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This is the fourth and final installment in our series exploring Portland's land use issues. For tips, resources and a general overview, please see our first story. For more information on reading land use notices and interpreting zoning codes, please read our second story. Our third story details methods you can employ to preserve the character of your neighborhood. Your neighborhood is your home. Consequently, more...

This is the fourth article in a series about neighborhood branding, which explores the perceptions of your neighborhood before determining what to change and setting goals. We will now continue with making your neighborhood’s brand come to life. Successful brands are always defined by logos—the combination of a stylized name and image that represents a concept much larger than the sum of its parts. Yet, more...

This is the second installment in Neighborhood Notes’ series on indie business collaboration through space sharing. It doesn’t take a brilliant mind to realize that burritos and beers go together. And many Portland purveyors of food and beverage have figured out ways to creatively share business spaces. Our first list of examples was concerned with those sharing due natural proximity and complementary more...

[Editor's note:If you're a NN community member, you can add patios that you'd like to visit to your to-do list.Business names in our articles link to business pages in ourlocally owned business directory. Find theTo-Do iconand give it a click. After adding a bunch of local businesses to yourlist, visit your dashboard to share your selections with friends oruse it as a reminder when you're ready to get more...

[Editor's note: If you're an NN community member you can add new businesses that you'd like to visit to your to-do list.Business names in our articles link to business pages in ourlocally owned business directory. Find theTo-Do iconand give it a click. After adding a bunch of local businesses to yourlist, visit your dashboard to share your selections with friends or as a reminder when you're ready to more...

Teenagers seeking jobs in Portland and across the country are facing another unwelcoming summer job market. Reduced funding for summer employment programs and increased competition from displaced adult workers have greatly reduced job opportunities for youth. As noted in our previous article on youth employment, the benefits of summer youth employment includes improved academic success for students that work during more...

If you’ve recently liked a small business on Facebook, then maybe you’ve also seen a Mission: Small Business ad—a program sponsored by Chase Bank and LivingSocial where up to 12 small businesses will each receive $250,000 grants—asking you to vote for your favorite indie businesses. Or, maybe a local business you support has directly reached out to you via its Facebook page, email, Twitter, more...

As Portlanders, we love our farmers’ markets. With 21 markets in the city and nearly double that throughout the metro region, the appeal of farm-fresh food as well as the opportunity to interact with our comestible producers makes our markets a place to come together as a community, socializing while supporting local and eating healthy. But, is it easy to start a neighborhood farmers’ market? Does each more...

Who is responsible for job creation? The president, local government, entrepreneurial business people? As we expressed last month in the first installment in our Thinking Local series, you don’t have to look to ambiguous entities to create change in your community. You, and your neighbors, have the power to effect considerable change by just changing your habits. There is power in your dollar, but there is more...

While new restaurants and bars ruled the business landscape of early and midwinter, late winter in Portland belonged to consignors, refurbishers and providers of vintage threads. While February brought new businesses specializing in baked sweets, cotton candy, authentic Iraqi cuisine, and chicken and waffles (plus fitness classes to work it all off), it also brought retailers of jewelry made from found fossils, more...