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City Environment News Sustainability

Join or Lead a Tree Care Team with Portland Fruit Tree Project in 2016!

Learn tree care skills while improving the health & productivity of urban fruit trees. Join a Tree Care Team with Portland Fruit Tree Project and receive valuable training in organic methods of fruit tree care throughout the seasons, while caring for urban fruit trees that provide fruit for the community. This is a unique opportunity […]

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Crime Prevention News

Don’t Let the Streets Sparkle this Holiday Season

By Bill Dolan Car prowlers find cars with what appear to be valuables, break windows and steal whatever they can carry. Items that seem to have little value to you such as your gym bag with the sweaty socks are a perfect example of items most often stolen. What might be inside the gym bag […]

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City News Planning & Sustainability Public Involvement

Residential Infill Project Survey

Online survey available until January 12, 2016 to share your thoughts about new residential development.  Portland is growing and new homes are springing up throughout the city. So the City of Portland is taking a fresh look at the regulations controlling development in single-dwelling neighborhoods to ensure that new “infill” housing meets the needs of […]

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City Environment Grants News Sustainability

Community Watershed Stewardship Program Grants

Up to $10,000 available for community projects! The Community Watershed Stewardship Program (CWSP) is accepting pre-applications for Stewardship Grants. The deadline to submit pre-applications is 4:00 p.m. on Friday, February 5, 2016. CWSP provides stewardship grants of up to $10,000 each for projects that help Portlanders make improvements in their neighborhoods and communities, while improving […]

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Crime Prevention News

Vacation Checklist

By City of Portland’s Crime Prevention Program Burglars target homes that appear unoccupied to reduce the likelihood of being caught and having to confront people in the home. Creating an appearance of occupancy while you are out is one of the best strategies to employ for burglary prevention. Setting lights, televisions and radios on timers; […]

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City Environment Livability News Sustainability

Portland=Bike City USA

Portlanders set a record for bike commuting in 2014, with 7.2 percent of commuters choosing to bike to work, according to new figures published today by the U.S. Census Bureau. An estimated 23,347 Portlanders commuted to work by bike in 2014, an increase of 27 percent, or 5,010 commuters from the year before. “Two of […]