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Tips to help you give green this holiday season

Dec. 16, 2010 9 a.m.

With winter shopping season in full swing, crowds are tearing through malls and shopping centers across the region. Fortunately, you can avoid the crowds by giving more personalized and creative gifts that are also more sustainable than traditional mass-produced goods.

Saying language remains vague, housing industry calls for delay in Title 11 reforms

By Nick Christensen

Dec. 15, 2010 2:27 p.m.

Industry advocates warn that a week isn't enough time to review new proposed language for affordable housing requirements. Affordable housing advocates say the discussion has gone on for years.

Conservation groups call for Metro to slow growth; business interests tout jobs at Dec. 9 hearing

By Nick Christensen

Dec. 13, 2010 11 a.m.

First public hearing on capacity ordinance in Portland draws advocates of inside-the-boundary growth, but Washington County business interests continue to press for Metro to add large-lot industrial sites to the urban growth boundary.

Metro promotes best practices for walkable, accessible downtowns

Dec. 10, 2010 2:14 p.m.

Ian Lockwood, a specialist in designing pedestrian-friendly cities from the consulting firm AECOM, shared a vision in early November with a joint session of the Hillsboro City Council and the Planning Commission for making downtown Hillsboro more walkable.

Partnership will protect Boy Scouts land in Happy Valley, open it as a natural area

Dec. 10, 2010 12:12 p.m.

A beloved Boy Scouts property overlooking Happy Valley will be protected as a public natural area with new trails, picnic tables and restrooms, thanks to a partnership including Metro, the City of Happy Valley and the North Clackamas Parks and Recreation District.

Statement on urban and rural reserves

By Carlotta Collette

Dec. 10, 2010 11:23 a.m.

Metro is committed to protecting the region’s farms and forests and to providing good jobs now and in the future. That’s why the Metro Council and its partners recently approved an historic proposal that protects more than 266,000 acres of rural land from development and provides about 28,000 acres to provide jobs and housing for our growing population during the next 50 years.

Statement on urban and rural reserves

By Carlotta Collette

Dec. 10, 2010 11:23 a.m.

Metro Council approves food recycling facility in northeast Portland

Dec. 10, 2010 9:51 a.m.

The Metro council last night unanimously approved a franchise permit for Columbia Biogas to operate a facility in northeast Portland that will recycle food waste from commercial and industrial sources, keep about 200,000 tons of waste out of landfills or the sewer system, and produce enough electricity to power up to 5,000 homes. Columbia Biogas plans to convert local food waste into renewable power, clean water, fertilizer and soil amendments.

Metro supports regional innovation with GIS data subscription service

Dec. 9, 2010 1:17 p.m.

For more than 20 years, strategic decision-making has been informed by Geographic Information System data provided by Metro's Data Research Center through the Regional Land Information System. Learn more about RLIS Live and the subscribers who use the GIS data to make key decisions for the region.

Cleanup at Willamette Cove reaches milestone

Tips to help you give green this holiday season

Saying language remains vague, housing industry calls for delay in Title 11 reforms

Metro makes green gift-giving easy

Council no closer to reserves agreement with Washington County

Metro awards more than $500,000 to improve air quality, improve community health

Conservation groups call for Metro to slow growth; business interests tout jobs at Dec. 9 hearing

Council unanimously OKs affordable housing language; final vote Thursday

Oregon City High School students build a better community

Metro promotes best practices for walkable, accessible downtowns

Partnership will protect Boy Scouts land in Happy Valley, open it as a natural area

Columbia River Crossing project takes center stage at JPACT

Statement on urban and rural reserves

Statement on urban and rural reserves

Metro Council approves food recycling facility in northeast Portland

Metro supports regional innovation with GIS data subscription service