Planning Paradise: Politics and Visioning of Land Use in Oregon

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments Carl Abbott, Sy Adler, Rick Allen, Ward Armstrong, Governor Vic Atiyeh, Richard Benner, David Bragdon, Michael Cavallaro, Jon Chandler, Shawn Cleave, Pat Daggett, Walt Daggett, Paul Dewey, Jennifer Donnelly, Ron Eber, John Echeverria, Bob Emmons, Nancie Fadeley, Hannah Gosnell , Harold Haugen, Greg Holmes, Dave Hunnicutt, Kate Jackson, Jon Jinings, Irina Just, Jim Just, Erik Kancler, Jeff LaLande, Robert Liberty, Nena Lovinger, Shane Lundgren, Greg Macpherson, Hector Macpherson, Kitty Macpherson, Sarah Marvin, Innisfree McKinnon, Janet McLennan, Bill Moshovsky, Mia Nelson, Darren Nichols, Adam Novick, Dan Phegley, Floyd Prozanski, John Renz, Henry Richmond, William Robbins, Lane Shetterly, Tom Skaar, Bob Stacey, Mike Thorne, John VanLandingham, Fred VanNatta, Dennis White, Richard Whitman, Ray Wilkeson, Anita Yap, Rob Zako, five additional anonymous interviewees, and two excellent anonymous peer reviewers are the real authors of this book. We just put some of their words on paper. We hope we did justice to their insights. Cover photo: The Villebois planned “urban village” in Wilsonville, a Port­ land suburb. In the foreground the photo shows the new Graham Oaks Nature Park, an oak woodland habitat “re-­ created literally from the ground up,” according to its creator, Portland Metro. The subdivision and re-­ created habitat sit at the Portland Metro urban growth boundary, under majestic Mount Hood. This is a place one might call a planned paradise. (P. Walker 2010) Planning Paradise ...