Economic Opportunities Analysis Discussion Draft
The City of Portland has released a Discussion Draft for the Economic Opportunity Analysis (EOA), which analyzes and forecasts growth in Portland's Central City, neighborhood commercial and industrial districts, and identifies a 20-year supply of developable land for business and job growth. The Discussion Draft outlines various strategies and scenarios available for public feedback.
Comments are welcome through Monday, November 10.
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Discussion Draft Appendices
Appendix A: Employment Forecast and Demand
Appendix B: Buildable Lands Inventory
Previous documents (2021-2023)
Individual documents:
- Economic Opportunities Analysis (EOA) Volume 2. Employment Land Demand and Supply
- Economic Opportunities Analysis (EOA) Volume 1. Trends, Opportunities and Market Factors
- Executive Summary: Volume 1. Trends, Opportunities and Market Factors
- Income Inequality and Racial Equity Trends (Section 9, Volume 1: Trend, Opportunities and Market Factors)
- Portland Marine Industrial Land Analysis (MILA): An Assessment of the Marine-Dependent Industrial Economy in Portland Harbor
- Other Appendices A-C, E & F, Portland Marine Industrial Land Analysis (MILA)
- Appendix D: Analysis of the Portland Harbor Superfund Site Impact on Marine-Dependent Industrial Land
Background documents (2016)
Oregon’s land use system requires cities to periodically update their comprehensive plans and provide for adequate 20-year growth capacity, based on an economic opportunities and housing needs analyses.
The Administrative Rule of Oregon’s Statewide Planning Goal 9 (Economic Development) requires cities to prepare economic opportunity analyses (EOA). Portland’s 2035 Comprehensive Plan makes zoning and infrastructure choices to meet Goal 9 and 10 (Housing), providing adequate growth capacity in the city’s business districts and neighborhoods.
Portland’s 2035 Comprehensive Plan and Economic Opportunities Analysis were adopted in 2016: