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AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT

July 18th, 2011

Since 1993, we have created 168 units of affordable housing in Corvallis. Each of these units—from renovated apartments to newly constructed two-story homes—is made available to low-income households.

The map to your right shows the locations of rental properties (red) as well as single-family homes that have been developed for purchase (blue). Properties that are currently under development are marked in green.

Sources of capital for housing development include federal housing and community development funds administered by the City of Corvallis, the federal Low Income Housing Tax Credit Program, the Oregon Affordable Housing Tax Credit Program, Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation, Corvallis Neighborhood Housing Services revolving development funds, and public and private grants and loans. » Read more: AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT

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Dangerous beauty: the battle against Scotch broom

July 16th, 2011

Cast against the abundant greenery of western Oregon, the splashes of yellow turn summer hillsides into an organic impression of fans packing Autzen Stadium in the fall.

Too bad it’s a non-native plant, otherwise known as a ”weed.”

The plant providing the yellow – Scotch broom – is an invasive species estimated to cost Oregon millions of dollars a year in lost timber production, according to the Oregon Department of Agriculture.

In Eugene, parks officials are waging a battle to beat back the Scotch broom and make room for native plants in the Delta Ponds area, along the Ridgeline Trail and elsewhere. Meanwhile, Florence residents say the plant is reaching epidemic proportions along the Oregon Coast.


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