Local developers and environmentalists both can claim victory — momentarily — as the Marion County Commission wrapped ... as the Urban Growth Boundary, or ... the future land-use map.

A Bing map of Portland’s Urban Growth Boundary, January 22, 2018. State law established the Urban Growth Boundary in 1979. Every city in Oregon is required to have one, although in Portland one ...

High-tech and high-profile industries fueled a growth spurt that saw the county's population increase 15.5 percent from 2000 to 2006. More than half a million people now live in the county.

Oregon's severe housing crisis requires that legislators commit to bold action, the editorial board writes, including allowing modest changes to the urban growth boundary as contemplated by Senate ...

But the boundary didn't prove so practical once population growth revived. Between 1990 and 2000, metro Portland's median home prices doubled , and they have continued increasing to $358,000, 90% ...

The urban growth boundary for Salem and Keizer could expand by 35 acres to accommodate the construction of a third motorist bridge connecting Marion County and West Salem.