passed the following motion at the June 13th meeting. "In light of the overwhelming support to designate Laurelhurst as a Historic District (as illustrated by
