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Occupy Portland

Browse the many info pages in the Occupy Portland category.

Occupy the city budget. The Community Assembly to Create a People's Budget is one of many events you can participate in around Portland.

Featured Articles

Former mayoral candidate, Cameron Whitten, on day 18 of his Hunger Strike for Housing Justice.

Dear Occupy: Let's starve together in "Solidarity, Unity, and Equality."
The Executive Board of Laborers' Local 483 announces its united stand with Occupy Portland: "You are the hope for the future."
Let's Occupy Together! Join in solidarity with the folks Occupying Wall Street and Occupy Portland. Real change begins now!
Portland is number one - Portland is the best, and the worst, in ways you may find surprising.
A new category, Portland Startup Investment which includes a list of Portland-based investment resources for local entrepreneurs and others wishing to move to Portland and the NW. Includes Portland Seed Fund, TiE Oregon and the Portland Incubator Experiment. Please add to this list!
Local blogs - Portland's diverse and interesting web logs identified here. Please add to this list!
Bicycling Etiquette - Handy bicyclist tips to win friends and influence motorists.

Shelter is a place for people to find refuge from the elements. It is one of the primary components critical to survival for every person: water, food, safety (shelter).
Iraq Veterans Against the War - Oregon Chapter - To hell with war, and to its demonic mongers.
Cascadia is a proposed independent nation in the Pacific Northwest, usually composed of Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia, that would be formed by seceding from the United States (and Canada).
Cascadia subduction zone , off the Oregon Coast, is home to the Juan De Fuca Ridge, where one tectonic plate moves under another. The Ocean Observatories Initiative landed in Pacific City on July 12th, beginning a new era in oceanography.
Green industry - In Portland it's easy being green.
Horse rings - The small brass rings attached to curbs don't tether horses anymore... unless they're small plastic ones.
Personal Telco - Portland's answer (so far) to "Internet as public utility."
Yellow Bike Project - (Pictured here in black 'n' white.) A community cycling "first."
Charles Olds - Olds shot a man "just to watch him ...uh... succumb from injuries suffered as a result of an act of manslaughter."
CivicApps - An open data / open source project sponsored by several Portland-area government agencies.
Portlandia - The second largest hammered copper statue in America! (The largest is the Statue of Liberty.)
East 82nd Avenue - A major North-South arterial on Portland's Eastside. Gateway to Felony Flats.

Things to see in Portland

Horse spotting! Just one of many fun activities you can do in Portland!

Check out Ground Kontrol, a classic arcade and bar. Ground Kontrol is all-ages from Noon - 5pm daily, and 21+ only after 5pm nightly.
Drop by the Living Room Theater to check out a show.
If you are not into movies and want a cool hangout, drop by Backspace.
Art! The first week of the month offers First Thursday. Browse through the many art galleries throughout gritty Old Town and the shiny and plasticine Pearl District.
Meander through the Portland Police Historical Museum.
Walk through the South Park Blocks, which run through the Portland State University campus.

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Things to do in Portland

**Gargle some holy water.** Single bowl Benson Bubbler on corner of NW Couch St & NW 18th Ave. Near entrance of Saint Mary's Cathedral, Portland.

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Go see the new Baby Cougar at the Oregon Zoo.
Solitary advice: Do something yourself.
Chug a barrel o' locally brewed microbrew.
Lasso unruly bookworms at Powell's Books.
Entertain the wildlife in beautiful Forest Park.
Walk around Old Town.
Bike along Waterfront Park.
Stage a peace rally at Pioneer Square.
Skate on thin ice at Lloyd Center's Ice Rink.
Make your way through town riding the MAX.
Risk your hide in Portland's naked bike ride!
Waive your hands in the air "like you just don't care" at a live concert.
Get religion by becoming a "Blazer Believer."
Shamelessly show off your naked feet by hiking barefoot with Portland Barefoot Hikers.

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Places to go near Portland

Long Beach, Washington: Convenient Portland getaway and home to the "world's largest frying pan."

Visit beautiful Timberline Lodge, a National Historic Landmark. The lodge was constructed in the late '30s as a Works Progress Administration (WPA) project during the Great Depression.
Ski the slippery slopes of Mt. Hood.
Explore the active volcano at Mt. St. Helens.
Meander along the Pacific Coast, less than a two day power walk from Portland.
During Cascadia's wet months, succumb to a weekend bender in Bend, where the sun do shine most o' the time.
Spend the July 4th holiday in Long Beach, Washington, a pinnacle of patriotism and home to the World's Largest Frying Pan.
Find your perfect Halloween pumpkin at the Pumpkin Patch!
And don't forget about Oxbow Regional Park. According to PortlandWiki News, it's "a wonderful place to raise your homeless family"!

For more great free and open photos and images, check out the photos from the PortlandWiki photo contest, or the full list of images at Special:ListFiles.

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