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Making the Greatest Place: Recommendations from Metro's chief operating officer

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Review recommendations released Sept. 15, 2009, on strategies for a sustainable and prosperous region. Find out how you can share your views.

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How do you think the region should grow? View a timeline for key decisions between now and the end of 2010 and learn about opportunities to share your views. Find out what people had to say during a 30-day comment period that ended Oct. 15.More

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Strategies for a sustainable and prosperous region

A report from Metro's chief operating officer

Following four years of study, analysis and collaboration with regional partners, including elected officials and residents, Metro released a report Sept. 15 containing recommendations for how the region can grow over the next 50 years toward making the greatest place. The recommendations focus on maintaining the urban growth boundary as much as possible to protect natural areas, farms and forestland, investing in and making the most of existing community assets, and creating good jobs for the residents of the region.

In September 2005, the region received a forecast that more than one million more people would live here within 25 years. That realization kicked off a new way of planning for growth in our region, including focusing more on the outcomes that we want – protecting natural areas, reinvesting in our local communities, and creating good jobs – and integrating major land use, transportation and investment decisions into one process. This course has led to the Metro Chief Operating Operator report contained here. This document is not a decision, but a set of recommendations intended to invite a regional conversation. Local elected officials and the Metro Council will make a series of decisions related to these recommendations through the end of 2010.

Video: Introduction to the recommendations by chief operating officer Michael Jordan

View a video of the Sept. 15, 2009, news conference with Michael Jordon

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Download the recommendations, plans and reports below. Some file sizes are very large. Metro staff are working to make smaller versions of the files available. In the meantime, do not hesitate to call 503-797-1562 for assistance or to request a printed copy of documents.

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Strategies for a prosperous and sustainable region

Review the recommendations released by Metro's chief operating officer on Sept. 15, 2009, for how the region can grow over the next 50 years.Download the report

Metro Council

Council engages community and business leaders

In response to the chief operating officer's recommendations for Making the Greatest Place, Metro Councilors are listening to feedback from local officials as well as business and community groups. These meetings and input from residents will help inform the Metro Council's upcoming decisions. Read summaries of what they've heard.

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