Metro’s Nature in Neighborhoods community choice grants put community members in the lead to imagine, design and choose parks and nature projects using the principles of a participatory budgeting process. Your ideas and votes have the power to help shape the future parks and natural areas in your neighborhood.
Last year, Metro invested $2 million in projects imagined by you and your neighbors.
The grants fund community-led parks and nature projects that benefit communities of color, Indigenous communities, people with low incomes and other communities that have been ignored or harmed by governments. The projects will connect people to nature close to home, improve fish and wildlife habitat, and make our region more resilient to climate change, making a better region for everyone.
And it’s not just for adults. Kids 11-years-old and older can vote on their favorite projects.
The first round of community choice grants was for Metro Council District 4. District 4 includes all the urban areas in Washington County north of Oregon Highway 8 (Tualatin Valley Highway) and areas west of Cornelius Pass Road.
These grants are available thanks to voters choosing to invest in parks and nature when they approved Metro’s 2019 parks and nature bond measure.