Category: PDX News
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KGW Feature: Cleaning Up the North Park Blocks
PORTLAND, Ore. — People who live and work near Portland’s North Park Blocks, north of Burnside Street, are relieved that a massive homeless problem has dwindled. Link to KGW story Over the summer, men and women took over the park and created multiple problems. Michelle Cardinal watched it develop from her window at work. Cardinal is the…
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Summer of ‘Lawlessness’ Gets Portland’s Attention
From The Oregonian Sept 15, 2015 Cardinal said she’s happy that Hales and City Hall are paying attention and that more officers are patrolling. Fewer people linger in the park all day, she said. But she expects the situation outside her window is “here to stay.” She’s told Hales as much. “I said, ‘Mayor, the…
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Pearl Block Party: Sept 11
Pearl Block Party that is happening on Sept. 11th from 5 pm – 9 pm on 13th Avenue. Beyond being a fun event both for residents and workers of the Pearl, we will have a table set up for new volunteers for the neighborhood foot patrol.
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NW Examiner: Civility Collapses on North Park Blocks
The September 2015 issue of the NW Examiner details this summer’s dramatic decline of the North Park Blocks. Click here for PDF of article Our lovely park has become home to vagrants who openly do drugs, have sex, fights and regularly urinate and defecate in public. … This is affecting my business and more importantly, Portland’s prosperity in the long run.”…
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Retiring CEO: Public Safety Threatens Portland’s Future
The Portland Business Journal recently reported the comments of Jim Johnson, retiring CEO of Tripwire link / pdf version “The thing we run the risk on – Portland is a jewel and there are wonderful things in Portland – but we are tolerant of not-so-good behavior, ” Johnson said. Johnson said he’s had employees telling him they…