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City of Portland Receives Small Business Administration Grant to Study Opportunities for “Legacy Business” Preservation

The Bureau of Planning and Sustainability, in partnership with other City bureaus and community partners, will research policies and programs to protect historically significant businesses and institutions.

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Photo of the building where Jake's Famous Crawfish is located. It is a brick 4-story building on the corner of downtown Portland. Jake's restaurant is on the street level.

Parkrose’s Jim Pepper House listed in the National Register of Historic Places

The childhood home of the Kaw/Muscogee Creek jazz artist is Oregon’s first historic site designated for contemporary Indigenous History.

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Exterior photo of the childhood home of jazz artist Jim Pepper showing the front entryway. The house is colorfully painted with green siding, aqua blue window trim and porch floor, and darker blue porch cover and posts.

Influential Native American musician Jim Pepper’s Portland house nominated for listing in the National Register of Historic Places

Portlanders can testify on the City-sponsored nomination at two hearings in January and February; National Park Service decision expected in the spring.

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Exterior photo of the Jim Pepper house

New report offers strategies for reusing Portland’s historic Belgian Blocks

Study outlines opportunities for incorporating stone pavers into accessible public spaces.

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Three African American Sites Nominated for Listing in the National Register of Historic Places

If approved, the nominations will celebrate and protect important landmarks of Portland’s Black history.

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Portland’s African American Historic Sites Honored by National Park Service

Designation is a significant step in acknowledging and honoring Black communities and history in Portland; increases opportunities for additional resources and funding to preserve and enhance these important cultural structures and institutions.

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Older buildings associated with Portland’s Black experience recognized for their historical significance

Documentation of African American historic resources available for public review; comments on documents welcome until late February 2020.

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Historic resource survey coming to Montavilla

Documentation effort could provide the first update to the Historic Resource Inventory (HRI) since 1984

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BPS commissions report on updating the citywide Historic Resource Inventory

Consultant report provides background and actionable recommendations for updating Portland’s 34-year-old HRI

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New state rules will prompt changes to Portland's Historic Resource Protection program

Administrative rule change upholds mandatory demolition review protection for National Register resources, adds requirement for public hearing before design review can be applied to new National Register listings.

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