Urban and rural reserves
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Find out about a unique new collaborative process the region is using to choose the best places for future urban growth. Learn how regional partners are identifying lands that won’t be urbanized for the next 50 years. Share your views.
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Which areas of the region are proposed for future urban development and which for farm and forest protection? Visit nine areas around the region, view maps and read descriptions of proposed reserves. Use the interactive map to zoom to your area. Go
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Shaping the region for 40-50 years
What are urban and rural reserves? Clackamas, Multnomah and Washington counties and Metro are leading a regional process to identify land for future urban development and protect farms, forests and natural areas for the next half century...More
The reserves map
How will the final reserves system be created? Find out how representatives from Clackamas, Multnomah and Washington counties and Metro are crafting the final regional map and agreements to establish urban and rural reserves...More
Share your views
County commissioners and Metro councilors will come to agreements on urban and rural reserves in February. Find out how you can still weigh in. More
Reserves Core 4 agendas and minutes
Find meeting materials for the Reserves Core 4. The Core 4 are the representatives of the Metro Council and the three counties on the Reserves Steering Committee and are the only voting members....More
County lands suitable for reserves
What makes a piece of ground suitable for urban development? What keeps working farms or forests in business? Which rivers, wetlands and buttes define our region? Learn which lands each county has determined are suitable for urban and rural reserves...More
What reserves mean for you
Do you own land outside the urban growth boundary? Do you live in a rural community? Find out how an urban or rural reserve designation would affect you...More
County partners
Find information about how your county is planning for urban and rural reserves.
Clackamas County
Multnomah County
Washington County