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Old Posted Apr 20, 2023, 12:43 AM
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“Chesley Lindsey served as a department lead in the action sports department at the Portland REI store until early November 2022. She says she was actively involved in efforts to unionize the store, and shortly before she left, workers at the store were very close to a vote.”

They wanted to squash a union.
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Old Posted Apr 20, 2023, 1:26 AM
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“Chesley Lindsey served as a department lead in the action sports department at the Portland REI store until early November 2022. She says she was actively involved in efforts to unionize the store, and shortly before she left, workers at the store were very close to a vote.”

They wanted to squash a union.
So downtown is perfectly fine? Got it
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Old Posted Apr 20, 2023, 1:35 AM
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And now for a more upbeat contribution...

We were out of the country for almost 6 months. Returned to Portland less than 2 weeks ago. I have walked around my neighborhood, along both NW 21st and 23rd, and I saw no homeless tents and very little graffiti. Maybe it was a fluke, I don't know. I saw new businesses going in. Then on Sunday we walked down to Darcelle IV to take a friend for her birthday to the drag brunch. We all were amazed and pleased by how cleaned-up both the Pearl District and Old Town are! I do not think that we saw even one homeless tent. Tents are concentrated along ODOT land of I-405. That freeway cleanup money ran out, but I think that Mayor Wheeler got Gov Kotek to provide some additional funds until June or July.

The cleanup of Old Town seems to have moved the epicenter of drug activity to SW 4th Washington. But to assert that the City and County are clueless is inaccurate. The Mayor, the County Chair, and the Governor are all over this big mess. We do need more police officers, mental health & drug addiction specialists, public defenders, and shelter spaces. Money is in the pipeline. While I am frustrated at how long it has taken to see results, I am optimistic that we will see more improvement over this coming year.

As for bullets flying randomly through office buildings, I am almost reluctant to bring up what is obvious ...that the US is awash with guns. Certainly that is not the case in the countries where I stayed, where I did not fear being gunned down in public.
Glad to hear this as your perspective coming back from out of town. I think that despite all the negative headlines, the more people are able to see progress with their own eyes, the more they'll return to the Pearl/ Downtown, and we will finally see a turnaround. The media, especially conservative outlets, love to trash our city and while it's not all totally off base, i think most reasonable people aren't going to cancel a trip here because they really think it's on fire. We have a steep hill to climb to get a truly healthy city center again, but my recent visits have been positive in the area around Powell's, West End, north park blocks, etc. I was kind of astonished how few tents I saw and how many people were out.
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Old Posted Apr 20, 2023, 1:38 AM
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Glad to hear this as your perspective coming back from out of town. I think that despite all the negative headlines, the more people are able to see progress with their own eyes, the more they'll return to the Pearl/ Downtown, and we will finally see a turnaround. The media, especially conservative outlets, love to trash our city and while it's not all totally off base, i think most reasonable people aren't going to cancel a trip here because they really think it's on fire. We have a steep hill to climb to get a truly healthy city center again, but my recent visits have been positive in the area around Powell's, West End, north park blocks, etc. I was kind of astonished how few tents I saw and how many people were out.
I totally agree that conservative media is pumping negative propaganda and people are buying into it. I do have some sour feelings that camps are getting sweeped, as those people don’t have housing or shelter beds to go to. Those people are just being shuffled to other areas in town.
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Old Posted Apr 20, 2023, 2:47 AM
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I'm only adding a comment because the homelessness topic relates to the pearl portion this thread represents, but I have a few thoughts.

First, homelessness and its significance can be positively impacted by more affordable housing, more opportunities for social/mental services, and more shelter beds to house those in need. I believe this is undeniable, but does not resolve the whole issue.

Second, not *all homeless people respond to these opportunities, as addiction or (frankly) just being the type of people that prefer homelessness is prevalent in western metro areas. Portland has a long history for being very (sometimes overly) accommodating to the homeless. Having opportunities to help the homeless does not alleviate the entire problem, as *some homeless people refuse help, prefer the lifestyle, don't want to pay bills, don't want to have responsibility, prefer to be in the street, etc. Simply assuming that social services will alleviate their problem is a fool's errand, and this city, at times, coddles *all homeless people and ignores actual criminals, those that don't give a * about anyone but themselves, trash the landscape, needle up in parks, etc. I don't feel bad for those people and they should meet the consequences of the law (although Portland has made this problem hard to prosecute through it's lax drug laws and lack of police presence).

