Recently added articles from Daily Journal of Commerce (Portland, OR):

Affordable housing project rising in North Portland

Jul 08, 2008; Dan Carter ... The Patton Park Apartments in North Portland are taking shape.When completed in winter 2009, the affordable mixed-use project atthe corner of North Interstate Avenue and Emerson Street will have54 units ...

Coalition asks Portland City Council to reject crossing plan

Jul 08, 2008 ... The Coalition for a Livable Future this morning will hold ameeting asking Portland City Council to reject a $4 billion plan toreplace and expand the Interstate 5 crossing over the Columbia Riveruntil further analysis is completed. The group is calling forupdated analysis on global ...

Mt. Hood Community College sustainable building program continues

Jul 08, 2008 ... Mt. Hood Community College this October will again offer a classfocused on applying sustainable concepts to the design, developmentand construction of buildings. The Sustainable Building Advisor Program lasts nine months. Itsobjectives include analyzing the cost of building ...

Portland's South Waterfront forges an identity

Jul 08, 2008; Sam Bennett ... On the Fourth of July, Norm Whitlatch helped throw a party for acouple hundred friends and neighbors. Dubbed the South Waterfront Neighborhood BBQ and Potluck, it wasthe second annual Independence Day get-together for South Waterfrontresidents only, including soon-to-be residents ...

Oregon firms take home Gold Nugget Awards

Jul 08, 2008 ... Oregon construction, planning and design firms took home awardsat the 45th annual Gold Nugget Awards, held June 26 in San Franciscoas part of the PCBC homebuilding tradeshow and conference. Theawards recognize achievements in architectural design and land-useplanning for residential, ...

Washington County moves forward with road realignment

Jul 08, 2008 ... Washington County has awarded Eagle-Elsner Inc. of Sherwood aconstruction contract to realign 175th Avenue and Roy Rogers Roadnorth of Scholls Ferry Road. Once completed, the $4.25 millionproject will replace a three-way intersection where Roy Rogers Roadends at Scholls Ferry Road with a ...

Engineering phase next for Portland's Burnside/Couch Street Project

Jul 08, 2008; Tyler Graf ... Street-level surveying for the Burnside Couch Street Project,which will turn those major roads into one-way couplets, hascompleted, and now the fast-tracked project is rushing into theengineering phase. That doesn't necessarily mean that the project will startconstruction in ...

Swiss team's "solar taxi": Driven by the sun - and a cause

Jul 08, 2008; Libby Tucker ... A Swiss team touring the globe in a solar-powered car visitedPortland on Monday to promote solar energy as a viable solution tooil dependence and climate change. The "solar taxi," a three-wheeled electric car that's powered entirely by the sun, rolled intoPortland for the second stop on ...

Bids received for Sherwood's Adams Avenue project

Jul 08, 2008 ... Twelve firms have submitted proposals for engineering andplanning services for the construction of Adams Avenue North inSherwood. The project involves engineering design and preparation ofdocuments for the construction of Adams Avenue North from Tualatin-Sherwood Road to Highway ...

City of Troutdale discussing new police station

Jul 08, 2008 ... The City of Troutdale City Council will hold a work sessiontonight at 7 o'clock to discuss plans for a new police station. Dave Nelson, chief of police for the city, will discuss thecurrent need for space, design and budgeting for the new ...

Beaverton Round sued for overdue utility payments

Jul 08, 2008 ... The city of Beaverton Wednesday filed a lawsuit against The Roundat Beaverton Central owners association for $861,562 in overdueheating and cooling payments. The amount includes $40,461 ininterest charges accrued since May 2007. The lawsuit also blames theassociation for failing to pay ...

Portland's Capital Pacific Bank hires Jason Hilton

Jul 08, 2008 ... Capital Pacific Bank has hired Jason Hilton as vice president andclient services officer. Hilton has 11 years of banking and leasing experience. Hepreviously served as general manager and director of credit in themiddle market group of LEAF Financial Corp. in ...

Portland's Tonkon Torp LLP hires Gwendolyn Griffith

Jul 08, 2008 ... Tonkon Torp LLP has hired attorney Gwendolyn Griffith to join itstax practice group. Griffith's practice focuses on closely held businesses in mattersof taxation, succession and estate planning, and the formation,reorganization, purchase or sale of businesses. She also ...

Building efficiency fund in works for Portland?

Jul 07, 2008; Libby Tucker ... The Portland Office of Sustainable Development is formulating aproposal to create a fund with public and private financing thatwould pay for widespread energy efficiency upgrades in the city'sresidential and commercial buildings. The fund would remove thefinancial burden of rising energy ...

Corridor plan upsets Portland residents

Jul 07, 2008; Tyler Graf ... After nearly two years of work, the Portland Planning Bureau thisweek released its North Interstate Corridor Plan, which proposeszoning changes for the busy North Portland arterial along the MAXlight-rail yellow line. Although Portland City Council won't review the plan until ...

Portland Public School District proposes solar array for Hillsdale

Jul 07, 2008 ... The Portland Public School District, working with the city ofPortland, is considering installing a solar array that would servedistrict schools in the Hillsdale area. The array, which would provide 100,000 kilowatt hours ofelectricity, would be located on a hillside facing Bertha ...

Multnomah county reopens rural east county road

Jul 07, 2008 ... The upper section of Larch Mountain Road in rural east MultnomahCounty has been reopened. Multnomah County closes public access to recreation areas offupper Larch Mountian Road each winter by installing a snow gate ....

North Bend airport terminal opens next week

Jul 07, 2008 ... A new airport terminal at Southwest Oregon Regional Airport inNorth Bend will hold its grand opening celebration Monday. The Coos County Airport District and SkyWest Airlines plan tooffer service from North Bend with twice-daily nonstop flights toSan Francisco ...

Portland's fuel standard marks one year

Jul 07, 2008 ... The Portland Bureau of Development Services will hold a birthdayparty on Thursday to celebrate the one-year anniversary ofPortland's renewable fuel standard. Last year, Portland city council put into effect a law requiringminimum blends of 5 percent biodiesel in diesel fuel and 10 ...

A mammoth new library for Tualatin

Jul 07, 2008; Nathalie Weinstein ... Standing 8 feet tall and 12 feet long in life, the partialskeleton of a mastodon discovered in Tualatin in the 1940s isn't theonly big thing happening at the Tualatin Public Library. P&C Construction Co. is nearly complete with a $9.4 millionrenovation and expansion of the library, ...