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Portland City Council stands firm in URA housing vote

It was as if some long-lost, housing-positive energy descended upon City Hall this past Wednesday. It was the vote – or rather a series of votes – that reminded onlookers that housing for all once was — and should be again — a priority for our civic lead ...

2 Apr 2015 - SR editorial board
Interstate and beyond: Lessons of history resonate as the city prepares to expand Urban Renewal Area

Interstate and beyond: Lessons of history resonate as the city prepares to expand Urban Renewal Area by Jake Thomas Roslyn Hill can no longer quite visualize the neighborhood she grew up in. Probably because it doesn’t exist anymore. While in the third gr ...

5 Jul 2011 - Street Roots
Balancing act: Ted Wheeler wants to talk urban renewal areas. Here's why you should listen

Balancing act: Ted Wheeler wants to talk urban renewal areas. Here's why you should listen From the July 10 edition of Street Roots From his corner office on the sixth floor of the Multnomah County building, County Chairman Ted Wheeler has a panorami ...

23 Jul 2009 - Street Roots