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has arisen (Puissant & Lacour). Therefore the need for artist, scientist and engineers in cities emerges and their influence can be seen in policies affecting social and economic attributes. O’Meara’s article touched on social policies made in Portland and Curitiba that have supported MSC to be successful, policies reflecting ‘creative cities’. For example the ‘citizenship streets’ program targeted poor neighborhoods, giving families access to services and gain an education on loans and job…

The city council of Portland, Oregon is considering Ordinance 151 introduced by Councilwoman Carole Griffith, which addresses loitering in such as sidewalks, parking lots, streets, and other places were people gather. The purpose of this ordinance is to keep city clean, safe, and available for all citizens. An additional purpose to this ordinance is that will relocate the homeless form public view. Before passing this ordinance many extensive polls and research took place in order to have input…

with a huge hungry population. Prior to class, I have been working at the pantry for over three years and to be honest all I really knew about in terms of food insecurity was just mainly about food insecurity on the Portland State campus. In terms of food insecurity outside Portland State, I knew very little about-I did not even know much about Food Stamps other than they were a food assistance program for low income families. Going into the class and learning about food insecurity on a bigger…

Baseball” tells the story of a diverse group of players from who found common ground in the love for America's greatest past time. Grown men traveled for days to get a chance to be part of what became much more than just a team, a brotherhood. The Portland Mavericks, a class “A” minor league team constructed by a former professional baseball player and actor, Bing Russell. Russell grew up playing the game under Lefty Gomez and Joe DiMaggio, eventually ended his career after getting hit in the…

product world-wide after water. The construction industry is one of the vital sectors in the nation’s economy. The concrete mainly contains ordinary Portland cement as a primary binder and production of ordinary Portland cement causes 7% of the total greenhouse gases in to the earth’s atmosphere (Malhotra 2002) and production of the ordinary Portland cement produces carbon-di-oxide in mainly two ways , they are burning of fossil fuels and the other is calcination of lime stone into lime.…

When I think of what makes Oregon different in the wine industry, my thoughts are of smaller family owned farms, artisan wines, Oregon’s reputation for being weird and independent, and views on organic farming and sustainability for future generations (Yates, 2016). When I want to partake in some wine tasting, I stay clear of the big wineries, for example, Ponzi in Sherwood, OR and set my sights for unique and smaller wineries, such as White Rose. Smaller wineries are great storytellers and…

major addition to its Portland, Maine facility. Hemp Americana wishes to report details related to its recent move to sharply reduce outstanding share count, as well as plans for a major strategic revival of its online presence and sales channels. The reduction of 2.25 billion shares will lower the count down from 6 billion to 3.75 billion, which they tend to further lower in the near future. These changes will support the launch of full-scale operations at the Portland, Maine facility:…

City #1: Salt Lake City Absolute location: 40° 45' N / 111° 53' W The city is located in the northeast corner of the Salt Lake Valley surrounded by the Great Salt Lake to the northwest and the steep Wasatch and Oquirrh mountain ranges on the eastern and south western borders. Salt Lake City has a dry continental climate with hot, dry summers and cold, snowy winters. Its current weather is partly sunny with occasional showers. An example of vegetation in Salt Lake City is sagebrush. It is a…

Nihonmachi, has served as a safe haven for many Japanese immigrants searching for opportunities in the Pacific Northwest (Katagiri). Because Oregon was a common place for the Japanese to enter the United States, many of the immigrants chose to stay in Portland (Sakamoto). Portland’s Japantown was characterized by flourishing business, schools, and a strong sense of community. Furthermore, although Japantown was originally predominantly male community similar to Portland’s Chinatown, the…

A Portland Press Herald review written by April Boyle of Good Theaters, “Mama’s Boy” focused on how well cast the actors were. Something I agree with a hundred and ten percent. The actors truly embodied each characters. One actor in particular, Betsy Aidem, who played Marguerite, Lee Harvey Oswald’s mother captured the sprite of a mother who has lost everything, now fighting to hold on to the only joy she has left, her youngest son Lee. The review highlighted the fact that the play itself has…