Happy Valley, OR
The City of Happy Valley has a rather unique approach to the housing crunch. Instead of waiting for a stimulus plan or for the market to simply rebound, they’re holding an Open City. Well, they call it the City of Dreams event according to Steve Campbell with Happy Valley. He tells GNPDX it’s kind of like an Open House but on a super sized scale.
While 150+ homes open their doors to prospective buyers this weekend in a massive tour-de-house, there’ll be an expo at city hall of all the municipal services (e.g., libraries, schools, police, fire department). In short, potential new residents can check out more than their new digs, they can really connect to the community from the get go.
Campbell says they’ve never seen an event like this before and expect it will draw some great attention to the area (especially with temps in the 80’s to draw out the crowds). For more info, click here.
