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TriMet's Plan to Bridge the Willamette Drawing Near The Portland Bureau of Development Services (BDS) seeks public comment before commencing on the construction of the Willamette River Transit Bridge, which, if approved, will make it the twelfth bridge to span the river. The bridge will link the south waterfront district at Southwest Porter Street to the a location over the river at Southeast Sherman. The bridge, which will more...
Get your art on, people, it’s (nearly) fall in Portland—and that means even more art. All flavors of music. Visual art. Performance. Dance. Storytelling. Festivals, shows, and on-going series that will surely amuse, entertain and inspire. All coming at you in rapid succession. Here's a snapshot of the wide-ranging must-see events of the upcoming fall arts season. Enjoy! Sack Lunch Concerts at the Old Church more...
Green Tour de Force: 9th Annual Build It Green! Home Tour on September 25 Tickets are on sale for the 9th annual Build It Green! Home Tour on Saturday, September 25. Included in the 21-home tour is a straw bale house—the first to be permitted in Portland—and a Victorian home that received energy-saving upgrades from the Clean Energy Works program. There will be contractors and homeowners at each site to share their more...
While most environmental advocates are fighting to keep our skies blue, our water clear, and our outdoor air clean, the Josiah Hill III Clinic wants to make our indoor environment a healthy place to live. Not many people realize that our indoor air is generally 5-20 times more polluted than the air we’re breathing in the great outdoors, and we spend up to 90% of our time inside, blissfully unaware of the increased risks. There more...
Bald eagles come to visit their friends at the Oregon Zoo. People spot them in the trees outside the cage and ask the zoo to check if some of their animals escaped. Maybe you've seen a bald eagle: they're prevalent in and around Portland. Along the zoo's Cascade Canyon Trail, I walk with Amy Cutting, assistant curator of the Great Northwest exhibit. She tells me the first time a bull elk showed up on the other side of the more...
Six Great Things to Do This Weekend... Do it yourself, do it with friends, but do it soon. Summer's making its curtain call, but there's still plenty to do while it lasts. Scavenge the city for a hidden treasure, dance with giant puppets or drink the Oregon moonshine (i.e. small-batch microbrews). LEARN Wild Foods in Wilderness Survival Where: 4125 N Colonial Avenue When: Sunday, August 29, 1 p.m.-4 more...
“What you're seeing is the first succession in a six tier food forest,” garden manager Angela Goldsmith tells me as we walk over the pebbled paths in Fargo Forest Garden, one of several Food In The City projects sponsored by Oregon Sustainable Agriculture Land Trust (OSALT). It's a sunny afternoon, and what I'm seeing is an abundance of wildflowers, birds and bees on a space that used to be nothing but more...
Wrecking Ball Might Soon Come for the Dirty Duck in Old Town-Chinatown The Bureau of Development Services (BDS) is requesting responses for the demolition of the historic brick Kiernan Building, built in 1916 at the corner of Northwest 3rd and Glisan which, until recently, was the home of Gail's Dirty Duck Tavern. The applicant, the neighboring Blanchet House, seeks to demo the one-story building in order to construct a more...
Six Great Things to Do This Weekend... It's still summer, so it should come as no surprise that there's plenty to do this weekend, whether you're exploring the streets where you live or the waterways on which you don't. And if you're really ambitious and happen to be a whiz at managing your time, you could take part in all of the following. LEARN Behind the Scenes: The Portland Harbor by Water more...
Laurelhurst Pond and Thomas Cully Park to Share Sludge Restoration of Laurelhurst Pond is underway. The first step in the process is to reduce the amount of sediment, comprised of sand and organic material, which will increase the depth of the water. Portland Parks & Recreation (PP&R) will install several features to improve circulation and prevent the sludge from collecting at the bottom. This will help to keep the more...
It’s a simple idea with big rewards--living close to where you work.
If you didn’t have that long commute, think of how much extra time you’d have to play with your kids, read a book, take the dog for a walk or prepare a meal at home...
With a shorter commute, calculate how much money you’d save on reduced costs for fuel, maintenance, insurance and vehicle replacement, especially if you switched to transit or a bicycle for your commute to work.
If this idea sounds good, the Swan Island TMA’s “N/NE PDX TNT...Trip Not Taken” site is dedicated to providing the information you’ll need to consider moving closer to where you work or finding work closer to your home.
North/Inner Northeast Portland has the region’s highest concentration of diverse, well-paying jobs and more than a dozen neighborhoods with a vibrant mix of retail, recreational, educational and community resources.
Explore the opportunities to live and work in North/Inner Northeast Portland!
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