Planning and conservation › Making the Greatest Place
The Metro Council is working with local leaders and people throughout the region to create sustainable and prosperous communities for present and future generations. Learn about key decisions that will be made in 2009 and 2010.
Review recommendations released Sept. 15, 2009, on strategies for a sustainable and prosperous region. Find out how residents responded during a 30-day comment period.More
When someone asks you why you live in the Portland metropolitan area, what do you say? Chances are you love this place – and choose to live here – for many reasons. Whether your roots are generations deep or newly planted, you are part of a community that treasures the nature around us, the neighborhoods and businesses that sustain us and our shared commitment to preserving our quality of life.
The quality of life we enjoy here is the result of conscious decisions and hard choices made by citizen leaders, business owners and elected officials to protect farms and forest land, preserve the character of single-family neighborhoods, revitalize commercial districts, invest in transportation options and safeguard our clean air, clean water and healthy ecosystems. As our population continues to grow, the Metro Council is committed to protecting the things we love about this place and charting a wise course for the future.
Making the Greatest Place is a set of policy and investment decisions aimed at protecting our valuable farm and forest land while maintaining and investing in our town and regional centers, transportation corridors and employment areas. Key decisions in fall 2009 and throughout 2010 include:
By the end of 2010, if local policy and investment commitments are not adequate to serve the growth that is anticipated over the next 20 years, an expansion of the urban growth boundary may be considered.
Regional Transportation Plan
503-797-1735
rtp@oregonmetro.gov
Urban and rural reserves
503-797-1814
reserves@oregonmetro.gov
Download a 6-page brochure on Making the Greatest Place below that explains what the decisions are, who will make them and when and how you can get involved. You can also read Our Place in the World, a 36-page booklet that frames the challenges and choices facing the region in the context of our history and our place.
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Learn about the region's plans for completing an integrated, multi-modal transportation system from now through 2035.
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.
The urban growth report helps inform a regional vision for how and where to grow over the next 20 years.
Learn more about the aspirations of local communities in the region to create and sustain healthy and vital places to live, work and play.
As the region’s population grows, one of the challenges to successful implementation of the 2040 Growth Concept is the development and maintenance of critical infrastructure necessary to build and enhance great communities.
This region is admired across the nation for its innovative approach to planning for the future. Our enviable quality of life can be attributed in no small measure to our stubborn belief in the importance of thinking ahead.
Sept. 15, 2009 - The current urban growth boundary around the Portland metropolitan area is large enough to contain virtually all of the population and employment growth forecast for the next 20 years, but only if effective, efficient actions are taken by local governments, according to recommendations released today by Metro's chief operating officer Michael Jordan. View a video and news release
