Click on the compass above to explore the 95 neighborhoods and 38 business districts in Portland, Oregon.
James Walling is a freelance writer who has contributed to and/or edited for GRASP Magazine, The Vancouver Voice, Rivet Magazine, Oregon Wine Press, Willamette Week, The Prague Post, Vanguard Weekly, MauiTime, and the Portland Mercury. He is currently working on a biography of John D. MacDonald.
The Portland Bureau of Transportation’s (PBOT) popular Sunday Parkways events have been fostering community spirit and furthering the city’s agenda of promoting walking, running, and cycling in areas typically dominated by automobile traffic since 2008. In 2010 alone, more than 90,000 residents of the Portland Metro Area abandoned their combustion engines and participated in Parkways festivities on five different dates in more...
Heather Hoell talks a good game, and she puts her money where her mouth is. The nonprofit organization Venture Portland does many things, but first and foremost, it fuels growth in Portland’s established and emerging business districts. Hoell is currently at the helm. Portland is a city of street fairs and strip clubs. The former owe their existence largely to Venture Portland. Twice a year, business districts around Portland more...
