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Metro Urbanizes 615 Acres as Industrial

PORTLAND, OR-The metro area's regional government expands the urban growth boundary to include 550 acres near Hillsboro's high-tech corridor and 65 aces north of Cornelius. It's all part of a plan to meet the region's employment needs.

By Brian K. Miller | Updated on November 21, 2005

PORTLAND-Metro, the regional government for the Greater Portland area, expanded the urban-growth boundary late last week, adding several hundred acres as industrial land to help meet the region’s employment needs. The additions include 550 acres on the edge of the boundary in Hillsboro’s high-tech corridor and 65 acres north of Cornelius.

Metro is required by state law to provide a 20-year supply of land within the urban growth boundary for residential, commercial and industrial uses. The supply is reviewed every five years.

In 2002, the most recent review, the Metro Council forecasted a need for an additional 38,700 residential units, 140 acres of commercial land and 4,285 acres of industrial land. That December, it added 18,638 acres of land to the urban growth boundary, leaving a portion of the industrial requirement unmet.

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