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PCEF Committee approves process to allocate additional clean-energy funds
Eligible entities can apply for grants between $20 million and $100 million beginning this spring
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You’re invited! Join BPS at the fourth “Climate Conversations with BPS”
Join BPS staff, including PCEF team members, as they share how investments in community-led projects reduce carbon emissions, create economic opportunity and help make our city more resilient as we face a changing climate.
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Bureau of Planning and Sustainability launches Community Responsive Grant opportunities with request for proposals (RFP 3)
RFP 3 will award $40 to $60 million in grants to fund climate projects in Portland.
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Portland Bureau of Planning and Sustainability’s Cooling Portland program hits two-year, 7,000 unit goal
Program ahead of schedule in reaching and exceeding five-year goal of installing 15,000 energy-efficient heat pump/cooling units.
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Join a community conversation on the SCC - November 1
You’re invited! Be a part of a community conversation on the new Sustainability and Climate Commission. Join BPS at one of two online community information sessions and learn more about the commission process, future steps and more about the commission’s scope of responsibility.
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Portland Bureau of Planning and Sustainability’s Climate Investment Plan unanimously adopted by City Council
The Bureau’s Portland Clean Energy Community Benefits Fund staff will begin implementation of the Climate Investment Plan with the launch of a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the Community Responsive Grant program.
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City Council appoints three new members to the Portland Clean Energy Community Benefits Fund Committee
City Council appoints three new members and reappoints two members to the PCEF Committee.
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Portland Bureau of Planning and Sustainability announces “Cooling Portland: A PCEF-funded Climate Resilience Program”
Formerly named “PCEF Heat Response Program,” Cooling Portland announces goal of installing 4,000 energy-efficient heat pump/cooling units in 2023.
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Portland Bureau of Planning and Sustainability announces funding award for AfroVillage Old Town Community Wireless Network project
AfroVillage PDX’s successful award application will invest in Old Town community and economic development through seed funding for a neighborhood owned publicly accessible wireless network.
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City Council approves appointments to the City of Portland’s new Planning Commission
Eight new commissioners will help guide equitable growth and development across the city.
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City Council voted unanimously to require new residential and mixed-use buildings to be electrical-vehicle ready
New buildings will be constructed with conduits to accommodate future electric vehicle charging.
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Proposal to increase EV charging facilities in new multi-family construction heads to City Council on Jan. 25 @ 2 p.m.
Public invited to testify in person via Zoom or at City Hall, or in writing via the Map App.
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Commissioner Carmen Rubio Names Donnie Oliveira Director for the Bureau of Planning and Sustainability
Interim Deputy Director Eric Engstrom will also permanently fill that role
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Portland Bureau of Planning and Sustainability responds to Auditor’s recommendations for PCEF program
Staff agrees with audit recommendations, details next steps for improvement implementation.
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Portland Bureau of Planning and Sustainability hires Patricia Diefenderfer as new chief planner
Diefenderfer will lead BPS’s long-range planning program, including urban planning, strategic design, and equitable community development policies and programs.
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Portland Clean Energy Community Benefits Fund issues $60 million request for proposals
After start-up funding round, a second round of PCEF funding scales up the program and targets $60 million for projects tackling climate change, while advancing racial and social justice.
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Joint City Statement on Hate Crimes
Our core values as a City include anti-racism and equity. Every Portlander and everyone visiting our city deserves to be welcomed and to feel that they belong. They should encounter a Portland free of bias and hate, where they do not fear for their safety and security.
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Statement from Commissioner Carmen Rubio on Zenith Decision
We are serious about moving faster and more aggressively away from fossil fuels. But today’s decision isn’t enough. As the Planning and Sustainability Commissioner, I am committed to going further.
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Portland City Council adopts major improvements to the City’s design review process and program
Changes will allow more multi-family housing and mixed-use projects to go directly to the permit process; expands the design standards so more projects can meet them.
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