The City of Portland (OR) launches an LED retrofit project next month.
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The Federal Highway Administration selected Getaround to participate in a joint project with the city of Portland starting in February 2012.
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Kelly Clark, a lawyer in the city of Portland, released the files.
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Construction just commenced on a new 90, 000-square-foot store in North Portland that will be home to not only the largest green roof in the green roof-happy city of Portland, but the largest green roof in the entire state of Oregon.
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The momentum of 30 years ago, when Portland underwent a city planning revolution under the helm of Gov. McCall and Neil Goldschmidt, Portland's mayor from 1973 to 1979, has slowed.
However, a new route opening in 2015 will expand the MAX to Milwaukie, a small city just seven miles south of Portland, connecting the inner Southeast neighbourhoods to the downtown core at the same time.
Its main city, Portland, became the poster child of the "smart growth" movement by forcing up density, building an extensive light-rail system and restoring its urban core.
The activists kept pushing for formal recognition of Oaks Bottom as an important natural resource and in 1988 the city made it Portland's first official urban wildlife refuge.
Mr Kynaston lingers over the City's fabric: staircases of Honduran mahogany, panelling of the best English oak and windowsills of Portland stone in the merchant banks.
After taking in the panoramic views of the Cascade Mountain range and downtown Portland, head back down via the Marquam Trail, following the 4T signs to the Portland Aerial tram, where futuristic pods offer a birds-eye view of the city while transporting you 3, 300ft in three minutes, depositing you at Southwest Waterfront Street directly across from the Portland Streetcar, which will take you back downtown.
Overlooking the Willamette River west of downtown Portland, Forest Park is one of the largest protected wilderness areas inside a US city.
If you want to immerse yourself in the hippie scene that Portland has to offer, take transit to the Hawthorne district in the southeast quadrant of the city.
There are plenty of Portland restaurants vying for the distinction of the city's best, but Le Pigeon, under chef Gabriel Rucker, is (still) considered a notch above the rest.
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One last gallery stop before becoming "art-ed out": Greenhut Galleries, in Middle St, is Portland's first private gallery and the anchor of the city's progressive art scene.
Of course up-and-comers like Jacksonville, Charlotte, and Oklahoma City, and even Portland (10th place), still lack the critical mass of high-end business services of many of the larger, more established metropolitan areas.
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Portland also tops the list of being the most cycle-friendly large city in the United States, with 6.3% of commuters travelling by bike.
New York City, Minneapolis, and Portland, Oregon are amongst those that will join the ranks of stability by the end of this year.
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Portland, Oregon may be watching the Enron trial more closely than any city outside of Houston.
Most travellers come to Portland for the beer, coffee and the laid back, artistic feel of the city.
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