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Bend is one of the fastest-growing cities in the United States—yet people here often wonder why certain developments take so long to get off the ground, or why a project not favored by the public got off the ground anyway.

In this podcast, Russ Grayson of the City of Bend discusses Oregon’s land use policy, the barriers and limitations to developing housing and other properties, the City’s challenges in keeping its Community Development Department fully staffed and much more.

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Listen: Bend Don’t Break with Russ Grayson, City of Bend COO and Asst City Manager 🎧

by The Source Staff, The Source - Bend, Oregon
February 24, 2022

<h1>Listen: Bend Don’t Break with Russ Grayson, City of Bend COO and Asst City Manager 🎧</h1> <p class="byline">by The Source Staff, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />February 24, 2022</p> <p><span class="fdnDropCap">B</span>end is one of the fastest-growing cities in the United States—yet people here often wonder why certain developments take so long to get off the ground, or why a project not favored by the public got off the ground anyway.</p> <p>In this podcast, Russ Grayson of the City of Bend discusses Oregon's land use policy, the barriers and limitations to developing housing and other properties, the City's challenges in keeping its <a href="https://www.bendoregon.gov/government/departments/community-development" target="_blank">Community Development Department </a>fully staffed and much more.</p> <p><b><i>Listen now: </i></b></p> <div class="wp-block-group newspack-embed-container align"> <div style="font-size: 10px;color: #cccccc;overflow: hidden;white-space: nowrap;font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight: 100"><a href="https://soundcloud.com/user-779383396" title="Source Weekly - Bend, Oregon" target="_blank" style="color: #cccccc;text-decoration: none">Source Weekly - Bend, Oregon</a> · <a href="https://soundcloud.com/user-779383396/bend-dont-break-russ-grayson-assistant-city-manager-and-chief-operations-officer-for-city-of-bend" title="Bend Don&#x27;t Break: Russ Grayson, Assistant City Manager and Chief Operations Officer for City of Bend" target="_blank" style="color: #cccccc;text-decoration: none">Bend Don&#x27;t Break: Russ Grayson, Assistant City Manager and Chief Operations Officer for City of Bend</a></div> </p></div> <div class="wp-block-group fdn-after-article-related"> <h3 class="wp-block-heading">Related Stories</h3> </p></div> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/listen-bend-dont-break-with-russ-grayson-city-of-bend-coo-and-asst-city-manager-16326003/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=27852&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/listen-bend-dont-break-with-russ-grayson-city-of-bend-coo-and-asst-city-manager-16326003/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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