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Smaller homes could be a big driver for new housing, but red tape in the way

By Russ Doubleday

Dec. 18, 2017 3 p.m.

a three-story house in Portland's Irvington neighborhood

Cutting red tape to build smaller homes, such as backyard cottages and basement apartments, could make it easier to increase the housing stock in areas that need more options for where to live.

KGW News | What you can and can’t recycle this holiday season

Dec. 13, 2017 9:06 p.m.

pictogram for Metro stories in the media

'Tis the season for trash. We're talking about all that wrapping paper and plastic packaging you get along with all those gifts. Specialists at Metro's Recycling Information Center are already getting lots of calls about what can and cannot be recycled.

Greater Portland's month-long black history festival will promote healing, bridging communities

By Russ Doubleday

Dec. 8, 2017 12:31 p.m.

Actors on stage recreating the March on Washington and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I have a dream speech." Actors hold signs that say "freedom" "we shall overcome" "fight for our rights" and more.

World Stage Theatre, a recipient of Metro’s Community Placemaking grants, will kick off a regional black history festival during Black History Month.

New numbers show greater Portland recycling down in 2016

By Rebecca Koffman

Dec. 1, 2017 8:45 a.m.

Loads of mixed items including anything from baskets to fire pits to mattresses are unloaded into a giant heap.

Nearly half of what Portland-area residents and businesses threw away in 2016 was recycled, composted or used to make energy. The number is what’s known as the recovery rate. It’s a measure of all the waste thrown away, and then how much of that is recycled, composted or used to produce energy, including everything from food scraps and construction waste to home recycling.

Francis and Clare Commons: A natural space in the heart of urban Southeast Portland

By Rebecca Koffman

Nov. 22, 2017 noon

Thanks in part to a Metro Nature in Neighborhoods grant, the new Francis and Clare Commons creates a slice of prairie habitat preserving access to nature in the heart of a bustling, urban neighborhood.

Portland's Singing Christmas Tree returns to the Keller stage Nov. 24

By Pierce Girkin

Nov. 22, 2017 11:30 a.m.

Promotional photo of the members of the Portland Singing Christmas Tree

Portland's Singing Christmas Tree is set to light up Keller Auditorium's stage for its 55th season this month with an all-new lineup of songs and performances, as well as some old fan-favorites.

Collaboration key to tackling housing affordability, transit issues

By Cristina Rojas

Nov. 21, 2017 2:01 p.m.

The Oregon Environmental Council hosted a luncheon called "Housing, Transportation and Social Equity: 'Win-Win-Win' Solutions for Fast-Growing Communities"

Ed Washington: Looking forward, with an eye on history

By Guadalupe Triana

Nov. 21, 2017 noon

Photo of Ed Washington walking to the stage

Edward James Washington, an Alabamian-turned-Oregonian, has not only experienced Portland history, he’s helped shape it. This year, the former Metro Councilor has taken on a role that has been part of Metro’s work to develop the 2030 Regional Waste Plan, the blueprint that guides how garbage and recycling in greater Portland is managed.

Public notice: Opportunity to comment on pending amendment to the Metropolitan Transportation Improvement Plan

Nov. 20, 2017 4:49 p.m.

Metro is in receipt of Proposed MTIP Formal Amendments. To share your views, comment by 5 p.m. Dec. 19, 2017. A final notice will not be published.

82nd Ave. furniture store in Southeast Portland readies to rise as affordable apartments, community space

By Frankie Lewington

Nov. 17, 2017 1 p.m.

Elected officials and project partners held a ceremonial groundbreaking on Nov. 2 for an affordable apartment building and community center at the site of an old furniture store at Southeast 82nd Avenue and Division Street.

Beaverton opens its first year-round homeless shelter