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District 4 race could reshape city council
By Jim Redden As the Nov. 3 general election approaches, the most debated issue in the City Council District 4 race has not been the future of the Critical Energy Infrastructure Hub, even though it is in the district that includes industrial Northwest Portland and Linnton. Instead, by late September, voters were asking whether Councilor…
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CEI Hub risks finally before Portland City Council
By Jim Redden The Portland City Council has finally begun to address the threats posed by the Critical Energy Infrastructure Hub, the six-mile stretch of fuel storage and transmission pipes along the Willamette River in industrial Northwest Portland. Around 90% of all liquid fuel used in Oregon is stored there. It sits on soils with…
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Portland neighborhood system searches for its place
By Allan Classen, NW Examiner Adam Lyons has lonely job at once-prominent agency In past decades, about 20 employees filled the downtown headquarters of Portland’s pioneering neighborhood association program. Now it is just Adam Lyons. “I am the program right now,” Lyons told the NW Examiner. Lyons has a cubicle in a sprawling — though…
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September 29: Virtual Town Hall with Councilor Elana Pirtle-Guiney
On Tuesday, September 29, from 6:00 to 7:30 pm, Portland City Councilor Elana Pirtle-Guiney is hosting a virtual town hall. Her outreach announcement said, “That means the location could be your living room, the library, or wherever is most convenient for you to take a beat to chat with me about the issues that are top-of-mind for…
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City Council approves Albina Vision Trust redevelopment of Rose Quarter properties
Portland-owned properties adjacent to the Moda Center and Memorial Coliseum will be redeveloped by the Albina Vision Trust, according to a resolution sponsored by all three District 2 councilors and unanimously approved by city council on Sept. 3. “We have a unique opportunity before us—as the city negotiates a new long-term lease for the Moda…
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Funding woes threaten Rose Quarter project as Pirtle-Guiney, Kanal and Ryan push for redevelopment
All three District 2 City Councilors are pushing to continue redeveloping the Rose Quarter as the State of Oregon is warning it may not be able to fund its share of the project. Elana Pirtle-Guiney, Sameer Kanal, and Dan Ryan have introduced a resolution to allow the Albina Vision Trust to redevelop six city-owned acres…
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North Portland Councilor Ryan accuses Trail Blazer owner of wanting to move the team
Portland Trail Blazers owner Tom Dundon was the apparent winner of a series of contentious public hearings on the future of the Moda Center. The Multnomah County Board of Commissioners voted 4-1 to contribute $101.6 million to the proposed $600 million remodeling project intended to keep the Blazers in town for the next 20 years…
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Tension builds as city’s Moda Center/Blazers deal nears Aug. 12 deadline
The controversy over spending approximately $600 million in public funds to keep the Portland Trail Blazers playing in town is heating up ahead of self-imposed Aug. 12 deadline set by the City of Portland. That is when the City Council is scheduled to approve the terms of a new 20-year lease with the Blazers at…
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Dwight Jaynes: Dundon holds the cards in Moda negotations
Would new Portland Trail Blazer owner Tom Dundon really move the team out of town if the Moda Center isn’t renovated the way he wants with public funds? Legendary longtime Oregon sportswriter Dwight Jaynes believes the answer is yes and that Dundon is already preparing to relocate the Blazers when his current lease expires in…
