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Photo: Councilor Dan Ryan standing in front of the newly reinstalled Thompson Elk Fountain on April 9, 2026.
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Absent from its plinth for six years, Portland’s Thompson Elk statue is slated to make its grand return to Downtown’s Plaza Blocks—atop a repaired and renovated fountain in April 2026. Header image by Carol M. Highsmith via Library of Congress.
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The City Life Committee meets the second and fourth Tuesday of each month at 2:00 p.m.
The Finance and Governance Committee of the Whole meets the first, second, and fourth Thursday of each month at 9:30 a.m. and the third Wednesday of each month at 2:00 p.m.
City Council holds regular meetings at 9:30 a.m. on the first, second, fourth and fifth Wednesday and 6:00 p.m. on the third Wednesday of each month. If there is sufficient business, additional meetings are held the following Thursday at 2:00 p.m.
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