The Airbnb of camping comes to Oregon
A San Francisco-based platform has big ambitions for Oregon: Ease the overcrowding of public lands and close the urban-rural divide.
Photo essay: Outdoor swimming pools, public and private
Portland’s outdoor public pools are much beloved facilities. But new construction has not kept pace with population growth.
Editor’s Note: 16,000 vacant apartments, redux
A short item I posted two days ago about 16 thousand vacant apartments in the Portland metro area has attracted an outsize amount of attention.
Veteran newspaper editor, Salem business leader team up on new media outlet.
The city of Salem is getting another news outlet.
Census estimates point to thousands of vacant apartments
(Update appended): According to the American Community Survey there are appoximately 352,000 rental units in the Portland metro area. The census Housing Vacancy survey estimates a 4.8% vacancy rate for the metro area during the second quarter of 2018. Combining these figures would imply roughly 16,000-17,000 vacant units, said Chris Salviati, housing economist for the rental site ApartmentList, in … Read more
Is Buehler tacking right? Velo Cult shutters; retail-bar model stumbles.
The OB take on news headlines.
Congratulations to our 2018 Oregon Super Lawyers & Rising Stars
Sussman Shank LLP is proud to announce that 15 of our lawyers have been recognized as 2018 Oregon Super Lawyers® and two have been named as Rising Stars®.
Nonprofits battle growing distrust in institutions
Nonprofits are facing declining trust in public and private organizations.
Oregon political, biz leaders to host fundraiser for Illinois swing district candidate
Reps. Earl Blumenauer and Kurt Schrader have joined forces with the Neil Kelly clan to host a fundraiser on August 2 for Illinois Democrat Brendan Kelly.