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Metro launches update of 50‑year Future Vision; commission appointed, public engagement planned

5386773 · July 15, 2025
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Metro has begun a multi‑year effort to update its 50‑year Future Vision, appointing a Future Vision Commission and planning broad public outreach and an implementation planning phase. The commission will guide vision development; Metro expects public engagement in 2026 and a move toward implementation thereafter.

Metro staff on July 14 briefed the Washington County Coordinating Committee on a new process to update the agency’s 50‑year Future Vision, the long‑range conceptual outlook the Metro charter directs the agency to produce.

Jess Deeb, principal regional planner and Metro’s project manager for the effort, said the existing Future Vision dates to 1995 and that the new process will be a visioning exercise rather than a regulatory rewrite. The…

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