Metro News

Counties release supportive housing services reports for Fiscal Year 2024-2025

Mon, 01 Dec 2025 23:52:00 +0000

The counties’ annual reports offer a detailed account of progress toward their goals for the 10-year supportive housing services fund.

Public notice: Opportunity to comment on pending amendment to the Metropolitan Transportation Improvement Plan

Wed, 26 Nov 2025 02:42:00 +0000

Metro is in receipt of proposed Metropolitan Transportation Improvement Plan formal amendments. To share your views, comment by 5 p.m. on Wednesday Dec. 24. A final notice will not be published.

Parks and nature 2025: Promises made, promises kept

Thu, 20 Nov 2025 20:54:00 +0000

Parks and nature 2025: Historic cemeteries

Thu, 20 Nov 2025 20:40:00 +0000

Honoring those buried at Metro's cemeteries.

Parks and nature 2025: Diversity, equity and inclusion

Thu, 20 Nov 2025 20:35:00 +0000

Metro holds to its values of diversity, equity and inclusion.

Parks and nature 2025: Community investments

Thu, 20 Nov 2025 19:52:00 +0000

Community members take the lead to distribute local grants.

Parks and nature 2025: Community education and stewardship

Thu, 20 Nov 2025 19:23:00 +0000

Connecting people to nature.

Parks and nature 2025: Land acquisition

Thu, 20 Nov 2025 19:11:00 +0000

Natural area purchases funded by the 2019 parks and nature bond measure.

Parks and nature 2025: Park improvements

Thu, 20 Nov 2025 19:02:00 +0000

Taking care of the region's most beloved parks.

Parks and nature 2025: Restoration and maintenance

Thu, 20 Nov 2025 18:36:00 +0000

Protecting clean water and restoring fish and wildlife habitat are the core of Metro’s parks and nature mission.

Parks and nature 2025: Protecting land, developing neighborhood priorities

Thu, 20 Nov 2025 18:25:00 +0000

Learn how Metro invested your tax dollars in parks and nature in 2024-2025

Hillsboro shelter will offer respite to over 75 people at a time

Tue, 18 Nov 2025 18:25:00 +0000

Construction of the Hillsboro year-round shelter was made possible in part by Metro’s supportive housing services fund, which will also pay for ongoing operations at the new facility.

Metro awards $1.3 million in 2040 planning and development grants

Thu, 13 Nov 2025 23:19:00 +0000

Among the funded projects is an effort to envision the future of Eastport Plaza on 82nd Avenue.

Tukwila Springs blends local and federal funding to support people transitioning out of homelessness

Thu, 13 Nov 2025 00:06:00 +0000

By Lauren Everett

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Clackamas County affordable apartment community, Tukwila Springs, offers permanent supportive housing for 48 people. It is made possible in part by Metro’s affordable housing bond and supportive housing services fund.

Public notice: Opportunity to comment on pending amendment to the Metropolitan Transportation Improvement Plan

Tue, 04 Nov 2025 21:33:00 +0000

Metro is in receipt of proposed Metropolitan Transportation Improvement Plan formal amendments. To share your views, comment by 5 p.m. on Wednesday Dec. 3. A final notice will not be published.

在波特兰玉石区，家庭在文化响应型的托儿服务中找到希望

Tue, 04 Nov 2025 17:10:00 +0000

By Roxy De La Torre from Somos Media

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82大道联盟与地方领导人合作，共同制定了一项长期的托儿战略。这项战略在家庭与服务提供者的参与下完成，确保生活、工作、抚养孩子在走廊沿线的人们能够获得价格合理、质量上乘的早期教育。

Programas de cuidado infantil culturalmente adecuados, representan para las familias en el distrito Jade de Portland una esperanza de un mejor futuro

Tue, 04 Nov 2025 17:05:00 +0000

By Roxy De La Torre from Somos Media

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La Coalición de la Avenida 82 se asoció con líderes locales para diseñar una estrategia de cuidado infantil a largo plazo. Desarrollada con aportes de familias y proveedores, la estrategia garantiza acceso a educación temprana asequible y confiable para quienes viven, trabajan y crían a sus hijos en esa zona urbana.

In Portland’s Jade District, families find hope in culturally responsive childcare

Tue, 04 Nov 2025 17:00:00 +0000

By Roxy De La Torre from Somos Media

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The 82nd Avenue Coalition partnered with local leaders to shape a long-term childcare strategy. Built with input from families and providers, the strategy ensures access to affordable, high-quality early education for those who live, work and raise children in the corridor.

