City Cast Portland
Is this Portland’s first successful drug deflection?
September 9, 2024 · — Natalie Rivera
Good morning, Portland! It’s City Cast’s Natalie Rivera. If you’re like me and are already mapping out your social calendar for 2025 (I need something to look forward to, OK!) I suggest participating in the Multnomah County Library's Everybody Reads 2025. They’re celebrating Javier Zamora’s “Solito,” which explores Zamora’s journey from El Salvador to the U.S.
What's CITY Talking About?
Portland’s First Successful Drug Deflection
During the first days of Multnomah County’s drug recriminalization effort, officials say eight people accepted the county’s new deflection program, with one person successfully entering substance abuse treatment. Officials made the announcement on Wednesday, but the county’s central deflection center will not open until at least October. [KATU]
Are Campaign Donor Tradesies Quid Pro Quo?
An August email thread appears to show a number of Portland City Council candidates attempting to help each other reach the donor threshold to receive taxpayer money from the city’s Small Donor Elections program by contributing to one another’s campaigns. Several campaign finance experts told Willamette Week that the move could violate Oregon election law. [Willamette Week]
OMSI’s New District Gets $15 Million
Portland City Council approved $15 million in public money for a long-simmering commercial and residential district around OMSI on the Central Eastside. The $90 million project hopes to include three million square feet of mixed-use buildings and up to 1,200 housing units. Developers hope to begin construction in 2026. [OPB]
How Portland Police Are Curbing Illegal Graffiti
Portland’s crackdown on illegal graffiti has been making headlines recently. Is it really working? And is all graffiti bad? PPB Officer Nate Kirby-Glatkowski shares his unique insights. [City Cast Portland 🎧]
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What To Do
Monday, Sep. 9
- 🌽 The MAiZE at the Pumpkin Patch | 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. | $11.25 | The Pumpkin Patch (Sauvie Island)
- 🦹 Geek Week PDX (“World’s First City-Wide Comic Con") | Various Times (through Sept. 15) | Various Prices | Various Locations
- 📚 Chris La Tray: ‘Becoming Little Shell’ (reading) | 7 p.m. | Free | Powell’s City of Books (Pearl District)
Tuesday, Sep. 10
- 🧑🎨 Bean Finneran: ‘Properties of Layers’ | 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. (Tuesday - Saturday, through Sept. 28) | Free | PDX Contemporary Art (Slabtown)
- 📚 Carson Ellis: ‘One Week in January’ | 7 p.m. | Free | Powell’s City of Books (Pearl District)
- 📚 Michael Keefe: ‘All Her Loved Ones, Encoded’ | 7 p.m. | Free | Annie Bloom’s Books (Multnomah Village)
- 🐦 Swift Watch | Sunset, around 7:30 p.m. (all month or until the migration is over) | Free | Chapman Elementary School
That’s it from me! I’ll leave you with these photos of storm-chaser Glen Powell portraying Oregon Ducks college quarterback Russ Holliday in the upcoming “Chad Powers.” You think he got the victory poses right?
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