North Plains NewsLocal news for North Plains, OR continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.Chicago Tribune on Portland- May 22, 2008 Posted by Ryan Frank, The Oregonian May 20, 2008 12:04PM Categories: Housing economy My old friend and former Oregonian reporter Jim Tankersley writes in the Chicago Tribune this week about Portland's housing ...http://www.topix.net/city/north-plains-or/2008/05/chicago-tribune-on-portland?fromrss=1 Stringtime In Oregon- May 20, 2008 One of the country's best acoustic music festivals is the Northwest String Summit , and it's returning for its 11th year July 18-20 to Horning's Hideout in North Plains, Ore., just west of Portland. via Pollstar Newshttp://www.topix.net/city/north-plains-or/2008/05/stringtime-in-oregon?fromrss=1 Oregon's growth limits help ease housing pain- May 18, 2008 "We must respect another truism: that unlimited and unregulated growth leads inexorably to a lowered quality of life." NORTH PLAINS, Ore. - Here at the western edge of the Portland metro area, green fields flow into fir trees and foothills and eventually the Coast Range. They are a developer's dream: flat, picturesque and a quick freeway spin from the region's high-tech center.If this were Phoenix or the San Francisco Bay area, real estate experts say, master-planned subdivisions would carpet..http://www.topix.net/city/north-plains-or/2008/05/oregons-growth-limits-help-ease-housing-... |