With a good public process, local leaders often learn things that help them to make better decisions, and residents have the opportunity to understand what is behind a proposal, provide their input, and, ideally, build trust with decision-makers (and vice versa).

1000 Friends of Oregon and Sightline Institute are partnering to support cities with an exciting new housing planning process known as the Oregon Housing Needs Analysis. And we need your input: Please fill out a brief survey by April 27.

The Bull Run Water Filtration Plant is a multi-billion-dollar endeavor that is raising water rates by at least 8% annually, while also imposing outsized impacts on world-class farmland and unincorporated communities east of Portland. We have a different vision: One where we can all win.

Learn what happens when communities come together, share stories, and organize. Spoiler: They envision and enact policies that create more livable communities for everyone!

Land ownership and land use policies and processes have historically propagated and exacerbated inequalities around the nation, and in Oregon. 1000 Friends works to reverse discriminatory practices, policies, and impacts on people.

1000 Friends of Oregon works with Oregonians to enhance quality of life by building livable urban and rural communities, protecting family farms and forests, and conserving natural areas.