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		<title>Oregonian Commentary by D.K. Row Gets it Totally Right</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;But one reason I&#8217;m drawn to Obletz&#8217;s plan is that it&#8217;s a personal vision, an expression of the athletic Obletz&#8217;s love of sport and community and the goodwill they foster. It&#8217;s not a pastiche of ideas cobbled through elaborate polling and Old Portland-style backroom dealing. You can&#8217;t fake that kind of authenticity.&#8221; D.K. Row &#8211; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.marcpdx.org/oregonian-commentary-by-d-k-row-gets-it-totally-right/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;Bright Lights&#8221; Event Provides Opportunity to Weigh in on &#8220;JumpTown&#8221;</title>
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		<link>http://www.marcpdx.org/bright-lights-event-provides-opportunity-to-weigh-in-on-jumptown/</link>
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		<title>PDC Officially Delays Memorial Coliseum Decision</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On July 1st, PDC issued a memo regarding the current status of the RQ process.  The memo can be found here: RQ_20100701_Next_Steps_Memo-1 In short:  PDC has decided to postpone a decision on the Coliseum and move forward with the Rose Quarter Development Strategy work so that the final program and design of the Coliseum can [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.marcpdx.org/pdc-officially-delays-memorial-coliseum-decision/</link>
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		<title>DJC:  &#8220;Would-be Memorial Coliseum developers left in the dark&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The latest on the project is nicely sumamrized in this 6/24/10 article in the Daily Journal of Commerce: See:  http://bit.ly/8YTUpL]]></description>
		<link>http://www.marcpdx.org/djc-would-be-memorial-coliseum-developers-left-in-the-dark/</link>
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		<title>The Latest:  A Message from Mayor Sam Adams &#8211; June 14, 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A Message from Mayor Sam Adams Thank you for your continued commitment to the future of the Memorial Coliseum and revitalization of the Rose Quarter. Over the last three weeks, I have been working alongside PDC and City staff to foster collaboration between the three Coliseum concept teams-VMAAC, MARC and Trail Blazers / Winterhawks. As [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.marcpdx.org/the-latest-a-message-from-mayor-sam-adams-june-14-2010/</link>
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		<title>DJC:  &#8220;Memorial Coliseum Revamp Put on Hold&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;A verdict on the future of Memorial Coliseum has been delayed while three development teams respond to direction from Mayor Sam Adams to work together on a joint proposal for the building’s reuse.&#8221; 5/24/10 &#8211; Nathalie Weinstein &#8211; Daily Journal of Commerce, Portland (on-line) - http://bit.ly/bCjSk9]]></description>
		<link>http://www.marcpdx.org/djc-memorial-coliseum-revamp-put-on-hold/</link>
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		<title>A Leading Real Estate Pro&#8217;s View of the RQ Supports MARC Plan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In Sunday&#8217;s Oregonian (5/23/10), D.K. Row interviews Craig Sweitzer of Urban Works Real Estate, a company Row calls &#8220;perhaps the city&#8217;s most successful retail brokerage firm.&#8221;  As part of the lengthly interview, Row asked Sweitzer his views on the Rose Quarter: &#8220;Q: What are your thoughts on the Rose Quarter development process going on right [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.marcpdx.org/a-leading-real-estate-pros-view-of-the-rq-supports-marc-plan/</link>
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		<title>D.K. Row of the Oregonian Provides Update</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Portland Mayor Sam Adams continues to insist that three proposals for developing Memorial Coliseum and the Rose Quarter be combined into one.&#8221; 5/15/10 &#8211; D.K. Row,  Oregonian &#8211; http://bit.ly/bjAUc2]]></description>
		<link>http://www.marcpdx.org/d-k-row-of-the-oregonian-provides-update/</link>
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		<title>D.K. Row Takes on the RQ Process:  &#8220;Openness, with an Asterisk&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Many participants in this process &#8212; from city commissioners to the most vocal critic, Will Macht, a Portland State University urban studies and planning professor &#8212; have outlined concerns. They argue that even though this public process has embraced the appearance of openness and inclusion, it actually favors a deep-pocketed private company with a financial [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.marcpdx.org/oregonians-d-k-rows-take-on-rose-quarter-process/</link>
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		<title>Mayor Releases Letter re: &#8220;Team Collaboration&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[April 27, 2010 &#8211; Mayor Sam Adams sent the following letter to the Stakeholder Advisory Committee: Dear Members of the Rose Quarter Stakeholder Advisory Committee, Throughout this extensive planning process, our focus has been on transparency and flexibility. One of the many benefits yielded from this commitment to transparency and flexibility has been the fostering [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.marcpdx.org/mayor-releases-letter-re-team-collaboration/</link>
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