[CPEO-BIF] South Waterfront, Portland, Oregon

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Greening up Rose City's brownfield


by Drew Dakessian
Portland Tribune (OR)
January 16, 2014

Eleven years ago this month, the city of Portland adopted the South  
Waterfront Plan, a blueprint to convert a once-contaminated  
industrial site into a national model of sustainable living.

After 11 years, you can't help but wonder: Was this plan fulfilled?  
And what comes next for the 38-acre high-rise community in the south  
part of downtown Portland?

"It was a pretty industrial area that has turned 180 degrees,  
essentially (changing from) a brownfield to a greenfield," says Pete  
Collins, executive director of South Waterfront Community Relations,  
which promotes sustainability and transportation options for the  
neighborhood.

...

For the entire article, see
http://portlandtribune.com/sl/207552-63156-greening-up-rose-citys- 
brownfield

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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