Oregon city ranked Best Green Place in U.S.

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Oregon city ranked Best Green Place in U.S.

06:53 AM PDT on Friday, March 14, 2008

By TERESA BLACKMAN, kgw.com Staff

Corvallis was selected as The Best Green Place in the nation by a popular magazine which conducted a nationwide study.

The study, administered by Country Home Magazine in conjunction with Sperling’s BestPlaces, examined 24 factors in five major categories, including mass transit use, green power policies, biofuel and wind power availability, number of green-certified buildings, farmers markets, organic producers, and air and watershed quality - to determine which metro areas are the best places to live a green life.

After all the points were tallied, Corvallis, Oregon came out on top.

The Portland Metro area also made the top 10, along with Bend, Eugene and Springfield.

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