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Nov 29,2008
Protect Your Home Plumbing from Cold Snaps
by jenniferd
The Portland Water Bureau reminds all customers to protect your indoor and outdoor plumbing from the cold weather -- it's coming! Click here for tips on protecting your indoor plumbing Click here for tips on protecting your outdoor plumbing Freezing temperatures can challenge the city's water infrastructure and your household's water pipes. Be prepared this year. Jennie Day-Burget Public Information Officer
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Nov 21,2008
Portland Water Bureau Turns Off Groundwater Supply
by jenniferd
The Portland Water Bureau turned off its groundwater supply system this morning. The system has supplied Water Bureau customers with drinking water since high levels of turbidity forced the bureau to turn off its primary Bull Run water supply last week. "This was an unusual run of groundwater." said Water Bureau Administrator David Shaff. "When intense rain in the Bull Run causes excessive turbidity, that rain is generally followed by more rain which flushes the turbidity out. In this case, there was no more rain, so the levels of turbidity in the watershed remained above acceptable serving levels. Flushing has taken a bit longer than normal." While both of the bureau's water sources, the Bull Run watershed and the Columbia South Shore Well Field (CSSWF) meet and exceed all federal drinking water standards, the bureau relies primarily on the Bull Run source to provider customers with drinking water. The CSSWF is maintained as an emergency back-up for event
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Nov 13,2008
Water Bureau Temporarily Turns Off Bull Run Water Supply
by jenniferd
The Water Bureau temporarily turned off the Bull Run water supply system this morning due to increased turbidity in the watershed. The bureau activated groundwater wells in the Columbia South Shore Well Field to temporarily serve water to Portland. Recent heavy rains and increased stream flows in the Bull Run watershed have contributed to this rapid increase in turbidity. Turbidity is a measurement of the cloudiness of (drinking) water by suspended particles. Portland is one of six large drinking water systems in the country that does not filter its water supply. The city is able to comply with federal drinking water regulations by continuously meeting a set of filtration avoidance criteria. Portland has been able to consistently meet these criteria, but it occasionally has to shut down the Bull Run system and operate from its backup groundwater supply when storms and other natural disturbances in the Bull Run reservoirs increase the turbidity. The Surface Water Treatment Rule
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Nov 3,2008
15 Mashup Tools for Your Local Neighborhood
by dariusmonsef
Want a donut? Want to know if you'll need an umbrella today? Trying to avoid traffic? Want to know if it's safe for your kids to play in the front yard? We'll look a dozen-ish mashups that provide useful, helpful, interesting and fun information about the local area that you you live in. For those asking what a mashup is? The web 2.0 world spawned thousands of social networks and user contributed content sites... The same world has connected even more sites and people with the ability for developers to take the APIs from a couple different sites and mash them together to create new and interesting ways to share information and data. WalkScore | Find What's In a Walkable Distance
"Walk Score shows you a map of what is nearby and calculates a Walk Score for any property. Buying a house in a walkable neighborhood is good for your health and good for the environment." Portland rates in their top 10 cities. You can even see their directory of Portl
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"Walk Score shows you a map of what is nearby and calculates a Walk Score for any property. Buying a house in a walkable neighborhood is good for your health and good for the environment." Portland rates in their top 10 cities. You can even see their directory of Portl
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Oct 28,2008
2nd Annual Family Conversations
by nancy
Please join Central Portland Families for our second annual Family Conversations. We believe that families are good for central Portland, and that central Portland is good for families. Come help us make it even better. Thursday, November 13th from 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM Monday, November 17th from 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM Bring your important issues, your ideas for the future of central Portland, and your enthusiasm for helping families from all walks of live thrive in central Portland. We'll serve refreshments, engage in conversations, enjoy our neighbors and talk about ways that we can work together. Lately we've been feeling reflective. Perhaps it's the seasons changing. Or the nearness to Thanksgiving... we have a lot to be thankful for. It could also be that Central Portland Families' one-year anniversary is fast approaching. Hard to believe that we came together for the first time in November 2007 with a couple Family Conversations, attended by thirteen families. Those grandpare
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Oct 7,2008
Amber, Aqua, and the Streetcar?
by shooter
No, it's not porno version of " A Streetcar Named Desire ". These will be the names for the streetcar lines once the eastside alignment is operating. The existing South Waterfront to NW 23rd alignment will be named "Amber", and the new eastside alignment will be named "Aqua", according to PortlandTransport . Supposedly, the general family of colors is based on the colors of precious stones. I'm more of a primary color man myself.
