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Clackamas County business leaders respond to growth recommendations

Oct. 15, 2009 5:24 p.m.

Members of the Clackamas County Business Alliance warned Metro Tuesday that implementing its growth plans could hit roadblocks when towns and cities have growth visions that differ from Metro's overall strategy.

Westside Economic Alliance takes a closer look at the Regional Transportation Plan

Oct. 15, 2009 5:12 p.m.

Several members of Westside Economic Alliance's transportation committee received a briefing Wednesday morning from Kim Ellis, principal regional planner at Metro, on the draft of the Regional Transportation Plan currently under consideration by the Metro Council, the Joint Policy Advisory Committee on Transportation and the Metro Policy Advisory Committee.

Regional leaders discover success stories in the Twin Cities

Oct. 15, 2009 4:25 p.m.

Every year a group of business, political and community leaders from the Portland metropolitan area visits another city to look at what that city is doing well and what our region might learn from those examples.

Multnomah County officials raise questions about urban renewal, affordable housing and public services

Oct. 13, 2009 6:15 p.m.

Metro Councilors and staff faced tough questions Tuesday from a generally friendly Multnomah County Board of Commissioners in discussing a recent report issued by Metro's chief operating officer, Michael Jordan.

Small but diverse group attends Making the Greatest Place hearing in Happy Valley

Oct. 9, 2009 2:13 p.m.

There might have been a lot of empty seats at the Happy Valley City Hall, but there was certainly no lack of ideas or discussion. The public hearing on the Chief Operating Officer's (COO) recommendations Thursday night included a diverse set of four people offering testimony -- a mayor, a lawyer, a citizen and a public advocate.

Forecasting and land use figure prominently in NAIOP discussion

Oct. 8, 2009 11:26 a.m.

Fifteen members of NAIOP, the Commercial Real Estate Development Association, talked land use with Metro Councilor Kathryn Harrington and Metro chief operating officer Michael Jordan on Oct. 6 in a discussion about Metro staff recommendations for Making the Greatest Place.

Vancouver field trip illustrated how to put the home back in – or rather on – Home Depot

Oct. 7, 2009 3:57 p.m.

Twenty-two elected officials and their staffs visited the city and suburbs of Vancouver British Columbia during the last weekend of September. The purpose of the trip was to see how that region was implementing its own regional strategy of focusing growth in centers and corridors, in both the city of Vancouver and the suburbs.

Gresham Chamber of Commerce weighs in on growth recommendations

Oct. 7, 2009 1:16 p.m.

If Metro wants to encourage growth in already-developed areas, they're going to have to encourage entrepreneurs in those places. That was the message Wednesday from members of the Gresham Chamber of Commerce's Government Affairs Council, as Metro councilors and staff continue to seek community feedback on Metro staff's long-term growth plans.

Metro makes first land acquisition to protect upper Rock Creek watershed

Oct. 6, 2009 4:41 p.m.

Metro secured its first land acquisition in the Rock Creek Watershed and Greenway target area in September with the purchase of 20 acres on the edge of Portland. The acquisition safeguards water quality in the Rock Creek watershed and protects wildlife habitat in the Abbey Creek headwaters.

Discussions begin on a possible Barbur light rail line

Oct. 6, 2009 11:54 a.m.

On Sept. 24, Metro Councilors Collette and Hosticka attended a presentation and tour of the Barbur Boulevard/Highway 99W corridor as part of a conversation about bringing light rail to the southwest part of the region.

Gresham public hearing touches on transportation, jobs and infrastructure

Oct. 2, 2009 5:13 p.m.

Thursday’s public hearing on Metro Chief Operating Officer Michael Jordan’s Making the Greatest Place recommendations displayed the wide variety of concerns resident of the region express at Metro nears decisions about managing growth for the next 50 years.