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 Our Mission

Rogue Advocates is dedicated to cultivating livable and sustainable communities in southern Oregon's Rogue Valley region.

Through advocacy, education and outreach around local land use issues, we work to preserve productive rural lands and to promote vibrant urban centers.

 Community News and Forum

  • Rogue Advocates Successfully Appeals Mt. View Paving Land Use Permits
  • Oregon's 40 Years of Land Use
  • August 10th Fundraiser Canceled
  • Mt. View Paving Public Land Use Hearing
  • Rogue Advocates Appeals Jackson County's Decision on Mt. View Paving
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Community Forum and Land Use News

Inspiring Smart Growth in the Rogue Valley

 Central Point decision designed to attract major retailers could meet with opposition

Central Point decision designed to attract major retailers could meet with opposition January 14, 2011By Bryan Navarro CENTRAL POINT, Ore. - The city of Central Point has opened the door for big box retailers like WalMart. On Thursday, the Central Point City Council voted unanimously to lift a citywide 80,000 square-foot limit on building size, something that had previously prevented r...
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 Tue Jan 18, 2011 @ 06:06PM  Comments: 26

 Medford School Board to decide on land deal

Medford School Board to decide on land dealLandowners would give 20 acres to the Medford School District; in turn the district would request that the owners adjacent land be annexed into the city's growth boundary January 18, 2011 By Paris Achen Mail TribuneThe Medford School Board will decide today whether to accept a 20-acre gift of land i...
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 Tue Jan 18, 2011 @ 06:00PM  Comments: 18

 Ashland winds power Southern Oregon homes

Ashland winds power Southern Oregon homesBy Vickie Aldous, Ashland Daily Tidings, Dec. 25, 2010ASHLAND -- The wind that blows across the Grizzly Peak foothills northeast of Ashland is strong enough that Interstate 5 drivers feel it buffeting their cars. Three neighbors near Butler Creek Road are harnessing that power to generate electricity with 13 Windspire wind turbines on and belo...
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 Tue Dec 28, 2010 @ 10:23AM  Comments: 23

 Ashland Landowners Grounded in Bureaucratic Limbo

Ashland Landowners Grounded in Bureaucratic Limbo December 25, 2010 By Damian Mann , Mail Tribune When Chris Sturdevant and his wife bought a 5-acre property in rural Ashland in 2004, they were set to build their dream home.Six years later, the Sturdevants have found out the hard way that Jackson County information the property was zoned re...
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 Tue Dec 28, 2010 @ 10:18AM  Comments: 36

 Central Point Plans $1 Million Front Street Upgrade

Central Point Plans $1 Million Front Street Upgradeby Buffy Pollock, Dec. 7, 2010, Mail TribuneCENTRAL POINT -- City officials say a facelift years in the making will transform the city's western entrance with nearly $1 million in funding from a state grant. The $928,000 from the state's Bike and and Pedestrian Advisory Committee will cover the majority of a $1.1 million upgrade to sidewalks, land...
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 Tue Dec 07, 2010 @ 06:11AM  Comments: 33

 Supreme Court Ruling Favors Walmart Supercenter

Supreme Court Ruling Favors Walmart Supercenter by Damian Mann, Mail Tribune, Nov. 19, 2010Retail giant Walmart won a major victory Thursday when an Oregon Supreme Court ruling removed what could be the last major hurdle to building a Supercenter at the south end of the city. . .Read more:http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20101119/NEWS/11190328...
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 Wed Nov 24, 2010 @ 05:30AM  Comments: 33

 Should gravel-mining hold a trump card over farming?

Should gravel-mining hold a trump card over farming?The Oregonian Editorial Board, August 27, 2010 For many years, some have warned that a serious collision loomed between two of Oregon's natural resources. Some of the state's richest topsoil covers its treasury of sand and gravel. To get to the second, you have to dig up the first. . .Read more:http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2010/08/...
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 Tue Aug 31, 2010 @ 11:07AM  Comments: 37

 In Yamhill County, Opponents Say Gravel Mining Will Ruin a Grand Island

In Yamhill County, Opponents Say Gravel Mining Will Ruin a Grand IslandBy Eric Mortenson, The Oregonian, August 24, 2010Read story here:http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2010/08/in_yamhill_county_opponents_sa.html...
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 Tue Aug 31, 2010 @ 11:01AM  Comments: 24

 Keep a Lid on Measure 37 - and Future Sprawl

Keep a Lid on Measure 37 - and Future SprawlMail Tribune - Guest OpinionAug. 15, 2010In Greek Mythology, Pandora was ordered not to open a jar containing the countless evils in the world. But curiosity got the best of her and well, you can imagine the rest of that story. . . In a federal appeals case this summer, the court was asked to decide whether or not to open Oregon's own Pandora's box - Mea...
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 Mon Aug 16, 2010 @ 03:34PM  Comments: 17

 Jefferson Exchange - Interview on Measure 37 "Contracts" Decision

On August 4, 2010, Rogue Advocates and Citizens for Constitutional Fairness faced off on the Jefferson Exchange radio show about the recent 9th Circuit decision verifying the real end of Measure 37. . .Click here to listen to the hour-long program....
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 Mon Aug 16, 2010 @ 03:30PM  Comments: 37
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