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Saving Downtown A grassroots group aims to save small businesses in Portland’s city center from financial ruin. Jim Mark, CEO of real estate developer Melvin Mark, walks around downtown Portland most days of the week, and is more familiar than most with the property damage that has occurred over the past several months stemming from the Black Lives Matter protests. He has become frustrated with what he perceives as the inaction of elected officials to try to prevent criminal defacement of property, such as broken windows and graffiti, which has led businesses to board up their windows and storefronts. ....
AP Photo/Gillian Flaccus Much of downtown Portland’s core is still boarded up and dying, the aftermath of months of antifa and Black Lives Matter rioting, looting, and arson. The mayor has done little except to offer clean plywood to cover windows and make a few speeches. Now some businessmen and women have formed a new group to save their city with or without him. For months, businesses in the Portland Business Alliance have pleaded and begged the mayor to stop the violence, which is destroying current business and costing them millions of dollars. But Mayor Ted Wheeler has given them promises and not much else in return. Between the governor’s draconian COVID shutdowns and the city’s reputation for lawlessness and violence, Portland’s reputation as a popular and safe tourist destination is taking a huge hit too. ....