February 22 Hood River City Council Updates ... we'll post a few of these separately for easier viewing, but you can find the full video here…
Read MoreWe're pleased to provide last week's Hood River City Council discussion excerpts on "Missing Middle" housing code with Spanish subtitles. Simply go to the YouTube link (https://youtu.be/wKKbr_XRKsY), click…
Read MoreThe January 25th Hood River City Council meeting gave direction on code changes for "missing middle" housing:
- Denser is better, - Maximize lot coverage (70% is fine)…
Read MoreThe Middle Housing Code discussion continues at the Monday January 25th Hood River City Council meeting:
Read MoreThe Hood River County Commissioners will meet on January 19th beginning at 4pm. See…
Read MoreOn Tuesday, January 19th, the Planning Commission for the City of Hood River will go over the proposed new building codes for missing middle housing. Code language can be found here: https://cityofhoodriver.gov/.../Combined-Packet-1-19-21.pdf
Read MoreThe January 11th Hood River City Council meeting stretched to almost 4 hours ... and then adjourned in order to talk in executive session about possible litigation as well as real estate purchases.
We'll provide shorter clips and "cliff notes" on 1) The…
Read MoreReady for more Hood River County strategic planning? The final session with the consultant takes place today from 2pm to 5pm, held via ZOOM. Agenda and ZOOM info here: https://www.co.hood-river.or.us/.../01.11.2021_HRC...
Read MoreA big part of the January 4 Hood River Planning Commission discussion will focus on future parking requirements for the new duplex, triplexes, and cottage clusters that city code will allow.
There's a tension between how much parking to REQUIRE versus what to allow local contractors and builders to create based on demand. This YouTube…
Read MoreThe Hood River Planning Commission was considering a variety of housing types in the December 21st meeting. You can hear Commissioner/Realtor Bill Irving's comments on this configuration in our 5 minute video extract or go to the full video here https://youtu.be/jnxOSUda7CY and hear his comments starting at about 27:05 into the video.
All the configurations can be viewed here: https://cityofhoodriver.gov/.../20201214_HoodRiverHousing...
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