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Susan's Online Guide to Portland Let me Help You Find a Home and a Neighborhood |
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Welcome to my Web site about the Portland, Oregon, metropolitan area. It is my way of helping you become acquainted with the neighborhoods and communities of the city and to inform you about the Portland area housing market. Your comments and suggestions about my Web site are always appreciated. If you have questions or if you are interested in buying or selling a home in the Portland area, contact me online or call me at (503) 497-2984.
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Rising gas prices drive fundamental shift in homebuying July 20 − In his hunt for a new home, Demetrius Stroud crunched the numbers to find out that, with gas prices climbing, moving near an Amtrak station is the best thing for his wallet. Stroud was looking in Elk Grove., Calif. -- about 85 miles away from his job in the San Francisco Bay Area -- because homes there are more affordable. But with gas at $4.50 and a car that gets about 22 miles per gallon, Stroud would be pumping $560 a month into his tank. So instead he made an offer on a home near the train station in Davis, Calif., which will shave $160 off his commuting costs. Read more in The Oregonian... |
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Wolves breeding again in Oregon July 22 − Biologists in northeast Oregon have confirmed the presence of Oregon's first reproducing pack of wild wolves since the predators were exterminated from the state decades ago. State biologist Russ Morgan and another biologist heard the howls of at least two adult wolves and two pups in the predawn hours Friday in northern Union County, north of La Grande, Morgan said Monday. The biologists themselves were howling under a bright moon, trying to produce an audible response from wolves. That's a common method of surveying for the animals. "It was pretty thrilling to get a response like that," said Morgan, who has been conducting the howling surveys for years. "It was definitely surprising after two years of looking." Read more in The Oregonian... |
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Best of Portland 20088 July 23 − This is America. And in America, dammit, we vote. For presidents, idols, dogs, city commissioners, you name it—we live and breathe and sweat beautiful, shimmering beads of democracy. And with WW’s annual celebration of everything that makes this burg such an invigorating, amazing and sometimes bizarre place to live, we asked you to vote once again. Every other week of the year, we tell you what we like (and loathe). But this week is different. Because nobody knows this city better than you. So we’ve made the heart of this year’s Best of Portland our improved, expanded, hyper-local readers’ poll. We carved up our city into 12 districts (look right) that we figure are a good match to the city’s geographical and cultural diversity. Read more in the Willamette Week... Boeing swoops into gorge life July 23 − The only thing moving faster here Tuesday than the 30-knot Columbia River Gorge wind was news that giant Boeing Co. was buying local success story Insitu -- maker of unmanned, drone aircraft. Boeing officials said immediate plans under the $400 million deal call for keeping Insitu's leadership and location just as they are. The company's 360 employees are spread among a dozen buildings in the neighboring towns of White Salmon and Bingen. For several years now, the company's fortunes have soared alongside the U.S. military's need for unmanned drones in the Iraq and Afghanistan war zones. Boeing and Insitu have been partners since 2002 in developing the company's main product, a robotic airplane dubbed the ScanEagle. Read more in The Oregonian...
Undocumented worker ruling could rattle Oregon's economy July 22 − As a federal court decision nears that could require employers to verify workers' Social Security numbers, Oregon employers and economists are trying to gauge the possible economic impacts. The most recent analysis says the state could lose up to $656 million in tax revenues and 173,500 jobs -- a huge rock in Oregon's economic pond that could ripple beyond undocumented workers to the services, businesses and industries they support and spend money on. Last fall, a federal judge barred the government from mailing 140,000 so-called no-match letters to employers that warned they could face penalties if employees' names didn't match with Social Security numbers. About 8 million employees nationally would have been affected by the letters. Read more in The Oregonian... |
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Green
beans July 23 −
Recently I've gotten into the habit of taking Sebastian to the park late
in the afternoon. We're often still there when my husband is walking
home from work; he joins us and we play together for a half hour or so
before heading home for dinner. The other day, we played for longer than
we should have, and so we stopped at a diner for dinner. I wanted a side
of vegetables for Sebastian but didn't have high hopes. Diners usually
serve good grilled cheese sandwiches but the vegetable sides leave a lot
to be desired. I was trying to decide between the overcooked broccoli
and the under-cooked cauliflower when the waiter suggested the sautéed
green beans. Since green beans are one of Sebastian's favorites, we
ordered them. 
Rush
of wind power to hit the Northwest July 21 − Utilities
and independent developers are poised to more than triple the amount of
wind power in the Northwest, a huge increase that underscores the
region's push for renewable energy. "It's phenomenal," said Elliot
Mainzer, a transmission manager with the federal
Oregon
solar industry approaching solstice July 22 − At least
three big solar companies are considering Oregon for manufacturing
plants that, along with the unannounced expansion of an existing
project, could provide thousands of family-wage jobs. Government and
business brokers of the potential deals -- including Gov. Ted Kulongoski,
who recently hinted at imminent news -- refuse to name companies. But
The Oregonian has uncovered expansion plans and potential plants that
would build the state into something of a Solar Forest, capitalizing on
Oregon's expertise in silicon, an ingredient of both solar cells and
semiconductors. Recruiters use cloak-and-dagger terms in discussing the
solar manufacturers eyeing Oregon: Project Ark. Project Harvester. And
an especially big one, Project Tahoe. 
