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Read about the unique collaborative process the region used to choose the best places for future growth, identifying lands that won't be urbanized for the next 50 years as well as areas best suited to accommodate future urban development.
updated June 17, 2010
On Tuesday, June 15, the Washington County Board of Commissioners designated 151,536 acres of rural reserves within their county. The last of the four commission and council designations, this is the final formal action needed to complete the reserves system across the region.
On June 10, the Metro Council designated 28,165 acres of urban reserves - land that will provide, if needed, future neighborhoods and jobs over the next half century.
Clackamas and Multnomah counties designated their rural reserves in May. For more information, visit their websites:
Clackamas County
Washington County
Multnomah County
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What are urban and rural reserves? Clackamas, Multnomah and Washington counties and Metro are leading a regional process to identify land for future urban development and protect farms, forests and natural areas for the next half century...More
Representatives from Clackamas, Multnomah and Washington counties and Metro have produced final proposals on urban and rural reserves. View proposed maps and agreements...More
For two years, county commissioners and Metro councilors consulted with residents and stakeholders across the region as they crafted a system of urban and rural reserves. Learn about that process and read what the people of the region said...More
Find meeting materials for the Reserves Core 4. The Core 4 are the representatives of the Metro Council and the three counties on the Reserves Steering Committee and are the only voting members....More
Do you own land outside the urban growth boundary? Do you live in a rural community? Find out how an urban or rural reserve designation would affect you...More
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