Metro

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Welcome to Metro

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

Discover in this site

Places and activities

Looking for places to go and things to do in the Portland metropolitan area? Metro is your guide to local activities, parks and nature trails, entertainment centers 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. Plus, learn how to keep your own neighborhood clean... Go

Sustainable living

Make the region greener – at home, in your garden, at the store and on the road. Sustainable living renews rather than depletes the planet's resources and Metro can show you how to do it… Go

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Planning and conservation

Learn about Metro’s initiatives and tools designed to promote prosperous communities and preserve and renew the natural environment… Go

Maps and data

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

Other Sections

Grants

Jobs at Metro

Volunteer

Doing business

Online store

About Metro

Who are you?

Teacher or parent

Developer, architect or contractor

Government partner

Interested person

More From Metro

Metro owns and operates the Oregon Zoo as well as the Oregon Convention Center, Portland Center for the Performing Arts and the Portland Metropolitan Exposition Center, which are managed by the Metropolitan Exposition Recreation Commission (MERC), a subsidiary of Metro.
Oregon Zoo        Oregon Convention Center        Performing Arts Center        Expo Center


Councilor Spotlight

Carl Hosticka

Carl Hosticka

Councilor Hosticka is working to ensure that future growth management decisions reinforce the region's aspirations for compact development and urban revitalization. More

Meet the Metro Council

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Need to report?

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

Meet the Metro Auditor

Metro vision for the region

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

By the Numbers

1.5 million
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.

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Metro
600 NE Grand Ave.
Portland, OR 97232-2736
503-797-1700
503-797-1804 TDD
503-797-1797 fax