Public notice: Opportunity to comment on amendments to three transit projects in the 2023 Regional Transportation Plan

Mon, 03 Nov 2025 17:00:00 +0000

Share your feedback on the locally preferred alternative transit routes for the 82nd Avenue Transit Project, Tualatin Valley Highway Transit and Safety Project, and Montgomery Park Streetcar Extension. Comment by Friday, Dec. 19.

Affordable homeownership comes to Milwaukie with the Shortstack cottage cluster

Thu, 30 Oct 2025 22:59:00 +0000

Shortstack development brings 15 affordable homes for purchase to Milwaukie. It was made possible in part by Metro’s affordable housing bond.

See the design for Willamette Cove's future nature park

Mon, 27 Oct 2025 21:45:00 +0000

The park design was shaped by input from community members, tribes and scientists working on the cleanup at the North Portland site.

Metro is now accepting applications for community representatives on the Transportation Policy Alternatives Committee

Fri, 17 Oct 2025 16:55:00 +0000

Community representatives interested in regional transportation issues apply by Nov. 17, 2025.

Public notice: Upcoming opportunity to comment on three amendments to the 2023 Regional Transportation Plan

Mon, 13 Oct 2025 20:00:00 +0000

Enter Our Big Backyard winter 2026 photo contest

Mon, 06 Oct 2025 21:07:00 +0000

Enter your photo of our region's natural wonders to potentially be published in the winter 2026 issue of Our Big Backyard, Metro's quarterly magazine.

Restoring memories: Inside a cemetery tending event

Mon, 29 Sep 2025 19:45:00 +0000

By Rebecca Koffman

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During tending events at Metro's historic cemeteries, community members roll up their sleeves to clean grave markers. In the process, they make connections to history, nature, community and their own ideas about death.

How one night in East Portland reimagined community

Fri, 26 Sep 2025 18:28:00 +0000

Metro placemaking grantee Cultivate Initiatives hosts annual Eat & Greet event to build connection through food, music and community.

Metro funding helps counties expand work to connect health care and housing services

Thu, 18 Sep 2025 16:33:00 +0000

By Lauren Everett

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Metro supportive housing services funds are helping Clackamas, Multnomah and Washington counties sustain and expand programs that bring frontline staff and health care providers together to better serve people experiencing or transitioning out of homelessness.

Public notice: Share your input on Metro’s 10-year travel options plan

Thu, 18 Sep 2025 16:30:00 +0000

Metro wants to know how to make it easier to use active and shared transportation in the region. Take the survey to share your ideas and enter a drawing for a $100 gift card.

Metro to study garbage and recycling collection at apartments

Wed, 17 Sep 2025 18:22:00 +0000

The new study will help assess how many people living in apartments have adequate garbage and recycling services.

Public notice: Comment on the draft Regional Housing Coordination Strategy

Mon, 15 Sep 2025 21:41:00 +0000

Share your feedback on the draft Regional Housing Coordination Strategy by Wednesday, Oct. 15.

Concordia public housing redevelopment celebrates grand opening

Wed, 10 Sep 2025 16:56:00 +0000

The T. Joyce Phillips apartments in Northeast Portland celebrated the completion of a redevelopment that added 147 affordable homes, thanks to the voter-approved Metro affordable housing bond.

Bridge to Home offers refuge for families experiencing homelessness in Washington County

Wed, 03 Sep 2025 23:08:00 +0000

By Lauren Everett

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The Bridge to Home family shelter in Tigard celebrated the completion of renovations last week with a grand re-opening. The shelter's remodel and ongoing operations have been made possible by Metro’s supportive housing services fund.

Public notice: Opportunity to comment on pending amendment to the Metropolitan Transportation Improvement Plan

Wed, 03 Sep 2025 00:43:00 +0000

Metro is in receipt of proposed Metropolitan Transportation Improvement Plan formal amendments. To share your views, comment by 5 p.m. on Wednesday Oct. 1. A final notice will not be published.

Chaku kumtuks haws celebrates grand opening in Portland’s Cully neighborhood

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 23:12:00 +0000

Affordable housing complex chaku kumtuks haws will offer culturally specific services and early childhood education from the Native American Youth and Family Center. Construction was funded in part by the Metro affordable housing bond.

Metro launches Safe Streets resource hub

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 21:58:00 +0000

The new hub includes tools, data and strategies to help improve road safety in communities across the region.

Before you swing the sledgehammer: The resulting debris could need testing

Mon, 18 Aug 2025 18:57:00 +0000

By Rebecca Koffman

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For building contractors and do-it-yourself home improvers alike, the process is the same: If you’re disposing of certain kinds of building materials, proof that they contain less than 1% of asbestos is required at both Metro Central in Northwest Portland and Metro South in Oregon City.

Public notice (closed): Opportunity to comment on Willamette Resources, Inc.’s solid waste facility franchise renewal application