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Portland Bureau of Planning and Sustainability announces recommendations for Portland Clean Energy Community Benefits Fund Round 3 RFP
The full recommended portfolio will be presented to City Council on Thursday, Sept. 5, at a first reading.
News article
Come drink me, H2O: New hit single from Drippy the Water Drop makes a splash!
You may have heard Sabrina Carpenter’s catchy song “Espresso,” but H2O’s a better beverage—and it finally has a theme song to match. The artist, Drippy the Water Drop, shares the meaning behind the song and why you should drink Portland water, not espresso.
Blog post
Portland transitions to primary water source, the Bull Run Watershed
Annual maintenance operation for our secondary groundwater source is complete
Press release
Construction and Maintenance
Construction is anticipated to start in the Summer of 2024 and will take up to four months to complete.
Project design began in 2019 and will continue through 2024. Construction is expected to begin in early March 2025 and will be completed by mid-February 2026.
Environmental Services is currently in the planning phase for this project. A construction timeline has not been scheduled yet.
This project is in the design stage and construction is paused until fall of 2028.
Project design began in early-Fall 2019. Construction began in the Spring of 2024. This project will take about a year and a half to complete.
Strategic and Planning Projects
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Urban Forestry Commission Meeting
All monthly meetings of the Urban Forestry Commission are open to the public.
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11:30 am
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Cloud Forest Washington Park Volunteer Event
Join Portland Parks & Recreation in the Cloud Forest at Washington Park!
10:00 am
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12:00 pm
Volunteer Event
Find your Flare events
One of the best ways to ensure a healthy, long-lived tree is to uncover the root flare before planting. Help us pull back soil on hundreds of trees before we give them away this fall.
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