May 25 2021
Local writers sound off on state school budget needs, homelessness solutions and the many conspiracy theories.
When I see news about the Interstate 5 Rose Quarter freeway expansion project, I shake my head at the lost opportunity here.
The U.S. Senate is considering including a federal program for removal of urban freeways in an infrastructure package. Portland should make sure it has a shovel-ready project that can compete successfully for this funding: turn the I-5 East Bank Freeway into a new waterfront neighborhood, and turn Interstate 84 through Sullivan s Gulch into compact villages around MAX stations, connected by open space, a new bike/ped trail and a new street grid.
2021 Blues Fest, other events at new outdoor venue April 06 2021
The Lot at Zidell Yards in South Waterfront will offer daily entertainment from May to September.
The Waterfront Blues Festival will make a comeback this year at a new location The Lot at Zidell Yards, which will hold other outdoor entertainments events along the Willamette River this year.
The annual Blues Festival was canceled last year because of the COVID-19 pandemic. It is now scheduled over the Fourth of July weekend, July 2 to 5, with changes to increase safety. They include social distancing at the new location between the Ross Island Bridge and the Tillicum Crossing in the South Waterfront neighborhood.
Dirty, out of control : Portland s cleaning more trash off the streets than ever, but you wouldn t know it
Requests to clean areas up and remove graffiti around the city are up more than 300% in the last year. Author: Maggie Vespa Updated: 8:27 PM MST February 1, 2021
PORTLAND, Ore. The city of Portland is on track to clean more garbage off the streets this fiscal year than it ever has before, but ask most Portlanders and they’ll tell you: it doesn’t look like it.
KGW put out a call on Facebook, asking Portlanders to pinpoint the areas that frustrate them most. Hundreds of responses poured in.