Restore Oregon Provided Testimony on HB 2007 Today in Salem; Still Time to Take Action

Still Time to Tell Legislators to either FIX IT or VOTE NO! Today Restore Oregon’s Executive Director, Peggy Moretti, headed to Salem to provide testimony on HB 2007 before the Ways and Means subcommittee on National Resources. Here’s what she had to say, June 22, 2017: “I’m Peggy Moretti, Executive Director of Restore Oregon, a statewide non-profit […]

ADVOCACY ALERT: HB 2007 Hearing Thursday, June 22nd; Take Action Today!

Tell Legislators to either FIX IT or VOTE NO! HB 2007 claims to support affordable housing, but in its current form this bill will do more harm than good by: Incentivizing demolitions of existing modest-priced housing. Providing no meaningful incentive to build more affordable homes. Usurping local control over zoning without sufficient public process. Stripping […]

Nominations Open: Restore Oregon DeMuro Awards, Most Endangered Places

2017 DeMuro Award Nomination The DeMuro Award honors extraordinary examples of the rehabilitation and reuse of historic buildings, homes, public spaces, or landscapes, and compatible infill development that enhances historic districts. Nominated projects may be large or small, urban or rural, and those selected will display exceptional quality, creativity, problem-solving, and impact. To nominate a […]

Restore Oregon Warmly Welcomes Our Summer Intern, Victoria Hensley

Restore Oregon Welcomes Victoria Hensley, the Summer 2017 Preservation Programs Intern! Victoria joins us from Murfreesboro, Tennessee where she is currently working on her Master’s Degree in Public History with a focus on historic preservation at Middle Tennessee State University. While in graduate school, she works at the Center for Historic Preservation on MTSU’s campus. […]

Misguided Attempt to Boost Affordable Housing Will Create More Demolition, Strip Protections from Historic Districts

UPDATE: Executive Director Peggy Moretti testified on May 25th to the House Committee On Human Services and Housing in Salem. More details as we learn them. Scroll down to the bottom for relevant articles and OpEds. Call to Action: Email Your Opposition to HB 2007! In an extreme example of good intentions degenerating into bad outcomes, a bill […]

Ankeny Blocks Development Design Submitted to Landmarks Commission for Review

Guidelines adopted last summer are shaping the design of a mixed-use development slated to replace a parking lot at Southwest 3rd and Ash. The surface lot/building site is one of the Ankeny Blocks located within the Skidmore/Old Town Historic District. The Skidmore/Old Town Historic District, first listed in the National Register of Historic Places back in 1975, became […]