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Arts/Events in the Park

  • Eugene: Outside Travelers Controlling Our Public Spaces

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    “Lots of options, but no easy answers for downtown Eugene homeless, transient population” from The Register-Guard ~  Eugene Sept 13, 2015 With a single email sent the Thursday before last, Eugene Mayor Kitty Piercy reignited an old but evergreen debate in our city: Should people be bothered by downtown’s ubiquitous homeless and transient population and,…

  • Enhanced Security in North Park Blocks

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      A big thank you to Mayor Hales and the Police Bureau for the increased Police presence in the North Park Blocks this week. We’re grateful our collective voice is being heard. The Neighborhood response van was a much welcomed sight to see here yesterday and throughout the day.  (Especially in front of the Emerson School.) The…

  • Crisis in PDX Parks Not on Commissioner’s Agenda

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    The most striking thing about Commissioner Fritz’s upcoming Town Hall is that the crisis in Portland’s parks  didn’t even make her agenda. Our Commissioner of Parks refuses to acknowledge that city parks have been overrun by traveling gangs with no interest in emergency housing. At the Sept 1 “North Park Blocks Task Force” meeting at City Hall Fritz made…