Panelists will discuss ways planners, building departments and others can make the pre-development process easier. Forum co-sponsored by Clackamas and Washington county business coalitions.

Building Tomorrow's Jobs forum gets experts, local leaders discussing ways to build businesses using fewer resources

Metro, in association with Westside Economic Alliance and Clackamas County Business Alliance, will host a forum featuring environmental business experts, development companies and local governments Tuesday, Feb. 1. The forum, Building Tomorrow's Jobs, offers an opportunity for local developers to learn how environmentally friendly practices can enhance their bottom line.

The sun shone brightly on the restored flag pole at Metro’s Glendoveer Golf Course and Fitness Trail during a rededication ceremony Jan. 20. Repaired by American Legion Post No. 1, the restoration work and ceremony was a salute to veterans from every branch of service, their families and the surrounding Southeast Portland community.

A seven-man strong honor guard in dress uniform performed the flag-raising ceremony accompanied by music, using precise protocols established by the United States government.

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The Oregon Zoo has acquired a male Amur leopard named Borris, who is adjusting well to his new home. Once keepers have finished introducing him to the zoo’s other Amur leopard, Kia, the cats will spend all day together. Currently, they are separated for the night but are on exhibit together during zoo hours. The zoo is a service of Metro and is dedicated to its mission of inspiring the community to create a better future for wildlife.

Testimony split almost evenly between supporters and opponents of one option in the transit study, a streetcar along the Willamette River shore. Comment period remains open through the end January.

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Veterans and Metro officials will raise a new flag above Glendoveer Golf Course and Fitness Trail on Thursday, Jan. 27^th, at 11 a.m., 38 years after the signing of the Paris Peace Accords which ended the Vietnam War. The rededication ceremony will be a tribute to all military personnel from every service branch and every time period in American history. 

Metro now accepting applications for inaugural Trash-to-Art program

Every day, workers and machines at Metro's Central Transfer Station go through more than one and a quarter million pounds of trash. Recycling and composting programs help reduce the amount of waste that heads to the station but there are still items that aren't or can't be recycled, at least until now. Metro has joined with other organizations to start a new recycling program; making art out of trash. Metro has partnered with Cracked Pots and the new operator of Metro Central transfer station, Recology, to choose artists in the Portland metropolitan area to participate in the inaugural 2011 Pacific Northwest Art Program.

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