Metro finalizes Beaver Creek Greenway land acquisition

Last week, Metro finalized a deal to acquire 62.6 acres of the Beaver Creek Greenway Corridor from Mt Hood Community College. The space, valued at $196,020, is one of the last major acquisitions in Metro's $135.6 million open spaces acquisition program that

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Though owned by the college, the land was both in the city limits of Gresham and the city limits of Troutdale. All metro open space acquisitions require that a local jurisdiction act as the governing body of the property - in this case determined to be Troutdale - so the space had to be de-annexed from Gresham into Troutdale.

Because of the land-use public process and the legal details of registering the space, the deal took almost five years to complete, said William Eadie, Metro's open spaces real estate negotiator.

It's been a popular acquisition because Beaver Creek is a valuable riparian area out there, he said, adding that there will be a master plan developed for the Beaver Creek region when the deal is complete. We have acquired what we think we can acquire in that area.