For two weekends every year, “Portland Open Studios Tour” artists in the Portland metropolitan area open their studios to the public. This Thursday, March 4, Mayor Sam Adams and Portland Open Studios will be hosting a City Hall reception and ceremony to celebrate the ten-year anniversary of Portland Open Studios.
“The arts in Portland help [...]
A capacity crowd is expected to attend Mayor Denny Doyle’s first State of the City address, Beaverton Now: A Stronger Beaverton through Partnerships, Tuesday night at the Beaverton City Library. With keeping and creating real jobs, fostering economic growth and creating a comprehensive civic plan for Beaverton’s downtown as his top priorities for next year, [...]
A partnership led by the City of Portland Bureau of Transportation and the Portland Development Commission has been awarded a federal TIGER (Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery) grant of $23,203,988 to enhance transportation connections in Portland’s Innovation Quadrant. Portland’s unique application faced incredible competition; a total of 14,000 applications worth more than $60 billion contended [...]
Mayor Sam Adams released a statement today regarding the ongoing discussion around the Aaron Campbell shooting:
“Today, joined by members of Portland’s community – of all races and backgrounds — Reverend Leroy Haynes personally delivered a letter to me on behalf of the Albina Ministerial Alliance. The letter calls for a public inquiry into the police-involved [...]
As the city of Portland anticipates a visit from civil rights leader Jesse Jackson today, both Chief Sizer and Mayor Adams spoke today regarding the Campbell police shooting incident.
We published the full text of Chief Sizer’s speech here.
Below is video of Mayor Adams speech:
Mayor Sam Adams said he's confident with Sizer's leadership of the bureau
On Wednesday, Gresham Mayor Shane T. Bemis announced that Jack Medak the owner of the building at 9295 E. Burnside and potential landlord for a proposed methadone clinic in the Rockwood area of Gresham has decided not to lease his space for that use.
“This is a big win for the people who have been working [...]
