Comments on: Urban renewal thrown into Blue Heron site debate /news/2011/05/03/using-urban-renewal-to-create-public-access-to-willamette-falls/ Building and Construction News in Portland, Oregon and the Pacific Northwest Wed, 04 May 2011 04:23:08 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.6 By: Robert Bierma /news/2011/05/03/using-urban-renewal-to-create-public-access-to-willamette-falls/#comment-60537 Wed, 04 May 2011 04:23:08 +0000 /?p=71463#comment-60537 I think Commissioner Rocky Smith assumption that public access to the waterfront would not increase the tax base is incorrect. Anytime you add a public amenity, particularly one as significant as this, you are bringing more value to the property nearby. This increased value ends up translating into higher tax on these properties and thous increasing the tax base.

]]> By: Howard /news/2011/05/03/using-urban-renewal-to-create-public-access-to-willamette-falls/#comment-60505 Wed, 04 May 2011 01:04:41 +0000 /?p=71463#comment-60505 Just so Clackamas County voters know,
Fred Bruning gave $2500 to the conniving VRF scoundrels for their yes campaign.

Real class act there Fred.

As for Urban Renewal?

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