PortlandTransport also reports that summer weekday ridership on the "Amber" line was up about 25% over last year. Saturday and Sunday also had record ridership. It amazing what people will do when fuel prices are so high. They'll even take Amber for a ride... Related links: PDOT Extends the Streetcar Survey PDC to Spend $5M for Streetcar Engineering City Council Approves Final Engineering for Eastside Streetcar Loop
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Sep 19,2008
City Examines Potential Neighborhood Business District Revitalization Program
by Trace
Event Date: 09/23/2008 08:00 AM
Event Location: Kaiser Town Hall 3704 N Interstate Avenue
Event Location: Kaiser Town Hall 3704 N Interstate Avenue
A community-driven, comprehensive method of revitalizing older, traditional business districts, known as the Main Street TM Program, will be the focus of an open meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 23 from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. at the Kaiser Permanente Town Hall, 3704 N. Interstate Avenue, Portland. "Exploring Commercial Revitalization: Toward a Main Street TM Program" offers meeting participants the opportunity to learn more about the program and its potential for Portland from representatives of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, which developed the nationally-acclaimed Main Street TM Program. Speakers include Kathy La Plante of the National Trust's Main Street Center; Kathy Kottaridis with Boston Main Street Program and Heritage Boston; and Elise Tinsley, Baltimore Main Streets and the National Trust's Main Street Center. The meeting is part of the State of Oregon's effort to reinstitute the Oregon Main Street Program TM , a statewide commercial district revitalization
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Sep 10,2008
Crafty Wonderland
by alex
Event Date: 09/14/2008 12:00 AM
Event Location: Doug Fir Lounge, 830 E. Burnside
Event Location: Doug Fir Lounge, 830 E. Burnside
If you live in the Portland area, come say hi this weekend as I plan to sell calendars and card files at this month's Crafty Wonderland (and yes, I will offer some show specials that are not available online!)As always, this month's event at the Doug Fir Lounge promises to be filled with lots of fun products from amazing talent. I thought I'd showcase a few of this month's vendors to wet your appetite... read full article »
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Sep 9,2008
Fire On the Mountain Half Night for Charity - Burnside Location
by Jules
Event Date: 09/22/2008 05:00 PM
Event Location: Fire On the Mountain Buffalo Wings - Burnside Location, 1708 East Burnside
Event Location: Fire On the Mountain Buffalo Wings - Burnside Location, 1708 East Burnside
Charity is very important to the folks at Fire On The Mountain Buffalo Wing s and they will be hosting two half nights this month, which means they will donate half of their dinner proceeds to charity. The first half night will take place Monday September 22nd at their Burnside location with proceeds going to cancer research. The second half night will be Monday September 29th at their Interstate location where half the proceeds will go towards sending care packages to the U.S. troops who are overseas.
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Sep 6,2008
The Great Urban Race
by Jules
Event Date: 09/13/2008 11:00 AM
Event Location: South Park Blocks, 9th Ave & Clay St
Event Location: South Park Blocks, 9th Ave & Clay St
The Great Urban Race is a one-of-a-kind urban adventure. Teams of two solve clues and complete challenges while navigating through the city and using public transit. It's a scavenger hunt, road race, and wandering party - all rolled into one heck of a fun day!This will be the first Great Urban Race in Portland and it will start and finish in the South Park Blocks, on 9th Ave and Clay St. However, the actual race can take you anywhere in the city. Registration begins at 11am and the race starts at noon.
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