Kristyna Wentz-Graff / OPB Portlanders have long lobbied City Hall to address a lack of sidewalks in areas of the city with a high rate of traffic-related deaths. Now, the city’s recently ...
Lack of sidewalks has been a big issue in southwest Portland for years. (Photo: Jonathan Maus/BikePortland) New details have emerged this morning of a nascent infrastructure funding effort that aims ...
Portland wants to plant 660,000 trees over the next 40 years and launch a citywide and city-managed street tree maintenance program that will take the financial burden off residents. A draft of ...
Two Portland city councilors have started crafting a proposal that would aim to provide $100 million or more to add sidewalks and paved streets to portions of their districts that have gone ...
A residential street in east Portland. (Photo: Jonathan Maus/BikePortland) (*Note: Read Friday’s update to this story.) Portland city councilors Mitch Green and Loretta Smith have found common cause ...
Sophie Peel’s article, “The Taking Tree” [WW, March 5], missed a great opportunity to highlight the important role of a robust urban tree canopy in supporting community livability, public ...
PORTLAND, Ore. — It’s been more than two months since Councilor Loretta Smith took office as one of 12 members of Portland's newly expanded city council. Councilors are now elected from four ...