A Laboratory For Sustainable Urban Living

Portland activists are trying to preserve a seven-acre community farm as a model for environmentally sound living.

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January 1, 2006, 9:00 AM PST

"Try/on Life Community Farm has become a cause cÃ©lÃ¨bre for Portland's back-to-the-Earth community. Residents face a Jan. 10 deadline to raise about $1.6 million to buy the property, or face eviction two days later...Activists worry about developers, who view the seven-acre private parcel inside the urban growth boundary as prime real estate...The government money would buy a conservation easement to protect the property from development and require it stay open to the public. But with decisions proceeding at the speed of bureaucracy, the money may not arrive in time."

FULL STORY: Buying The Farm

Friday, December 30, 2005 in Willamette Week

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