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TriMet, Metro scramble to fill Milwaukie MAX line budget gap

Sept. 1, 2010 9:14 a.m.

Metro and TriMet propose borrowing against Regional Flexible Funds to help pay for a Milwaukie light rail funding shortfall and jumpstart Lake Oswego and Southwest Barbur public transit planning. Some say it would commit too much.

Metro chief says better relationships needed between public and private capital

Aug. 27, 2010 2:53 p.m.

The Clackamas County Economic Development Commission devoted an hour of its Aug. 25 meeting to a presentation by Metro COO Michael Jordan on his recommendations for development of a Community Investment Strategy. This strategy aims to leverage public investments in sewers, sidewalks, parks, plazas and other basic public structures more effectively to achieve greater private investment in town and regional centers, corridors and employment areas that could serve future growth. Jordan cited urban renewal districts as a current example of “a more intimate relationship between public and private capital” and suggested that this type of relationship between local governments and the development community is necessary to achieve results on the ground.

Metro to review projects for greenhouse gas emissions impacts

Aug. 25, 2010 9 a.m.

Whether luring tourists to the convention center or planning the next generation of light rail lines, Metro employees should estimate the greenhouse gas emissions their projects generate. That's the point of a Greenhouse Gas Emissions Analysis Toolkit recently developed by an interdisciplinary team at Metro. The toolkit will help employees figure out how best to calculate a project's emissions, mainly by directing them to the right software product or analytical tool. Metro Councilor Rex Burkholder introduced the session by saying all seven councilors pushed for staff to come up with a way to calculate emissions across the wide ranging agency.

Metro seeks volunteers for trails use tally

Aug. 24, 2010 4:07 p.m.

For the third year in a row, Metro is coordinating a regional effort to count the number of people biking and walking on the Portland metropolitan area's trails. The count is part of the National Bicycle and Pedestrian Documentation Project's ongoing undertaking to gather accurate trail use data to help local governments and regional planners decide where and when to place new trails and respond to the needs of trail users region-wide.

Metro to host community investment strategy open house in North Portland

Aug. 24, 2010 11:56 a.m.

Metro announced this morning plans to add another open house to answer questions and take public comment regarding Metro Chief Operating Officer Michael Jordan's recommended community investment strategy. The event will be held at the St. Johns Community Center in North Portland on Tuesday Sep. 21 from 5 to 7 p.m.

Metro Councilor and COO meet with Columbia Corridor Association

Aug. 23, 2010 9:21 a.m.

Michael Jordan and Councilor Rex Burkholder met Aug. 20 with the board of directors of the Columbia Corridor Association, a non-profit business association dedicated to promoting and enhancing the economic viability of the Columbia Corridor, to discuss Jordan's Aug. 10 report and recommendations for the development of a Community Investment Strategy.

Coalition of housing organizations considers Metro COO report

Aug. 20, 2010 11:14 a.m.

A coalition of local community development corporations, known as Housing Organizations for Communities of Color, met Aug. 18 to discuss a Community Investment Strategy proposed by Metro Chief Operating Officer Michael Jordan on Aug. 10.

Industrial land focus of commercial real estate development association

Aug. 19, 2010 12:27 p.m.

On Wednesday Aug. 18, board members for NAIOP, the commercial real estate development association, responded to a Metro presentation on a proposed Community Investment Strategy with a clear call for economic development.

Washington County Farm Bureau raises critical questions about investment, growth in region

Aug. 18, 2010 5:47 p.m.

Metro Chief Operating Officer Michael Jordan presented his recommendations on a Community Investment Strategy to the Washington County Farm Bureau at its Aug. 17 meeting.

City, county managers discuss Metro COO recommendations

Aug. 17, 2010 5:47 p.m.

About two dozen of the region's city and county administrators met last Friday with Metro Chief Operating Officer Michael Jordan to discuss a set of recommendations he issued Aug. 10 to create livable communities, protect natural areas, support good jobs and increase efficiency.

City of Damascus staff briefs Metro Council on development plans

Aug. 17, 2010 5:26 p.m.

Since incorporation in 2004, the City of Damascus has undertaken a large effort to plan for future urban development and protection of natural areas on thousands of acres brought into the urban growth boundary in 2002.

Metro partners with private business to invest in downtown Gresham

Aug. 16, 2010 3:23 p.m.

A spirit of collaboration and community pervaded the grand opening on Aug. 12 of an office and two retail spaces in the ground floor of 3rd Central apartments, the urban mixed-use development located at Third Street and Miller Avenue in Historic Downtown Gresham.

MPAC endorses regional housing equity effort, receives Metro COO report

Aug. 13, 2010 3:06 p.m.

On Wednesday the Metro Policy Advisory Committee endorsed a collaborative effort led by Metro and several local governments and non-governmental organizations to pursue a $5 million Sustainable Communities Planning Grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Transportation panel OKs $1.47 million for East Metro, Southwest corridor studies

Aug. 12, 2010 6:10 p.m.

A committee that controls regional transportation spending today approved $1.47 million to study the best ways to improve access in the Oregon 99W/Southwest Barbur Boulevard area and a north-south corridor in eastern Multnomah County.