People and the Land: An Oral History of Oregon’s Statewide Land Use Planning Program
Interview with James B. (Jim) Knight
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Interview Date
4-24-2017
Duration
1:05:40
Publication Date
2017
Subjects
Land use -- Oregon -- Planning
Abstract
James Knight was interviewed on April 24, 2017, by Michael Rupp.
Jim Knight's career in public agencies spanned thirty-three years. From 1970 to 1974 he worked in Buffalo, New York, for the Erie County Division of Planning and for the Office for the Aging. In June 1974 he joined the Oregon Department of Land Conservation (DLCD), which administers Oregon's land use planning program. He retired from DLCD in March 2003.
Biographical
Jim Knight's career in public agencies spanned thirty-three years. From 1970 to 1974 he worked in Buffalo, New York, for the Erie County Division of Planning and for the Office for the Aging. In June 1974 he joined the Oregon Department of Land Conservation (DLCD), which administers Oregon's land use planning program. Knight was involved with drafting the Statewide Planning Goals and with preparing and submitting the state's application for certification under the federal Coastal Zone Management Act. He was also one of the DLCD's first field representatives to the Columbia Gorge, Portland Metro, and Willamette Valley regions. Knight was appointed manager of the department's Rural and Community Services Division in 1991, and then given additional responsibility managing DLCD's Rural and Community Services Division in 2002. He retired from DLCD in March 2003.
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Persistent Identifier
http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/21817
Disciplines
Urban, Community and Regional Planning
Recommended Citation
Knight, James B. and Rupp, Michael, "Interview with James B. (Jim) Knight" (2017). People and the Land: An Oral History of Oregon’s Statewide Land Use Planning Program. 41.