Empty Apartments Pale in Comparison to China
By Don MacGillivray Much criticism has been leveled at the City about housing development of recent years. It seems that the city is over building a…
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State Housing Bills Reflect City Proposals
By Midge Pierce As goes the City, so goes Salem with bills on the legislative docket for rent control and densification. Mayor Ted Wheeler indicates…
Business Owner Fights TriMet’s Overcrossing Project
By Jonathan Maus, editor and publisher of BikePortland This article originally appeared on BikePortland.org bikeportland.org/2018/12/20/business-o…
URM Year End Update
URM Year End Update by Gabriel Frayne Jr. The battle between URM building owners and the Portland City Council over seismic upgrades ended the ye…
Metro Urban Growth Boundary
By Don Mac Gillivray Predicting how much our region will grow is the job of the Portland Metropolitan Service District (Metro) and it isn’t easy. …
Homelessness in Portland Part II
By David Krogh There is no simple solution to eliminating homelessness, much less addressing it in a meaningful way. November’s edition introduced t…
RIP Positions Intensify
By Midge Pierce Sweeping land use reform that would eliminate single family housing is all the rage in entering 2019 as Oregon House Speaker Tina Ko…
Good Attitudes Make Good Neighbors
By Midge Pierce Good Neighbor Agreements are touted by staffers from SE Uplift and Portland’s newly rebranded Office of Office of Community and Civi…
RIP Year End Update
By David Krogh Speaker Tina Kotek has announced (per Willamette Week and The Oregonian) she is working on legislation that could mandate densificati…
Seasonal Giving Opportunities in SE Portland
By Jack Rubinger There’s no shortage of interesting, fun and easy seasonal giving and volunteer opportunities in our community this season. Here …