Rezoning requires community input
With the Mayor's Forum on South Willamette approaching, it is a good time to be thinking about how we can sort through different perspectives and needs to achieve common goals around affordability, choice, and reducing our environmental impact. This Letter to the Editor highlights some of the different perspectives, and encourages thoughtful discussion.
“Building new structures to increase density on unused land — your lot or back yard, for example — may sound like a good move, but is it the right step? What should we learn from others?
For me, there is no easy solution. “Just build it and they will come” requires all hands on the wheel, especially community members who must have a voice in intersecting changes affecting livability, affordability, growth and our fragile environment.”