Empowered Communities Program

Program
Supporting Black, Indigenous, people of color and persons with disabilities with the building permit process. Get one-on-one support from an Empowered Communities Team member today.
Colorful mural depicting people.

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Print by Avantika Bawa entitled "Coliseum Build B"

Arts & Culture Empowerment Program

Volunteer paints the outside of a house

Empowered Neighborhoods Program

Interior of a local Brazilian restaurant with the two owners posing behind the counter.

Small Business Empowerment Program

This photo depicts a woman in hard hat with clipboard outside a porch needing repairs.

Request for Architecture, Trades and Construction Volunteers

This photo shows a house with roof damage from a fallen tree.

Repairing property damage from weather events

Contact

Small Business Empowerment Program

Permitting & Development
empowered@portlandoregon.gov
phone number503-823-7300Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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Development Services Center

1900 SW Fourth Avenue
First floor lobby
Portland, OR 97201
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A colorful, multi-story commercial building on the East end of the Burnside Bridge

Commercial Permits and Inspections

This photo is of a smiling Black man who just completed an inspection on a house under construction.

Permitting & Development

Many houses along the side of the street, with cars parked in front

Residential Permits and Inspections

A house with solar panels on the roof and greenery in the yard

Solar Energy Development

Multi-story building in St. Johns neighborhood with retail and housing

Zoning and Land Use

Past Meetings and Hearings

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