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The Portland Clean Energy Community Benefits Fund (PCEF) Committee and staff are seeking input and comment on the draft application, scoring criteria and funding allocations for PCEF’s second request for proposals.

To help businesses and restaurants run successfully outdoors while maintaining goodwill with neighbors, the Noise Program has created a resource to explain the City of Portland’s noise code.

Paving work begins Monday, Aug. 16 on NE Fremont Street from NE 38th to 21st avenues, as part of the Portland Bureau of Transportation’s (PBOT) ongoing maintenance paving work. The street repairs will continue through the month of September, each weekday from 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. and possibly weekends.

Every Portlander and everyone visiting our city deserves to be welcomed and to feel that they belong. If you have been the victim of a hate crime or bias, or felt unsafe because of who you are or what you believe, we invite you to report your experience.

The Portland Bureau of Emergency Management is seeking volunteers to staff cooling centers and misting stations August 11-15, 2021.

The emergency extreme heat declaration will be in effect beginning at noon on Wednesday, August 11 through 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, August 15. The City will again operate its own cooling centers and outdoor misting centers to assist community members during extreme temperatures.

Local, state and federal governments have been stepping up to help the local arts community survive.

Building permit customers can stay informed on updates and new developments in the City's electronic plan review software.

OVP is hosting a youth t-shirt design competition starting August 9, 2021. We are asking youth to create a design based off of the quote “We are nothing for you, without you”. The winning design will be printed on OVP uniforms that will be released Fall of 2021.