Third, it's not acceptable that those who actually want to help their situation are stymied by lack of services or opportunity. But it's also not acceptable that those who refuse those opportunities get the same treatment. If we can build enough shelters to house the entire homeless population, and you still refuse it and the help it comes with, then you shouldn't have free reign to block the sidewalk, shoot up publicly, camp at will, burn fires and create danger to your neighbors, etc. At some point, you have to be responsible for yourself and your actions.

I'll go further to say we should ban sidewalk camping, but that should only come if we have the shelters to support. If you're on the street and want help, the city should provide the opportunity. If you refuse the help, then you're a nuisance, sometimes dangerous to others, and should not be welcome here.

That's not "conservitsm garbage" (I'm certainly not an elephant), that's reasonable to me. But then again, maybe I'm just tired of people camping in parks and trashing up the place and seeing constant stories of homeless *ing up our city. There are a ton of sides at fault, but excusing *all homeless people from their actions and ignoring placing consequences is infuriating to me.
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We need housing first with services offered. It works. I don’t think there are as many refusing help as you believe.
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Friends, there is a homeless/houseless thread, please post these well thought out discussions there. I truly appreciate everyone's passion on the important issues we need to address, and we have the threads for those discussions.
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Old Posted Apr 20, 2023, 4:43 PM
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A few updates for NW 13th:
  • Toro Mexican Kitchen will be opening next week in the former Tilt space.
  • Across the street, furniture store Joybird will be going into the former Bullseye Projects space.
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Old Posted Apr 20, 2023, 5:08 PM
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I have deleted another two posts that are off topic for this thread. If you are having trouble finding the correct threads, scroll to the top of the page and go to the "Portland" forum (after "Pacific West") and click through from there.

The posts have been soft deleted (mods can still see what was posted) so if anyone wants to repost their thoughts in the appropriate thread send me or Mark a DM and we can copy / paste the text into a DM.
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Old Posted Apr 20, 2023, 5:25 PM
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A few updates for NW 13th:
  • Toro Mexican Kitchen will be opening next week in the former Tilt space.
  • Across the street, furniture store Joybird will be going into the former Bullseye Projects space.
Isn’t the building that had Tilt being redeveloped?
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Old Posted Apr 20, 2023, 5:37 PM
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Not to my knowledge. You're not thinking of Lovejoy Square / Welby a few blocks north, are you?
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Old Posted Apr 20, 2023, 5:40 PM
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Not to my knowledge. You're not thinking of Lovejoy Square / Welby a few blocks north, are you?
Oh maybe…what’s the name of that old sports bar, with the fun looking 2nd floor patio that I would have frequented if I wasn’t lame with kids. Didn’t they also close?
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Old Posted Apr 20, 2023, 5:47 PM
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Yes, that was On Deck (which was briefly replaced by the Botanist during the pandemic). I believe that the southern half of Lovejoy Square is now entirely vacant, ready for demolition.
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Yes, that was On Deck (which was briefly replaced by the Botanist during the pandemic). I believe that the southern half of Lovejoy Square is now entirely vacant, ready for demolition.
Can confirm this.
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Yes, that was On Deck (which was briefly replaced by the Botanist during the pandemic). I believe that the southern half of Lovejoy Square is now entirely vacant, ready for demolition.
Ah ok. Thanks.
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Anyway, I recently walked past the space that will have Toro, and the build out appeared to be nearly complete. It's going to be part of Urban Restaurant Group's portfolio, so my hopes aren't that high, but I'll be glad to see that corner activated this spring (assuming spring ever arrives).
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Choice Hotels are holding a groundbreaking event next in week in Hillsboro, to celebrate breaking ground on two hotels: the Cambria Hillsboro & the Cambria Pearl District. Last time I went by the site in the Pearl demo was underway on the building at NW Park and Davis.
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Old Posted May 23, 2023, 6:59 PM
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Records show REI frustration with Portland officials as closure loomed
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Less than an hour before REI made public its plans to close its Portland store, the outdoor retail giant gave a courtesy notice to Mayor Ted Wheeler’s office, saying that operating a store within the city limits appeared untenable.
Source: https://www.seattletimes.com/busines...losure-loomed/
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Old Posted Jun 26, 2023, 2:41 PM
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PDOX PS - NEW SIX STORY SELF STORAGE BUILDING WITH SIX RETAIL UNITS ON THE MAIN FLOOR. **W/23-055658-MT**
The original design was approved in 2018, unclear if that design remains the same..
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It looks like that approval is still good until January 1st of next year. Definitely possible to get a permit in that time, although it's cutting it close.

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Exception. Within the City, final decisions that became effective between March 8, 2017 and January 1, 2021 expire if a City permit has not been issued for approved development or the approved activity has not commenced by January 1, 2024.
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