Metro in the Media: Oct. 17, 2011
NEWS ABOUT METRO
Metro looks at plan to expand growth boundary
Councilors are set to decide on land expansion on Oct. 20 (Portland Tribune/Oct. 17/Jim Redden)
Metro Council Approaching Final Vote On UGB
The council is keen on expanding the boundary by less than 2,000 acres (OPB News/Oct. 14/Rob Manning)
Metro Council makes minor change to urban growth boundary proposal
A 48-acre area near Tigard was added by a unanimous vote of the council (Metro Newsfeed/Oct. 13/Nick Christensen)
Tigard-area land added to Metro proposal
The addition is smaller than the 256-acre area the city requested (Portland Business Journal/Oct. 14/Andy Giegerich)
Orenco Woods Golf Course deal goes green
Metro and the city of Hillsboro will split the cost of turning the fairway into a nature park (Hillsboro Argus/Oct. 7/Kurt Eckert)
Hillsboro notes: At council meeting, some gadflies say thanks; others still have questions
Meeting attendees seem pleased with city's development plans despite missing details (Oregonian/Oct. 5/Casey Parks)
Hillsboro's nature park plans will displace Saint Child from historic Orenco house
After the $4 million deal is done, a young mothers program must find new residence (Oregonian/Oct. 6/Casey Parks)
Sherwood's Cedar Creek Greenway Trail poised to receive $5.1 million
Metro will decide whether to allocate the money for a 4.7-mile trail (Oregonian/Oct. 13/Sally Ho)
AROUND THE REGION
'Yes' on Proposition 1
The Columbian recommends voting for tax increase to preserve transit services (The Columbian/Oct. 12)
OTHER REFERENCES
Birmingham provides global eco good practice case study
Burkholder gets European lesson on low-impact, energy-efficient homebuilding (Spaghetti Gazetti/Oct. 7)
American councillor visits Birmingham's first eco village in Ladywood
Burkholder's visit to an English eco village adds to its international acclaim (Birmingham Mail/Oct. 14/Kate Baldwyn)
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
Washington County News: iPhone 4S has TriQuint chips inside; WalMart traffic worries Raleigh Hills neighbors
Neighbors aren't opposed to the box store, just the traffic (Oregonian/Oct. 14/Kjerstin Gabrielson)
Paying for Vera's mistakes
Local blogger says the city is in debt $155 million for a wing of the Convention Center (Bojack/Oct. 14/Jack Bogdanski)
