May 14 City Club program

[Roger Lizut]

Depending on whom you ask, housing in Corvallis can mean different things: high prices; tight rental market; neighborhoods that are safe and pedestrian friendly; replacement of open space and traditional, single-family homes with multi-family apartments. Housing policies have long been a concern in the city. Adopted by the City Council in 1998, the Vision 2020 document uses words such as "safe," "attractive," "recreational," "pedestrian scale" and "diversity" to describe desirable characteristics of the city's neighborhoods.

The May 14 meeting of the Corvallis City Club will focus on the state of housing in Corvallis. Do we have enough "affordable" housing? What kinds of housing are in short supply? What are the barriers to development? What does today’s housing market really look like?

Speaking to these points will be Jim Moorefield, Executive Director of Willamette Neighborhood Housing Services, and Peter Sekermestrovich, owner of Town and Country Realty.

The meeting will begin at noon in the Banquet Room of the Renaissance Building, 136 SW Washington St. Attendance is free. Lunch is $8 for members, $10 for non-members. To register, send email to Roger Lizut, wwr...@gmail.com, with "City Club May 14" in the subject line.

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Roger Lizut
wwr...@gmail.com
360-618-3217