The Weekly Catch 2018 Year In Review Nick Fish Blog Opinion: Dan Saltzman On His 20 Years on Portland City Council Commissioner Dan Saltzman in The Oregonian A Christmas Miracle: Portland Got 3 Inches of Rain but the Sewers Didn’t Overflow into the Willamette River Aaron Mesh in Willamette Week Why I’m Happy About 2018 Tom Chamberlain in NW Labor Press Parks New Grants Projects Connect Underserved Communities with Local Parks and Programs Portland Parks Foundation Blog Housing Portland is Producing Lots of Affordable Housing – But Not for the City’s Poorest Residents Nigel Jaquiss and Rachel Monahan in Willamette Week City Expects to Increase Goal for Housing Bond Jim Redden in the Portland Tribune Portland Mayor: Homelessness Can Be Fixed Zane Sparling in the Portland Tribune Police Portland Police Bureau to Hire Homeless Liaison Alex Zielinski in the Portland Mercury Police Bureau Hiring New Liaison to Work with Homeless People Pamplin Media Group Joint Terrorism Task Force Our Opinion: Keep City in Terrorism Task Force Portland Tribune Editorial Board Mayor: Exiting FBI task force puts city 'out of the loop' Zane Sparling in the Portland Tribune MLB Bringing Baseball to Stumptown: 'We Can Do It' Jim Redden in the Portland Tribune To Build A Ballpark, Baseball Must Overcome Oregon's Love of Industrial Land Anna Griffin in OPB News Arts & Culture Exhibition Coming to Portland Art Museum Will Celebrate Opulence of Paris Before WWI Nikki Kingery in the Portland Business Journal ‘Native Art Mart’ Returns to Mt. Scott Center David F. Ashton in East Portland News In Other News Portland Taking Over Homeless Camp Cleanups for ODOT Molly Harbarger in The Oregonian City Takes Over Homeless Camp Cleanups on State Property Alex Zielinski in the Portland Mercury Lawsuit Filed Against URM Building Warning Signs Jim Redden in the Portland Tribune Winter Window Walk Old Town Chinatown Blog Portland Ahead of House Speaker on Controversial Infill Policy Jim Redden in the Portland Tribune Hotel Tower Set to Be Portland's 5th-Tallest Building Wins Design Approval Elliot Njus in The Oregonian 6 Ways to Save Water and Money This Holiday Season The Portland Water Blog