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Commissioner Carmen Rubio @CommRubio
Joined March 2021
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As my term comes to an end, I am humbled by all that I have learned in my time here and proud of the things that my office accomplished over the past four years. This job has been the honor of my life. commrubio.substack.com/p/we-…

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It was an honor to join the Native American Youth and Family Center last weekend for the unveiling of Terresa White’s Mamook Tokatee Raven Sculpture in the Cully neighborhood.
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For millenia, the arts have helped us grieve, heal, and celebrate together. I hope this installation will incubate new ideas, opportunities, and frames for cultural expression so future generations will continue to experience the energy and enrichment that comes from the arts.
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I want to recognize NAYA, the Native Arts and Culture Foundation, and Indigenous and Native artists for their cultural, economic, and social contributions to the richness of our city. These installations are a key piece of strengthening Portland by building belonging together.
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Commissioner Carmen Rubio retweeted
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14 Dec 2024
Be the first to know about important programs, services, resources, events and engagement opportunities! Sign up for Rose City Connection, the City of Portland's new, weekly digital newsletter. Find the sign-up link at Portland.gov/Updates.
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Commissioner Carmen Rubio retweeted
Portland Housing Bureau@PortlandHousing
12 Dec 2024
Affordable housing changes lives. Residents like Dawn, who lives at the Portland Housing Bond-funded East Burnside Apartments, use their newfound security and stability to change their life stories. Learn more about PHB: portland.gov/phb
A graphic featuring a photo of a woman identified as Dawn, East Burnside Apartments Residents. Includes a quote from Dawn: "Permanent, safe, secure... Those are things that when you're homeless sound unattainable. Being in permanent housing changes the narrative for us."

ALT A graphic featuring a photo of a woman identified as Dawn, East Burnside Apartments Residents. Includes a quote from Dawn: "Permanent, safe, secure... Those are things that when you're homeless sound unattainable. Being in permanent housing changes the narrative for us."
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Portland Bureau of Planning and Sustainability@PortlandBPS
11 Dec 2024
City council has approved the Portland Clean Energy Community Benefits Fund (PCEF)'s significant expansion of its groundbreaking Cooling Portland program, adding $10.3 million to help 10,000 more households and reduce risk of heatwave deaths through 2026. tinyurl.com/357k55k2

Groundbreaking Cooling Portland program expands to help more Portlanders

The Portland Clean Energy Community Benefits Fund (PCEF) will add $10.3 million to the program.

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These actions represent an incredible amount of work from @PortlandBPS, @PBOTinfo, and @PDXStreetcar as well as community members who have been tracking this work for years. We are setting the stage for the transformation of yet another area of Portland! kgw.com/article/news/local/p…

Portland City Council approves $120M streetcar extension, new mixed-use neighborhood in Northwest

The new neighborhood in Northwest Portland plans to be a transit-friendly, mixed-use area, with more than 2,000 new housing units and include more middle-wage jobs.

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This morning City Council presented the 2024 Steve Lowenstein Trust Award to Dana Lynn Louis, who founded Gather:Make:Shelter in 2017 to empower people experiencing houselessness and poverty through creative opportunities including pottery painting, drawing, and printmaking.
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Dana's compassionate, community-centered, and transformative leadership creates safe, loving, and welcoming spaces while respecting the innate wisdom of participants. She believes that everyone is entitled to dignity and belonging no matter where they live or what their story.
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This is what true healing looks like, and we need more experiences like these – and leaders like Dana. I thank her for the vision of hope and connection she brings to our city.
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Portland Housing Bureau@PortlandHousing
9 Dec 2024
Thank you to @Oregonian and @lrmongeau for this excellent profile of PHB's N/NE Preference Policy, and the impact it's had on the historically Black Albina District and those who have it home. We're proud of our work on this policy in the past decade! oregonlive.com/politics/2024…

After history of loss, Portland’s Albina district builds back

Nearly 10 years in, an innovative policy meant to repair the damage done to Portland’s Black community by years of racist housing practices is showing modest success

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Congratulations to Literary Arts on today’s opening of the largest literary center on the West Coast! The center is named for Susan Hammer, a powerful advocate for arts and culture in Portland.
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The center features a bookstore with sections specializing in design, architecture, poetry, and writing craft; space for author readings and community events; classrooms for in-person workshops; offices for staff; and a recording studio for radio shows and podcasts.
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For the past four decades, Literary Arts has engaged readers, supported writers, and inspired the next generation with great literature. Its programs include Portland Arts & Lectures, Oregon Book Awards & Fellowships, Portland Book Festival, and Writers in the Schools.
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Mark your calendar: In partnership with @prosperportland’s @PDXFilmOffice, @thesquarepdx will present 2 drone light shows to ring in the new year!  portland.gov/wheeler/news/20…

Mayor Wheeler announces New Year's Eve celebrations in The Square

Presented by the City of Portland, Prosper Portland’s Office of Events & Film, Pioneer Courthouse Square and True West.

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“Hopefully folks can see themselves in this data,” says @PortlandBPS policy analyst Kyle Diesner, “and hopefully they can see opportunities within their own life where they can implement changes to reduce these emissions by putting the data out here.” opb.org/article/2024/12/02/p…

Climate dashboard tracks Multnomah County’s emissions reduction progress

The Bureau of Planning and Sustainability has been collecting Multnomah County carbon emissions data for more than 30 years, but it was not always publicly accessible.

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Portland’s holiday season is here! Thank you to everyone who attended and performed at Pioneer Courthouse Square’s 40th Annual Tree Lighting Ceremony last night.
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Today is Small Business Saturday, so please support our amazing small businesses in your holiday shopping plans. Learn more at ShopSmallPDX.com.

Shop Small PDX

Portland's small businesses are the very soul of the city and they need your support! Local small business directory, events and ways to shop local in Portland, Oregon.

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