Mary Tinkler - Real State Broker
Shattuck & Co. Real Estate Inc.
Gresham, Oregon
This is an open forum..... your feedback, opinions, and ideas are wanted!
Expansion and development of Damascus and Boring. For years we've known it was coming. We were told years of study and planning were needed. Years were taken. Now we have proposed plans to theoretically take us through the paces of urban growth for the next 20 years or more.
Whether you like it or not there will be development, and a lot of new housing areas in the Damascus /Boring area. If the new City of Damascus does not accept and adopt a plan in a timely manner, METRO and Clackamas County will take steps to ensure new zoning will be implemented. The lack of buildable land all across our region continues to drive up the price of all housing. We all want our own children to be able to be homeowners one day. So we're going to need more new homes. What has amazed me most is the number of residents in the Damascus/Boring area that really have very little knowledge of what sort of zoning has been proposed for their specific property location. In October some 800 people showed up for the official unveiling of the Damascus Boring Concept Plan with all the "hybrid" maps, and the cattle-drive shuffling of groups of persons from room to room.....with little time for comment or discussion.
More recently a group of anti-growth organizers rented space at East Hill Church in Gresham, and some 300 persons showed up. The April Observer reported that not all the information the speakers dispensed was completely true, and ran a story clarifying several important points. News reports said there was not time for much comment or discussion at this event either, and all discussion ended when the Gresham Police were summoned.
So, even assuming (most likely erroneously) none of the persons at these two meetings were at both....that's 1,100 folks with strong opinions on the issue of urban growth........what about the rest of the stated 12,000 people that live in the effected area?
I'd like to hear from you. Your opinions are wanted! Do you have all the information you want or need regarding what will happen to your property? Are you happy or upset with the progress made so far? How do you think the planned growth will effect you & your family....good or bad? Do you think the desirability and value of your property increase or decrease when new zoning takes effect? I have some clients who feel they are in limbo.......unable to plan ahead, or make any sort of move while this long re-zoning project lumbers on and on in the planning stage. Do you feel that way?
Blog me; email me....I'd like to hear your thoughts.
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