urban renewal Archive
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Urban Renewal Director Retiring
Posted on December 9, 2010 | 1 CommentWarner led Portland Development Commission Portland Development Commission Executive Director Bruce Warner, who led the city’s urban renewal and economic development agency, announced his retirement to staff at an all-employee... -
Community meetings on urban renewal expansion wrap up
Posted on March 13, 2010 | No CommentsLast night, about 60 people gathered in the historic Billy Web Elks Lodge in northeast Portland, to attend the final community forum on the Portland Development Commission’s plans to dramatically change urban renewal in north and northeast Portland. -
Have a beer and hear about the legacy of urban renewal
Posted on February 22, 2010 | No Comments“Renewal and Removal in North and Northeast Portland” is the topic of the Monday, Feb. 22 discussion, co-sponsored by the Oregon Historical Society and Holy Names Heritage Center. -
The Trail Blazers want you to imagine ‘Jumptown’
Posted on December 16, 2009 | 7 CommentsThe Portland Trail Blazers want to turn the Rose Quarter into "Jumptown," a year-round entertainment district. But the company the Blazers have enlisted to do the development has a controversial past, with strong allegations of racism leveled against it, and the project is surrounded by questions as to whether or not it will actually benefit the community it’s intended to honor. -
PDC video attempts to explain Burnside Bridgehead
Posted on December 8, 2009 | 1 CommentThe Portland Development Commission produces documentary short about urban renewal.
