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Orenco Station found to have more walking, community interaction

October 6, 2009

Posted by Kaid Benfield in Green Enterprise , Living Sustainably , Solving Global Warming

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community, mmarkettransformation, neighborhood, orencostation, portland, smartgrowth, suburbs, tod, transitorienteddevelopment, walking

    As many readers of this blog already know, Orenco Station was built as one of the country's first new, suburban transit-oriented developments.  It's on Portland's MAX light rail line in Hillsborough, Oregon, and comprises some 1,850 housing units...continued

Kaid Benfield
Kaid Benfield
Director, Smart Growth Program
Washington, DC
Co-founder, LEED for Neighborhood Development rating system; co-founder, Smart Growth America coalition; author, Once There...
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