Category: NPB News
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Art in the Pearl 2017
Art In The Pearl®, Portland Oregon’s annual Fine Arts & Crafts Festival, occurs every year on Labor Day weekend. The 21st annual festival will occur Labor Day Weekend, 2017 in the Pearl District’s North Park Blocks – September 2-4, 2017. The Festival is FREE and requires NO TICKETS for entry. Art In The Pearl has been…
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Free Yoga in the Park
Yoga in the Park! R2C Group will be hosting the 2nd annual ‘Yoga in the Park’! No sign up necessary, bring a mat, and join us at Park and Davis! Feel free to invite friends, neighbors, and coworkers. Yoga in the Park will be hosted on the following days 12PM-1PM: July 18th, July 25th, August…
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North Park Blocks to Host “Sleeping Pods” Exhibit
Click image to enlarge The North Park Blocks is proud to be selected to host a display of more than a dozen attractive, innovative, and portable “sleeping pods” in downtown Portland—many of them created by premier Portland architecture firms. Partners On Design (POD) Initiative is a collection of architects, design students, and others, all bringing their…
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4th of July and Fireworks reporting
Tips from m Laureen Paulsen Community Outreach / Public Information, Portland/Multnomah County 9-1-1 The 4th of July holiday is perhaps the busiest time of the year for Portland BOEC / Multnomah County 9-1-1. Both legal and illegal fireworks being used in our neighborhoods will result in thousands of non-emergency fireworks and noise complaint calls over the…
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Portland pays to relocate homeless
As reported by KOIN6 on March 16, 2016, “Portland recently got the green light to dedicate more funds to a program that would help relocate homeless people who can prove they have more stable housing options in another city. Approximately 4,000 homeless people were counted in Portland as of January, and nearly half of them…