News from Portland and around Oregon. Some interesting, some weird, some could only happen in Oregon.
Make sure you are wearing green tomorrow as you head out to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day Portland style. The Oregonian has some great ideas on ways to enjoy your favorite green beer drinking holiday.
Speaking of beer, many Portlanders seem to have a love-hate relationship with our local McMenamins brew pub chain. Some find the beer and food average while others can’t seem to get enough. The local beer blog Beervana has a nice write up on some of its favorite Mcmenamins locations in and around Portland.
If beer (green or otherwise) isn’t enough to quench your need for drinking …
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The Portland Trail Blazers are on a two-game winning streak and the word playoffs is being mumbled by some. Catch them in action at their next home game tonight at 7pm against the Memphis Grizzlies.
200 parking spaces have opened up in downtown Portland.
Skiers take note - 50-70 inches of new snow could be on Mt. Hood from Sunday to Sunday
Portland’s streetcars, which some may not know are Czech-made, got a write up in The Prague Post. In it, they talk about the Rose City approaching Škoda Transportation Feb. 9 to supply a prototype for more streetcars.
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Portland looks to have made it into the top slots in two more national lists. We placed ninth in fittest cities in America, according to Men’s Fitness magazine. We also ranked ninth in top cities for independent filmmakers, according to MovieMaker Magazine.
Construction on the new IKEA near the airport seems to be coming along nicely, according to a press release put out by the company. All major walls have been raised on the 280,000 square-foot store, which will host 1,200 parking spots, 75 bike racks (how will that work for getting furniture home?), 50 different room settings, …
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Here’s a round up of recent interesting regional stories as January here in the Rose City comes to an end:
Former president Bill Clinton will be coming to town April 17 to talk at the World Affairs Council of Oregon’s 2007 International Speaker Series.
Plans for a Portland emergency evacuation plan are in the works in case the big one ever hits (or Mt. Hood goes nuclear).
The The Oregon Liquor Control Commission has banned those under 21 from our annual summer beerfest.
The Contemporary Crafts Museum & Gallery has renamed itself the Museum of Contemporary Craft and …
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The Portland Tram officially kicked off to the public over the weekend by providing 10,000 rides to those who so wanted. The Tram, for those who do not know, is an aerial tram designed to carry doctors, patients and the general public between the upper and lower portions (part of a new neighborhood called South Waterfront) of OHSU in the southwest portion of Portland. Press coverage of the tram unveilng was huge, with everybody from the local Oregonian to the New York Times doing a write up.
And now that the festivities …
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Portland International Airport said on March 5 it expected to have served its 300 millionth passenger since beginning operations 66 years ago. PDX also apparently set an all-time record of more than 14 million passengers served in 2006.
The Portland Saturday Market, now in its 33rd year, is once again open for business.
A new book titled Read Portland: The City in Prose has gotten a write up in the Portland Mercury. The book, which engages in a “literary exploration of the city’s past and present” via almost eighty written selections of various authors and forms of written word, …
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The Portland Jazz Festival starts today and runs through Feb. 25.
A couple got married on the Portland Tram on Valentine’s Day, marking the first time this has happened.
A office building going up in downtown Portland will be offering 933 square feet of indoor storage for 34 bikes, showers and lockers.
The Ace Hotel, a hip but somewhat budget motel, looks to have thrown open their doors in downtown Portland.
The Portland Rod & Custom Show is this weekend, which should be a big draw for custom hot rod fans.
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It seems as if tourism for 2006 in Portland kicked up from previous years, according to this article from the Portland Business Journal. Visitor spending was up some 7.2 percent over 2005, room occupancies increased on average 3.4 percent from 2005 and travel related tax revenue for the city was up as well.
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Can you identify the woodpecker species at right? If so you are a prime person for pointing out sightings of more select local animals to Metro. This feature is just one of many on a new site launched by our regional government. REIN (Regional Environmental Information Network) is being billed as a “regional clearinghouse for restoration, monitoring, education and conservation projects and as an information resource for government partners, nonprofits, community groups and citizens working to monitor or improve the natural environment”. This site provides local Portlanders with resources to get current information on conservation projects such …
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Portland fans of the Bend, OR based Deschutes Brewery will be happy to note the second largest brewery in Oregon is planning a brewpub for the Pearl District this fall. This site will include an onsite brewery and is set to be located at Northwest 11th Avenue and Davis Street.
The Rose City food scene gets a huge plug in the Feb. edition of Sunset. Local chefs and chocolate get heavy mentions.
Portland City Commissioner Sam Adams has posted on his blog the proposed fare structure for the tram running between OHSU and the South Waterfront. In summary: $4.00 …
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