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Cleaning Up A Rivers Past
Date: February 23, 2012
Time: 7:30 AM - 9:00 AM
Event Description
Westside Economic Alliance Forum Presents
Can we build a better future by dredging up the past?
Featuring
Krista Koehl, Port of Portland
Keith Leavitt, Port of Portland
David Harvey, Gunderson LLC
Thursday, February 23, 2012
7:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
*Early registration ends Monday, February 20.*
Embassy Suites
9000 S.W. Washington Square Road
Tigard, Oregon 97223
For more than 175 years, Portland has been home to one of the busiest ports on the west coast-with more than 13 million tons of imports and exports streaming across marine facilities along the lower Willamette and Columbia Rivers.
But environmental regulations aimed at cleaning up 10 miles of the Lower Willamette River in Portland could cost billions of dollars and eliminate family wage jobs from our fragile regional and state economy, limiting several key industries from operating here. Clean up efforts could also limit the infill and reclamation of "brownfield" sites in north Portland, which are essential to meeting the region's need for developable industrial land in the next 50 years.
What is the process for such a project - and at the end of the day, will it achieve the ambitious goals for a healthy community? To learn more and understand how the clean up will impact businesses and communities on the Westside of the Portland metropolitan region, please join us on Thursday morning, February 23 as WEA's monthly Breakfast Forum examines the past and future of the Portland harbor.
You can register for this Forum by pre-paying with a check, payable to Westside Economic Alliance, or by phone with a Visa or MasterCard number. Seating is limited, so register today.
Cost: $25 for members
$35 for non-members
(add $10 for registration received after Monday, February 20)
To Register: Email tdunham@westside-alliance.org or by phone at 503-968-3100
A breakfast buffet will be available to members and guests.
Westside Economic Alliance
10220 SW Nimbus Ave., Suite K-12
Portland, Oregon 97223
503-968-3100
Can we build a better future by dredging up the past?
Featuring
Krista Koehl, Port of Portland
Keith Leavitt, Port of Portland
David Harvey, Gunderson LLC
Thursday, February 23, 2012
7:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
*Early registration ends Monday, February 20.*
Embassy Suites
9000 S.W. Washington Square Road
Tigard, Oregon 97223
For more than 175 years, Portland has been home to one of the busiest ports on the west coast-with more than 13 million tons of imports and exports streaming across marine facilities along the lower Willamette and Columbia Rivers.
But environmental regulations aimed at cleaning up 10 miles of the Lower Willamette River in Portland could cost billions of dollars and eliminate family wage jobs from our fragile regional and state economy, limiting several key industries from operating here. Clean up efforts could also limit the infill and reclamation of "brownfield" sites in north Portland, which are essential to meeting the region's need for developable industrial land in the next 50 years.
What is the process for such a project - and at the end of the day, will it achieve the ambitious goals for a healthy community? To learn more and understand how the clean up will impact businesses and communities on the Westside of the Portland metropolitan region, please join us on Thursday morning, February 23 as WEA's monthly Breakfast Forum examines the past and future of the Portland harbor.
You can register for this Forum by pre-paying with a check, payable to Westside Economic Alliance, or by phone with a Visa or MasterCard number. Seating is limited, so register today.
Cost: $25 for members
$35 for non-members
(add $10 for registration received after Monday, February 20)
To Register: Email tdunham@westside-alliance.org or by phone at 503-968-3100
A breakfast buffet will be available to members and guests.
Westside Economic Alliance
10220 SW Nimbus Ave., Suite K-12
Portland, Oregon 97223
503-968-3100
