The votes are in, and Metro Council unanimously approved the proposed UGB expansion. This latest expansion opens up 2,181 acres to development and the potential for 9,200 new homes in the greater Portland Area. The UGB expansion includes the cities of Hillsboro, Beaverton, Wilsonville and King City.
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Do you live or work in the Southwest Corridor? Are you wanting to get involved in the process for the 12-mile light rail connection from downtown Portland to Bridgeport Village in Tualatin? Well, this could be your chance! Recognizing that decisions must be grounded in community values and
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Over the last three years, Metro has been working on a transportation plan that will set the strategy for the next 25 years of transportation needs in the Portland Metro Area. Metro’s plan identifies current and future transportation needs, including motor vehicles, public transit, walking and bike
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Earlier this month, Metro released its anticipated Urban Growth Report. One of the hot topics covered in the report is the four UGB expansion proposals currently being considered by Metro Council. Beyond this topic on future possible expansion areas, Metro Council also gave its view on various
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All eyes are on Metro, and they have some important decisions to make in the coming months. Housing shortage is still a hot topic on the Portland area and a number of cities have submitted proposals to Metro asking for UGB expansions in their respective jurisdictions. Cities
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Clackamas County’s board has recently moved towards its new prime directive of once and for all remedying the tumultuous Stafford Dispute which has lingered now for more than 4 years. Three years ago the Stafford area, a 6,230-acre unincorporated grouping of properties that resides West of
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You may already know about Portland’s unique system for doling out development worthy land, but if you don’t the process is handled by an agency known as Metro and those areas that can and can’t be developed are separated by an invisible line known as the Urban
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