When Portland's Uran Growth Boundary Is No More...

How does Portland, Oregon avoid the rush to urban sprawl when it relaxes its fabled no-growth boundary?

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November 3, 2002, 5:00 AM PST

"Yet, if the Metropolitan Regional Government of Portland has its way, the 25 square miles comprising Damascus will soon become the largest chunk of the biggest addition ever made to Portland's famed urban growth boundary (UGB)... But as proved by a recent charrette on the future of Damascus led by landscape architect and University of British Columbia professor Patrick Condon, a profound redrawing of the boundary may be the only way to actually make it work." Editor's note: Only an excerpt of the story is available online.

Thanks to Chris Steins

FULL STORY: The Road to Damascus

Saturday, November 2, 2002 in American Society Of Landscape Architects

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