Since 2016, Nicole Vulcan has served as editor of the Source Weekly, Central Oregon’s locally owned, weekly newspaper, which has won eight statewide journalism awards… More »
Thanks for the input, Bill. Wondering what you mean by "its anti-Airbnb ordinance?" Do you mean the city should consider "an" anti-Airbnb ordinance?
MOD273, Valid point... though as a youngish person, shoveling a berm last year before work in front of my narrow driveway was a challenge. I did it, but it was tough with very packed snow... so the prospect of doing my neighbor's driveway too would have been really daunting. Good thing she has a snowblower and some helpful family members to help her out!
Ed and Geoff, We appreciate your ongoing discourse and remind everyone to keep things civil! To Ed's question/comment regarding us allegedly not offering ANY solutions, I refer back to this paragraph from the piece:
"The Deschutes River and its tributaries do offer enough water to cover the needs of our growing regionbut only if local irrigators such as COID allow more sharing of those resources."
And this one by way of LandWatch:
"That is not to say that all COID patrons want to waste water. Actually, a growing number of them have made it clear that they would like to lease their water to the River and NUID (North Unit Irrigation District) farmers, but COID is currently preventing that."
Not a comprehensive solution, but some starting points...
dhc0216: The scoring system comes with recommendations for how to improve the score, which buyers could use as leverage in the purchase process, or just as very helpful information about what aspects of improving the home would be most beneficial for energy and cost savings. "Forcing" someone to improve the score is beyond its scope.
Hi Kati -- Thanks for the heads up. It's working for us-- maybe try again or refresh your browser?
Hi Jennifer- Looks like they just opened, and there are Yelp reviews now.
Re: “Portland is Finalizing a Deal to Use Tourism Dollars to Battle Homelessness.”
FlipFlip—Thanks for reading and for your ideas. If you'd like to send me a note at editor@bendsource.com telling me your first and last name, I'll print these as letters to the editor to help disseminate your ideas further than this comment section!