Articles About Growth

Concerned about growth and diminishing quality of life in your town?  So are many others.  Read what others have said about growth in their towns.

• Sherwood seeks brakes on growth, from the Oregonian, 4/17/2003
• "West Linn mayor wants to lead statewide reform of growth law", from the Oregonian, 12/12/02
• "Growing to Hell?", an article by Courtney Scott with a lot of background information about growth and its effect on budgets and our quality of life (10/15/02)
• An editorial by Jeff Lamb, OCVA Chairman, calling for an end to unfunded state mandates to growth (5/7/02)
• An excellent SDC Overview, provided by the Eugene Police Commission
• OCVA's letter to all Oregon cities urging them to pass our resolutions on SDCs and the 20-year land supply (4/1/02)
• "Growth and Its Impacts In Oregon: A Report from Governor Kitzhaber's Task Force on Growth in Oregon", January 1999.  See page 4-7, which states that "the incremental contribution of an average housing unit to the cost of construction of new public facilities ... is about $40,000 to $50,000 (or even more)".
• "Better, Not Bigger: How to Take Control of Urban Growth and Improve Your Community", by Eben Fodor.  New Society Publishers, 1999.

Eugene Police Commission documents

These articles about System Development Charges (SDCs) are particularly well-written and contain a lot of useful background information.

• Letter to public safety groups
  • Read the letter
  • Download the Word document
• An overview of SDCs
  • Read the overview
  • Download the Word document
• Draft resolution calling for SDCs to fund public safety
  • Read the resolution
  • Download the Word document

You may also wish to visit our links page to learn about organizations involved in taking control of growth.

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This page last modified on 2005-09-19 09:26.