09/23/2015
Eight years ago, nearly to the day, we made our first pitch to save the Bull Run Powerhouse from demolition. Four years later we acquired it, which led to a long and thorny four years of land use process.
Not only is the Powerhouse still standing, but our path has led to today's ruling, which provides definitive new case law that establishes a path to a sustainable future for similar historic resources across the state on resource lands.
It's a good day for preservation in Oregon.
The historic Bull Run Power Plant was saved today following a Land Use Board of Appeals ruling that will enable the adaptive reuse of rural historic resources across Oregon for years to come. Restore Oregon invested significant time and resources in filing a brief and arguing before the court in …
