The Giants have put the World Series to rest. The Blazers are just warming up. Right now, the gettin’s good over on the gridiron. Time to sink into the sofa, turn a blind eye to the leaves piling high outside, and park it in front of the big screen to watch your favorite teams battle it out. Better yet, why not revel in front of the really big screen with like-minded fans at one of Portland’s best sports bars? We visited more...

The Portland Development Commission officially kicked off the planning efforts for the proposed Gateway Neighborhood Park, the first park added to the neighborhood in the past eight years. The park will sit on a four-acre brownfield site near Northeast Halsey Street and 106th Avenue. The site is currently being cleaned up and removed of contaminants through a $200,000 Brownfields Cleanup Grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection more...

The City of Portland Parks & Recreation wants you to be safe this summer. They want this so much they are willing to teach you to swim and will even foot the bill for the lessons. Between June 21 and June 25, Portland Parks & Recreation will offer five free beginner swim lessons to any Portland resident over the age of three. Classes are available during mornings, afternoons and evenings on a first come, first served basis at more...

What's happening at the City of Portland... The Portland Bureau of Development Services announced late last week that Plan Review & Permitting and Land Use Services Divisions services will be limited due to budget constraints. Starting June 1, land use, site development or building permit application review, submittal or intake of complete permits will be limited to Tuesday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. Limited staff will more...

What's happening at the City of Portland... PDC Stays Put The Portland Development Commission board voted last week to sign a new ten-year lease with their current landlords, the Kalberer Co. The board decided to stay at their current location, the Mason-Ehrman Building in Old Town-Chinatown, over the other possible option, the un-built Park Avenue West in the Park Blocks. The Kalberer Co. retooled their lease from the previous more...

What's happening at the City of Portland... Last week the Portland Fire & Rescue investigators and the U.S. Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives announced the cause of the three-alarm fire at the Eastside Foursquare Church on Monday, April 26. The fire was caused by the ignition of combustible materials by an incandescent clamp light. The fire took place on the second-floor Drama Room. The combustible materials and lamp more...

What's happening at the City of Portland... Mayor Sam Adams and the Bureau of Planning and Sustainability recently announced the four neighborhoods that will participate in the new Portland Composts! Food Scrap Curbside Collection Pilot Program. The four neighborhoods are: Richmond in Southeast Portland, Arnold Creek in Southwest, Hazelwood and Centennial in East and Roseway in Northeast. A total of 2,000 homes will participate. more...

UPDATED 6/6/11 An attempt by the Portland Development Commission (PDC) to reassess the boundaries of the Interstate Corridor Urban Renewal Area has neighborhood residents and business owners upset, while interested outlying parties make a push to join Portland’s largest (3,744 acres encompassing 10 inner North-Northeast neighborhoods) urban renewal area.

 The reassessment of the boundaries came from the PDC board’s more...

It’s budget time for the City of Portland and things couldn’t be stickier. With the persistence of a lagging economy and a push to stay on pace with the most current technologies, the prioritization of civic responsibilities couldn’t be more important than it is right now for your City officials. Like it seems to happen this time each year, bureau officials are pulling out their sacrificial lambs to meet the cut marks more...

A new program being launched this week by the City of Portland Bureau of Technology Services—with support from several regional affiliates—aims to strengthen transparency in local government, reduce City government spending by becoming more efficient and create technology jobs in the region. The Open Data Initiative (ODI) is a regional effort to promote increased transparency and openness in government by making various more...