An Oregon Story is a gorgeous, well-researched, 83-minute documentary about Oregon’s visionaries who put so much love and labor into land-use planning and conservation practices that protect our beaches, farmland, and forests from urban sprawl and other inappropriate development. You can stream or download the video here. If you have any trouble, you can also click here to go directly to the movie.
Right now urban growth boundaries are at risk from Senate Bill 1537, an otherwise great bill to help build more housing for Oregonians. However, we do not need to expand urban growth boundaries to address the housing shortage. If you are inspired by the documentary and want to help protect our precious land from encroachment, please let your elected officials know. You will find a sample letter here with talking points that you can edit and send to your state legislators and Governor Kotek. Also check out this appeal from the filmmakers, as well as submitted testimony from Chris Hall (Water League) and Alan Journet (SOCAN) to the Senate Committee on Housing and Development.
Let’s keep Oregon beautiful!
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