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January 29, 2005
I love land-use planning
I know this is crazy, but I absolutely love reading land-use planning documents. I've been reading the Portland Transportation Office's concept plan for Burnside, a major street in Portland that runs not too far from where I live.You have to take any of these proposed developments with a grain of salt. Things always seem to change -- including timelines, cost estimates, and key features of the plan. Still, it's exciting to imagine what a city might look like one day.Maybe growing up in Reston, a planned community developed in the '60s, fueled my enthusiasm for land use. Now I'm living in Portland, which has a very aggressive and cutting edge approach to community development. And I'm working in Longview, an early planned city and former company town, now struggling to determine how the founder's vision will mesh with modern demands.
Posted by Courtney_Sherwood at January 29, 2005 06:04 PM