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Welcome to Metro

Your elected regional government, Metro is working to make the Portland metropolitan area an extraordinary place to live, work and play.

Places and activities
Looking for places to go and things to do? Metro is your guide to nature activities, entertainment venues, parks, trails, and more... Go

Garbage and recycling
Get everything you need to know about recycling and garbage and hazardous waste disposal in the Portland metropolitan area... Go

Make the region greener – at home, in your garden, at the store and on the road. Metro can show you how…… Go

Planning and conservation
Learn about Metro’s initiatives and tools designed to create vibrant communities and enrich the natural environment… Go

Maps and data
Use Metro’s state-of-the-art mapping, regional economic analysis and demographic forecasting tools and services… Go

Share your views
Help shape the future of the region by contributing your ideas on land, transportation, recycling, parks, trails and how we grow… Go

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A historical habitat renewed at Graham Oaks Nature Park

Metro operates the Oregon Zoo as well as the Oregon Convention Center, Portland Center for the Performing Arts and the Portland Metropolitan Exposition Center.

Councilor Harrington is the lead council liaison on the Reserves Steering Committee working to designate land suitable for growth while protecting valuable farm and forest lands. More
Meet the Metro Council

Need to report?
Visit the Metro Auditor's confidential ethics line to report a concern. Go

What is Metro?
From managing parks to planning for the region's future, discover what Metro does and the ways it connects to your life. Go

Metro serves nearly 1.5 million people – from the Columbia River to farmlands south of the Willamette River near Wilsonville, and from the foothills of the Coast Range near Forest Grove to the banks of the Sandy River at Troutdale.

Find news, stories and things to do on Metro's website. Subscribe to daily, weekly or monthly e-mail digests, or view updates in your news reader.Go