Impact Study of Destination Resorts in Oregon

I thought you might be interested in a new study I just completed on the fiscal and economic impacts of destination resorts in Oregon. The study examines both costs and revenues for a typical resort and finds rather large net fiscal costs. Destination resorts typically involve 500 to 3000 single-family homes and various recreational amenities, such as golf courses and clubhouses, in an attractive natural setting located away from existing cities and growth centers.

The full study and a 3-page summary are available from this link:
http://www.centraloregonlandwatch.org/content/landwatch-releases-fiscal-and-economic-impact-study-destination-resorts-oregon

Eben Fodor

This message is from Eben Fodor a growth expert we had speak here in 2007. He is from Portland, Oregon.

A Local Conference Presented by the Annapolis Sustainable Business Alliance

Join us at this conference to learn from local experts about:

How To market Local business & FIll Empty Stores

Why Food is Key and Stimulates Other Sectors

Local  Lending: Where will the money come from?

Anne Arundle County Fiscal Impact Study

At long last the Fiscal Study that we have been waiting for is on the County website.

I will be interested in your responses. I need to read it now! 

 

http://www.aacounty.org/PlanZone/LongRange/FIA.cfm

Scientists for a "Steady State" Economy

It's worth noting that scientists (in addition to Tom Horton) are weighing in for limiting growth on the planet.


Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2009 15:28:55 -0800 (PST)
>From: rob dietz
>To: sswg@list.conbio.org
>Subject: [SSWG] Orr, McKibben, Speth, and Erlich Sign Position
>
>Dear SSWGers,
>
>There is some exciting news in the ongoing discussion of the conflict
>between economic growth and biodiversity conservation. In recent days,
>several highly respected scientists/environmentalists have signed the
>CASSE position on economic growth
><http://www.steadystate.org/CASSEPositionOnEG.html>. The position
>highlights the conflict between economic growth and biodiversity
>conservation, and calls for a transition to a steady state economy as a
>desirable alternative.
>
>These recent signers are:
>David Orr
>Contributing editor of Conservation Biology, professor of environmental
>studies at Oberlin College, and recipient of numerous awards, including
>a National Conservation Achievement Award from the National Wildlife
>Federation.
>
>Bill McKibben
>Author of The End of Nature and Deep Economy, leading global warming
>activist, and keynote speaker at the 2008 SCB annual meeting.
>
>Gus Speth
>Dean of the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, founder
>and president of the World Resources Institute, cofounder of the
>Natural Resources Defense Council, and author of Red Sky at Morning and
>The Bridge at the Edge of the World.
>
>Paul Erlich
>President of Stanford University's Center for Conservation Biology,
>fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science,
>author of The Dominant Animal and numerous other books, recipient of
>many awards, including the Eminent Ecologist Award of the Ecological
>Society of America and an SCB Distinguished Service Award in the first
>year it was presented.
>
>These signatures add weight to the list of ecologists, conservation
>biologists, economists, and other citizens who have already signed
><http://www.steadystate.org/CASSESignatories.html>. If you believe the
>scientific theory and evidence that demonstrate how continuous economic
>growth is undermining the Earth's life-support systems, then please
>join the likes of Orr, McKibben, Speth, and Erlich in supporting the
>position.
>
>Thanks,
>Rob
>
>--
>Robert Dietz, Executive Director
>Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy
>www.steadystate.org Sign the position
><http://www.steadystate.org/CASSEPositionOnEG.html>
>541-602-3097
>
>
>
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>Conservation: Harmony for Nature and Society in 北京
>(Beijing), China.
>More information at: www.conbio.org/2009
>
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Pat Lynch and I appeared at County Council on Tuesday(3/3) night during the open comment period. We asked the Council to support the following:

1.Comment period reopened on the GDP after the fiscal study is made available and after the implementation chapter is released.

2. Clarify and insure that the 16 SAPS unless amended by the GDP remain in effect.

Got an e-mail from Larry Tom who stated to the Co. Council that the fiscal study should be released by week's end.

Stay tuned!

WORKSHOP: RE-DEVELOPMENT DESIGN STRATEGIES TO CREATE MIXED-USE CENTERS

A WORKSHOP CONDUCTED BY RANDALL ARENDT
to be held at the

University of Maryland Landscape Architecture Program

Room 1130 Plant Sciences Building, College Park, MD

Friday, March 6, 2009

9:00 am-4:00pm
$45.00 includes morning coffee and lunch

Registration and coffee 8:30-9:00am Critique Hall (0104 Plant Sciences Building)

The workshop includes a discussion of Planning for Conservation Subdivisions.

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