Portland, Oregon:
Portland is a city located in the
Northwestern United States, near the
confluence of the
Willamette and
Columbia rivers in the state of
Oregon. As of July 2008, it has an estimated population of 557,706 making it the 29th most populous in the United States.
[5] It has been referred to as the most
environmentally friendly or "green" city in the United States, and the 2nd most in the world.
[6] Portland is Oregon's most populous city, and the third most populous city in the
Pacific Northwest, after
Vancouver,
British Columbia, and
Seattle,
Washington. Approximately two million people live in the
Portland metropolitan area (
MSA), the
23rd most populous in the
United States as of July 2006.
[7]
Portland was incorporated in 1851 and is the
county seat of
Multnomah County.
[8] The city extends slightly into
Washington County to the west and
Clackamas County to the south. It is governed by a
commission-based government headed by a mayor and four other commissioners. The city and region are noted for strong land-use planning
[9] and investment in
light rail, supported by
Metro, a distinctive regional-government. Portland is known for its large number of
microbreweries and
microdistilleries, and its coffee fanaticism. It is also the home of the
Trail Blazers NBA team. Portland lies in the
Marine west coast climate region, marked by warm, dry summers and rainy but temperate winters. This climate is ideal for growing
roses, and for more than a century, Portland has been known as "The City of Roses"
[10][11] with many
rose gardens—most prominently the
International Rose Test Garden.
Source: Wikipedia
Establishing A Portland Resource Center:

For those of you living in Portland I began building the
Cascadian Resource Center fifteen years ago throughout the Pacific Northwest including founding the first time-dollar based alternative currency system - the
Cascadia HOUR. I'd like to begin this resource center project again with your help, support and passionate cooperation with a particular focus on the metropolitan Portland area.
Take a look at what we've built in our hometown of Ashland, Oregon with the
Ashland Resource Center.
For the last three years we've built a "Resource Center 3.0" platform and business model to support the local and regional development of resource centers for communications and networking, interdependence and economic self–reliance, and we'd like to offer this to the entire Portland area community and the Pacific Northwest.
In many important ways this platform is more advanced than
Facebook and is focused on building and strengthening community locally. But we don't have the market capitalization of
Facebook so we'll require our members and sponsors to put up the capital in small bites to afford to deploy this ASAP. There is no time more critical than now!
What's Next?
So we're looking for the first twelve "
Associate" members ($48/month), the first 24 "
Business" members ($24/month) and the first 100 "
Community" members ($12/month) to make this feasible ASAP.
If we can get enough commitments we'll come back in three months and facilitate the
Portland Resource Center development and turn it over to a local ORGANIZING TEAM to operate.
That's our current vision and proposal for building and deploying these worldwide.
Become a member today!
Regional Resource Directory:

- Arts, Music, Dance, Theatre and Culture
- Business, Economics and Money
- Communications, Networking and Media
- Community
- Consciousness
- Development
- Education, Learning and Wisdom
- Energy, Shelter and Infrastructure
- Environment and Earth
- Family, Children and Youth
- Food, Water and Air
- Freedom and Sovereignty
- Health, Nutrition and Wellness
- History and Herstory
- Law and Governance
- Political, Social & Economic Justice and Security
- Relationship, Empowerment & Love
- Science and Technology
- Source, Spirituality and Religion
- Whole Systems and Resource Centers
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