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

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

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Implementing the Regional Transportation Plan: an update on ongoing projects

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

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Open houses scheduled next week for Westside Trail information

May 25, 2012 5:30 p.m.

Metro is working with residents, cities and counties, the Tualatin Hills Park and Recreation District and community organizations to create a vision for an uninterrupted path for people to travel to work, shopping, schools and nature. Once complete the trail will offer a 25-mile north-south route from the Willamette River near Forest Park to the Tigard and King City.

At Oxbow Regional Park, humans adapt to nature's engineering

May 25, 2012 3:30 p.m.

These stumps along the Sandy River are all that remain of trees buried in a lahar in 1780. In January, the river changed course, washing away the sediments and exposing the centuries-old trees.

High bond rating means lower tax rate, more money for natural areas and Oregon Zoo

By Nick Christensen

May 25, 2012 1 p.m.

Metro sold $140 million in bonds, and got a $25 million premium for those bonds, meaning the buyers are slated to give the regional government $165 million next month. Metro will then pay back the debt – $140 million – at 2.27 percent interest before 2028.

Cemetery consultant: Review shows Metro exceeds industry standards

By Nick Christensen

May 25, 2012 10:30 a.m.

A leading cemetery industry consultant was effusive Tuesday in his praise of Metro's cemeteries program, saying its new policies were some of the most forward-thinking in the nation.

Oregon Convention Center sustainability coordinator earns LEED accreditation with operations and management specialty

May 23, 2012 2:30 p.m.

Oregon Convention Center sustainability coordinator Brittin Witzenburg was recently designated by the U.S. Green Building Council as a LEED Accredited Professional with an Operations & Maintenance specialty.

Big vision and pragmatism for improving the Southwest corridor

May 23, 2012 10:55 a.m.

The Southwest Corridor Plan Steering Committee adopts goals and objectives, discusses small solutions versus big goals On May 17, the Southwest Corridor Plan Steering Committee adopted the plan’s vision, goals and objectives, a milestone for moving the plan forward.

Artists scavenge through region's trash, search for creative answers for September exhibition

May 22, 2012 2:15 p.m.

Five local artists will glean materials discarded at the Metro Central Transfer station and turn the waste into art. The art will be put on display later this year.

Metro updates oversight on public engagement

May 21, 2012 12:45 p.m.

Metro is launching an updated public engagement review process that features an annual public stakeholder summit, semi-annual meetings of a peer group of public involvement professionals, and a standing public engagement committee.

Metro database allows users to map region's voting patterns

May 18, 2012 9:05 a.m.

Starting this month, RLIS Live users may apply a comprehensive 2012 voter precinct layer for Washington, Clackamas and Multnomah counties. That means users may combine the three counties' voter precinct data with county election results to map regional voting patterns and trends.

Nature projects across the region get $1.7 million boost as Metro Council awards six Nature in Neighborhoods grants

By Laura Oppenheimer Odom

May 17, 2012 3:45 p.m.

photo of three hikers at Scouters Mountain

Every project must be accessible to the public, and a Metro grant can foot the bill for a maximum of one-third of the total cost. Recipients typically buy land, restore it, improve neighborhood livability or fuel an urban transformation – and this year’s six projects represent all those categories.

Metro eyeing quicker, cheaper process for review of Powell-Division transit corridor

By Nick Christensen

May 17, 2012 9:10 a.m.

That corridor, identified in the region's most recent transportation plan, stretches from Portland State University and OHSU on the west to Mount Hood Community College on the east. Eyed as an "eds and meds corridor," it could connect high schools, colleges and hospitals to rapid transit.

Oregon Zoo to implement non-smoking policy May 26

May 16, 2012 4:41 p.m.

The Oregon Zoo is going smoke-free. Starting May 26, the use of tobacco products, including cigarettes, will be prohibited on zoo grounds as part of a wider policy that affects all Metro-operated facilities. Smoking has long been prohibited inside zoo buildings, but has previously been allowed in designated outdoor areas.

Free parking days at Metro sites in 2025

Open houses scheduled next week for Westside Trail information

At Oxbow Regional Park, humans adapt to nature's engineering

High bond rating means lower tax rate, more money for natural areas and Oregon Zoo

Metro Council adopts new public engagement review process

Cemetery consultant: Review shows Metro exceeds industry standards

Learn how to have fun in the sun without the burn

Oregon Convention Center sustainability coordinator earns LEED accreditation with operations and management specialty

Big vision and pragmatism for improving the Southwest corridor

Artists scavenge through region's trash, search for creative answers for September exhibition

Projects add some green to Metro's solid waste facilities

Metro updates oversight on public engagement

Metro database allows users to map region's voting patterns

Nature projects across the region get $1.7 million boost as Metro Council awards six Nature in Neighborhoods grants

Metro eyeing quicker, cheaper process for review of Powell-Division transit corridor

Oregon Zoo to implement non-smoking policy May 26