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Metro and partners awarded over $1 million in federal grant funding for safe routes to school in North Portland

Implementing the Regional Transportation Plan: an update on ongoing projects

Honoring the past with high-tech art at Lone Fir Cemetery

“I never thought this would happen to me”: When homelessness happens later in life

Beaverton opens its first year-round homeless shelter

Counties release annual Metro supportive housing services fund reports

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Parks and Nature 2020: Continued investments provide increased access to parks and natural areas when most needed

Dec. 2, 2020 9:37 a.m.

Four people of color sit on boulders in a sun-dappled clearing in a forest.

Now more than ever, communities in greater Portland count on parks, trails and natural areas as an integral part of healthy, livable neighborhoods. Parks and nature staff are using virtual tools to connect with community members and develop a work plan to implement the $475 million bond measure voters passed in November 2019 to protect clean water, restore fish and wildlife habitat and provide access to nature for communities across the region.

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

Dec. 1, 2020 12:59 p.m.

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Metro is in receipt of Proposed MTIP Formal Amendments. To share your views, comment by 5 p.m. on Dec. 31. A final notice will not be published.

Metro Council appoints committee to oversee supportive housing services program

Nov. 23, 2020 11:52 a.m.

two people holding hands on the sidewalk near housing

The members of the committee are leaders in their communities and will bring ample professional and personal experience to this work, ensuring accountability to the voters who approved Metro’s supportive housing services program.

Regional Travel Options select grant cycle opening

Nov. 23, 2020 10 a.m.

kids holding yellow flags walk on a sidewalk on their way to school with adults

Beginning Jan. 1 through March 1, 2021 the RTO program will be accepting applications for the Marketing Grant category and Sponsorships. The Infrastructure and Innovation grant category will not be offered in 2021.

Portland-area voters decline Measure 26-218

Nov. 3, 2020 8:46 p.m.

People board and disembark from a TriMet bus on NE Halsey Street.

Referred to voters by the Metro Council after two years of engagement with community members and leaders around the region, the Get Moving 2020 measure would have funded more than 150 safety, transit, bridge and roadway projects in major corridors and communities across Multnomah, Washington and Clackamas counties, as well as additional regional transportation programs.

Metro releases Requests for Qualifications for development opportunities in Beaverton's Elmonica neighborhood

Nov. 2, 2020 8 a.m.

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Metro and the City of Beaverton are excited to extend a request for qualifications and concepts for qualified teams to develop affordable housing on the Elmonica Station Opportunity Site.

Take a survey about a proposed transfer center in Washington County

Oct. 26, 2020 5:56 p.m.

Factoria recycling and transfer station in King County

In December 2020, the Metro Council will decide whether or not to buy property in Cornelius to build a state-of-the-art transfer center, but first we need to hear from you.

Haga la encuesta sobre la propuesta de un centro de transferencia en el condado de Washington

Oct. 26, 2020 5:43 p.m.

The exterior of a clean, modern building

En diciembre de 2020 el consejo de Metro decidirá si compran o no una propiedad en Cornelius para construir un moderno centro de transferencia, pero primero queremos saber su opinión.

Grupo comunitario considera un nuevo centro de transferencia en Cornelius

By Faith Cathcart

Oct. 26, 2020 5:16 p.m.

A wide open field with oak trees and an industrurail warehouse at the far end of it.

En los últimos meses, Metro ha colaborado con el Centro Cultural del condado de Washington para organizar reuniones comunitarias virtuales. Estas reuniones son parte de un esfuerzo más amplio para reunir una amplia gama de opiniones y perspectivas sobre un posible centro de transferencia nuevo en Cornelius.

Community group considers new recycling and transfer center in Cornelius

By Faith Cathcart

Oct. 26, 2020 4:05 p.m.

Metro employee in a hard hat stands in a large open field and gazes up at a lone oak tree

Over the last few months, Metro has worked with Centro Cultural de Washington County to organize virtual community meetings. The meetings are part of a larger effort to gather a range of opinions and perspectives about a potential new transfer center in Cornelius.

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

Oct. 19, 2020 3:35 p.m.

pictogram for a public notice

Metro is in receipt of Proposed MTIP Formal Amendments. To share your views, comment by 5 p.m. Nov. 19, 2020. A final notice will not be published.

New 86-acre natural area in Sandy River Basin protects wildlife habitat, improves climate resilience

By Kelsey Wallace

Oct. 19, 2020 2:36 p.m.

Tall trees against a hilly backdrop on a sunny day

A newly acquired 86-acre property in the Sandy River Basin will protect wildlife habitat, improve landscape connectivity and climate resilience, help provide access for restoration and land management and provide potential opportunities for native plant harvest by Indigenous communities.

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