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Talking Beat - Drugs in Portland
What drugs are in Portland, how do they get on our streets or in our communities, and what is the Drugs and Vice Division doing about it? Commander Art Nakamura leads the division, which we commonly call DVD. They are responsible for investigating drug trafficking organizations and money laundering.
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Travel Advisory: Portland Aerial Tram to close for routine maintenance July 2-7
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PP&R's 2019 Portland World Soccer Tournament features record number of teams
A celebration of those new to Portland and to the United States
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News Blog: Developing a strategy for safe streets and a growing city in East Portland
How do you feel when you travel the major streets of East Portland?
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News Blog: $6M project brings new neighborhood greenway, pedestrian signals, sidewalks and curb ramps to East Portland and SE Division
Soon you’ll be able to bike between nine different schools and five parks on the new 130’s Neighborhood Greenway
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News Blog: New Vision Zero pilot project aims to make left turns safer
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Coming Soon: A More Efficient Plan Review Process
Over the next year, the City is phasing in a new more efficient plan review process for all types of building permits. This new process will establish dedicated windows of uninterrupted time for City staff to perform plan review.
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Encouraging Inclusive Design for All
Harper’s Playground: a non-profit organization dedicated to designing and building inclusive playgrounds in Portland and beyond.
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Portland City Council directs Smart City PDX and the Office of Equity and Human Rights to lead implementation of data privacy and information protection principles for City operations
Portland continues to be a national leader by prioritizing data privacy and digital equity in its Smart City work.
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City of Portland adopts data Privacy and Information Protection Principles, looks ahead to next steps with Privacy Work Group
The principles set guidelines to protect private and sensitive data managed by the City of Portland. The principles also apply to those working on behalf of the City of Portland.
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Portland Housing Bond: Early implementation results mostly encouraging
In November 2016, voters gave Portland the go-ahead to borrow $258.4 million to invest in affordable housing to address a growing housing crisis. The goal was to build or buy 1,300 housing units. Our audit found bond implementation is off to a solid start.
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News Release: Transportation Commissioner Chloe Eudaly and Director Chris Warner join community members to celebrate the transformation of SE Foster Road
Major project funding came from Fixing Our Streets
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Portland Building Follow-up: Greater public transparency needed about project costs, trade-offs, and missed equity requirement
We identified risk areas during the project’s initial phase and this report follows up on the recommendations from that audit.
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New Simple Bathroom Permit Program
Beginning on April 1, 2019, The Bureau of Development Services will launch a new program to simplify bathroom permits for small projects.
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Hot weather is on the way – stay cool with Portland Parks & Recreation
Hot weather is on the way – stay cool with Portland Parks & Recreation
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Finding a Solution: Updates to Development Services' Path of Escalation
Feeling stuck? Need help getting answers about requirements for your project? As you may or may not know, there are many different regulations, requirements, policies or processes that can conflict depending on the type and complexity of a development project. Get help.
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