Urban growth boundaries aim to curb suburban sprawl and protect rural land, but do they always work? In this video, we explore the effectiveness of UGBs, using Portland, Oregon, as a case study.

The governor revealed an online map on Thursday aimed at making the ... “We spent time looking at the land inside the urban growth boundary and tried to come up with ideas to unleash land ...

If any of the three legislative bodies deny the urban growth boundary map, the Growth Committee will have to convene again, offering an amended variation of the map. The same, however, cannot be said ...

when Portland was on a growth trajectory and numbers backed up the district’s vision. (PSU’s June 2012 projections forecast the district would have 51,490 students this academic year.

Our city council may hold dear the line that “growth pays for growth ... The Official Community Plan and its Urban Containment Boundary foresee massive urban expansion in the forests between ...

Portland’s Franklin Street was once a tree-lined neighborhood street that housed families and neighborhood businesses. Urban ...

“Adelaide has been living with the punishing economic legacy of the urban growth boundary for more than a decade,” he said. “This artificial line around greater Adelaide has done nothing to ...

A Southwest Portland family filed a $4.7 million lawsuit Friday afternoon against the city of Portland’s Urban Forestry division ... here is to protect the growth without the reputation having ...

The city of Portland says it needs to raise property taxes by up to 7 percent and use about $9 million from its rainy-day ...

The Baltimore County Farmland Preservation Act would require the county’s planning board and a clear majority of the Baltimore County Council to approve any changes to our urban boundary.