It’s clear they’ve been honing their outer East Portland ‘talking points’ – see what they had to say, when Portland mayoral candidates visited the Gateway Area Business Association …

While almost everyone knows this business’s current owner – learn about the past of a customer-service-oriented, locally-owned business, as told by its founders …

Find out just who’s behind creating a new musical album, to benefit the Parkrose High music program, and why they’re doing it …

The long-shuttered Bob White Theater still exudes character. But the real story here is the local character who has attracted hundreds of volunteers to help turn this abandoned theater into a community entertainment and culture center …

Fueled by a ‘media leak’ – see why the incoming president and four board members resigned from their volunteer posts with the Parkrose Business Association – and, surprisingly, who they say is behind the unrest …

Discover what neighbors learned, about a study to add more “neighborhood-scale commercial uses” along this outer East Portland thoroughfare. You can comment, if you do so before March 16 …

Find out what these folks learned about what’s happening in southern outer East Portland’s largest neighborhood …

See which candidates did show up at the Gateway Area Business Association luncheon, to pitch their candidacy for one of the two open Portland City Council seats …

Six specific areas were invited to participate in a new Portland Development Commission pilot program some call ‘Main Street Lite’. See which of them made the cut. See how it unfolded with lots of exclusive photos and much of the speakers’ remarks …

Find out what folks with the Gateway Area Business Association learned, when they lunched at Adventist Medical Center – and learn where they’ll be meeting this month …

See why neighborhood and business leaders wonder if – and how, and when – these new East Portland tax-increment financed “mini Urban Renewal Improvement Districts” might pay off …

These are the fellows who, for years, provided marionette shows at Mall 205. Read how people around the world will now get to enjoy their most beloved tale …