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Westside Candidates Forum

Get to know Portland’s candidates for Mayor and City Council Let them know your concerns. Tuesday, March 29, 2016 6:15-7:00 pm – meet-and-greet with the candidates 7:00-8:45 pm – Forum Multnomah Arts Center 7688 SW Capitol Hwy. We have invited ALL the Mayoral and City Council candidates and have confirmation from the campaigns of Ted Wheeler, […]

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Portland Harbor – EPA Community Information Sessions

Get Ready: The Lower Willamette River is a valuable natural resource. However, Portland Harbor, a section of the River between the Broadway Bridge and Sauvie Island, has contaminants which are harmful to people, fish and wildlife. EPA is taking action to make it a cleaner, healthier place to live, work and play.  A Proposed Plan […]

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Multnomah County Budget Survey

Multnomah County’s Office of Citizen Involvement As a valued member of our community, we would like to invite you to participate in a quick survey. Your responses will help us better serve your needs and improve our services. Take the survey now; it is only open for a month. Typically, it only takes 3 to […]

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Take a Stand for Deconstruction!

Wednesday, February 17th City Hall, 1221 SW 4th Ave. Sign-up to testify by 1:30 Hearing Starts at 2:30 In 2015, 337 homes in Portland came down. Of those, only about 30 were deconstructed. The cost to our community, and to our planet, in terms of waste to the landfill, increased atmospheric carbon, not to mention the […]

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Chinese Cultural Events

OREGON HISTORICAL SOCIETY EVENTS Chinese American: Exclusion / Inclusion January 28 – June 1, 2016 Oregon Historical Society 1200 SW Park Ave Portland, Oregon 97205 America’s desire for trade with China is older than Independence, yet in 1882 the nation’s borders shut for the first time to exclude Chinese workers. A long and bitter contest […]

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Welcome to Biketown!

Drop in at any five open houses to learn about Portland’s new bike share program and tell us your favorite station locations. Open house details All open houses are drop in, two hours, and cover the entire service area. Tuesday March 15, 5:30-7:30 p.m., Hosford School, 2303 SE 28th Pl. Thursday March 17, 12-2 p.m., […]