March 1, 2016

This Saturday, grab your neighbors and friends, and head over to Watershed Wide!

Watershed Wide is the Johnson Creek Watershed Council’s largest community planting event of the year. It’s a great excuse to venture out to the beautiful Johnson Creek, and help make it healthier for people and wildlife.

Watershed Wide was coordinated in partnership with the City of Portland, the Johnson Creek Watershed Council, the City of Gresham, Friends of Trees, and other great local organizations.

Tools, gloves, and instruction will be provided at each site. Kids are welcome to join too! And, there’s free pizza for volunteers in Gresham and Milwaukie.

Visit the Bureau of Environmental Services’ website for more information. There are multiple locations, so be sure to check out the map.

Watershed Wide

March 5, 9 am – 12 pm

March 3, 2016

This afternoon, Nick was proud to attend the 2016 Daily Journal of Commerce’s (DJC) Newsmaker’s Award Luncheon.

DJC Newsmakers recognizes leaders in architecture, engineering, and construction in our community. The Water Bureau’s Chief Engineer, Teresa Elliott, was one of the awardees.

Teresa began her career with the Water Bureau 20 years ago, as a civil engineer. Since then, she has broken glass ceilings, becoming the bureau’s first female principal engineer, and now, the first female Chief Engineer.

As Chief Engineer, Teresa oversees a team of 125 engineers and support staff. One of her top priorities is preparing our water infrastructure for the “Big One.” There are 2,800 miles of water pipes in the city, and Teresa is working to ensure they survive an earthquake.

Congratulations, Teresa! And thank you for your great service to the Water Bureau and our city.

Evening News: R2DToo Segment

KBOO  

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Dirk VanderHart in the Portland Mercury

Business group may challenge R2DToo move

Jim Redden in the Portland Tribune

Portland City Council approves confidentiality for arts tax

Brad Schmidt in The Oregonian

In arts tax vote, Steve Novick gets biblical and Dan Saltzman remains sensible: Editorial Agenda 2016

The Oregonian Editorial Board

Steve Duin: Great expectations, and journalism, at Grant Magazine

Steve Duin in The Oregonian

Portland fought water customers for 2 years over ‘very small disagreement’

Brad Schmidt in The Oregonian

Unpacking the 'N-word' at Grant High School: Editorial

The Oregonian Editorial Board

March 4, 2016

Congratulations to the reporters at Grant Magazine and to David Austin for their award-winning journalism.

The latest issue, addressing racism in our community, just hit the streets.

Steve Duin in The Oregonian reminds us why all of this matters.

Check out the latest issue here.  

Steve Duin: Great expectation, and journalism, at Grant Magazine

Steve Duin in The Oregonian

Unpacking the 'N-word' at Grant High School: Editorial

The Oregonian Editorial Board

March 7, 2016

The Regional Arts & Culture Council (RACC) is partnering with Resolutions NW to host three focus groups this spring, dedicated to Portland’s diverse communities.

Two of the three focus groups are designed to hear from previous applicants of RACC’s Grants, Public Art, and Right Brain Initiative programs. RACC wants to hear from people who did not receive grants.

The third group is for community members from local organizations working with immigrant, refugee, and English Language Learner populations who have not accessed RACC’s great programs and services.

Nick is proud to serve as Council liaison to the RACC, as it’s committed to funding diverse and accessible arts programs that reach all people in our community.

Check out RACC’s website for more information or contact Tonisha Toler at ttoler@racc.org or (503) 823.5866.