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Portland Business Journal | Hoping to get up close to Willamette Falls? You'll be waiting for a while

April 29, 2014 11:34 a.m.

pictogram for Metro stories in the media

The tantalizing prospect of restoring public access to Willamette Falls, one of North America’s largest waterfalls by volume, is less certain this week.

Willamette Falls: Public partners will pass on bidding for Blue Heron site

By Nick Christensen

April 28, 2014 5:22 p.m.

An Olympia-based developer's $2.2 million bid to buy the defunct Blue Heron paper mill, near Willamette Falls, passed a big hurdle Monday, when a consortium of local governments decided to stay out of the bidding for the site.

Oregonian | Metro pulls plug on public purchase of Blue Heron mill after Clackamas County rejects plan

April 28, 2014 4:06 p.m.

A proposed public purchase of the Blue Heron mill site collapsed Monday after Clackamas County said it would not participate and Metro decided it would not proceed without the county's involvement.

In Fairview, new segment of 40-Mile Loop signals connection to the region, and to nature

By Arashi Young

April 24, 2014 2:10 p.m.

photo of councilors Hughes and Craddick at the ribbon cutting

A gathering of park enthusiasts, including Rep. Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore., braved the temperamental April weather on Earth Day to celebrate the opening of a new trail at Blue Lake Regional Park.

Clackamas Review | Metro kicks off planning for Newell Creek Canyon

April 23, 2014 10:42 a.m.

Oregon City residents are invited to join friends, family and neighbors to kick off envisioning plans for the Newell Creek Canyon Natural Area from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 29.

Portland Business Journal | Metro asks court to sign off on HQ hotel process

April 23, 2014 9:26 a.m.

Metro, the regional agency advancing plans to construct a Hyatt Regency "headquarters hotel" at the Oregon Convention Center, has asked the Multnomah County Circuit Court to validate the process it is using.

Willamette Week | Metro files legal action in attempt to move hotel project forward

April 22, 2014 6:17 p.m.

Metro President Tom Hughes today took an aggressive step to move forward with development of a $200 million Hyatt Hotel adjacent to the Oregon Convention Center.

Oregonian | Convention center hotel: Metro seeks court review of financing plan to preempt further legal challenges

April 22, 2014 6 p.m.

Faced with legal challenges over its proposal for a publicly backed hotel near the Oregon Convention Center, the Metro regional government wants a judge to review its financing plan for the project.

Facing a series of legal challenges to hotel project, Metro asks court to hear them all at once

By Nick Christensen

April 22, 2014 1:26 p.m.

Faced with the potential of years of litigation about the proposed convention center hotel project, Metro announced Tuesday that it's turning to a somewhat obscure bit of law in hopes of answering all of the legal challenges at once.

Statement from Metro Council President Tom Hughes on convention center hotel project

April 22, 2014 11:40 a.m.

Metro is committed to creating good jobs now and into the future for all residents of our region. One way we can do this is through the Convention Center Hotel project. Today, Metro, the owner and operator of the Oregon Convention Center, took an important step towards achieving the goals of this job creation initiative by filing an important request with the courts.

Oregonian | Q&A: Washington County Chairman Andy Duyck on the land-use 'grand bargain' and how the 'pseudo' factors came to be

April 21, 2014 5:01 p.m.

The land-use "grand bargain," a deal struck among legislators, local governments and activists in February, will have ripple effects on Washington County's long-term growth.