“As Gil Kelley of the Portland Planning Bureau notes, “dots on a map” are inadequate to convey to citizens the impact of new development on their neighborhoods or their city.

Kelley proposes computer-generated imagery to show what developments would look like. We agree and recommend that city and Metro planners enlist the talents of Portland’s high-tech and digital graphics community to develop creative ways to visualize growth management options and the trade-offs that each option would bring.”

We couldn't agree more.

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