A volunteer board has spent the past four months reviewing and discussing draft maps submitted by the public. This month, they’ll choose one potential map and ask Portlanders what they think.
<p><strong>Portland city planners rethink land use and the transportation network as the rise of e-commerce increases congestion and puts climate goals at risk.</strong></p>
Two months after voters approved a sweeping change to city government, the Portland City Council last week approved 13 nominees to the commission that will reshape how Portlanders are represented.
Mall Rats Photo: Jason E. Kaplan Foot traffic has plunged during the pandemic at Portland s Lloyd Center Mall
Driven by bankruptcies, redundancies and the rise of e-commerce, the retail sector has been in flux for years. COVID-19 accelerated the shift. Oregon’s malls can either reinvent themselves to stay vital or they can fail.
It is a late Tuesday afternoon and the foot traffic in Washington Square Mall in the Portland suburbs looks brisk by COVID-19 restrictions standards. Families with strollers and small children in tow, groups of teens just dismissed from distance learning and older couples stroll the wide halls, dropping their masks to sip a drink or lick an ice cream cone.