Recent News for Portland Neighborhoods and Southwest Hills

Next week, finally, the annual Village Building Convergence will bloom in Southwest Portland

This year's event begins May 25 and continues through June 3. It will feature 41 projects in neighborhoods throughout Portland and Forest Grove. Mark Lakeman, a co-founder of the Village Building Convergence, estimates that more than 1,000 volunteers will participate.xxx

Politics of Place: A distinctive liberalism guides low-profile Portland legislative races

In Part 2 of the Politics of Place, we look at two open legislative races in two very different parts of Portland -- and how running for the Legislature is different in the state's largest city.xxx

Beaverton and ScanlanKemperBard Companies complete $22 million combined purchase at the Round

The city of Beaverton bought the Coldwell Banker building, also known as the South Office building, for $8.65 million. Portland-based real estate equity firm ScanlanKemperBard Companies bought a second three-story building.

The NAR Power Broker Roundtable: Real Estate at Risk: The Potential Impact of Legislative Change

“As brokers, we need to ask ourselves what we can do to inspire ongoing growth—and how a fragile recovery might be impacted by legislative changes,” stated Rei Mesa, Special Liaison for Large Firm Relations, NAR, and President/CEO, Prudential Florida Real Estate Services, in this month’s Roundtable discussion in RISMedia’s Real Estate magazine. Read on to [...]

Beaverton and ScanlanKemperBard Companies complete $22 million combined purchase at the Round

The city of Beaverton bought the Coldwell Banker building, also known as the South Office building, for $8.65 million. Portland-based real estate equity firm ScanlanKemperBard Companies bought a second three-story building.

Oregon bans American Indian team names, mascots for schools

PORTLAND, Oregon (Reuters) - The Oregon state board of education has banned public schools from using American Indian names and mascots for their athletic teams, out of a concern they disparage native American people. The move is believed to be one of the nation's most sweeping prohibitions of its kind in favor of native Americans who say their culture is stereotyped by a number of sports teams ...

Oregon bans American Indian team names, mascots for schools

PORTLAND, Oregon (Reuters) - The Oregon state board of education has banned public schools from using American Indian names and mascots for their athletic teams, out of a concern they disparage native American people. The move is believed to be one of the nation's most sweeping prohibitions of its kind in favor of native Americans who say their culture is stereotyped by a number of sports teams ...

TMT Development Receives A-List Award for Excellent Customer Service and Tenant Satisfaction

TMT Development, of Portland, Ore., announced today that it has been awarded the 2011 Real Estate Customer Service Award for Excellence. CEL & Associates presented this award to TMT Development for the company’s superior customer service based on tenant satisfaction.

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