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| Buy A Brick!
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Join the nearly 75,000 Portlanders that own a piece of our city's living room. Named bricks make great gifts and include gift wrapping, a frameable certificate, and a map of your brick's location upon installation! Purchase a brick for yourself or a loved one.
Inscriptions can include up to 18 characters on a standard keyboard. Proceeds from each brick sale support maintenance and programming of the park.
The next brick installation is scheduled for July 2017. To be included, brick orders need to be completed by May 19.
Click here to buy a brick today!
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| Parks Replacement Bond Construction Continues
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Waste from demolition is one of the biggest sources of trash in the country. Portland is known for its commitment to recycling and sustainability. For the Parks Replacement Bond renovations at the Square, the construction team with Howard S. Wright and Faison Construction have been working with local demolition subcontractor PAS Construction and woman-owned Greenway Recycling to minimize waste through an ambitious waste management plan. The plan includes the recycling of nearly 10 different materials. According to Greenway Recycling
Manager Eric Wentland, about 62% of the total waste collected at their facility from the Square and other sites during the last few months has been recovered.
Construction crew members toss all construction debris into clearly marked recycling dumpsters at the Square. These are then hauled to the Greenway recycling facility where workers hand sort materials for recycling.
The lion’s share of the project’s waste is from bricks, masonry, and concrete. At Greenway, these get crushed together and are being used to construct a roadbed for the approach to the Hillsboro Landfill. Copper tubing and wiring gets stripped, melted, and turned into new wiring and tubing. Other metals are melted together and used to create any number of products – from nails to new sports cars. The wood is sent for chipping to be used as boiler fuel at paper and plywood mills. Instead of costing the City more, project managers are actually saving money with this recycling program, allowing for additional much-needed repairs to be completed at the Square.
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| Portland Walking Tours' New Makers and Their Amazing Things Tour
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Portland Walking Tours
is introducing a new tour focused on Portland's creative community. “Makers & Their Amazing Things” is the first and only tour in Portland that allows locals and tourists to go behind the scenes, inside the creative hearts, minds, and makerspaces of passionate local artisans. On this fun and fascinating walking tour within the up-and-coming Central Eastside neighborhood, visit a selection of some of the hundreds of tool libraries, workshops, makerspaces, and hackerspaces in the city. Each tour guide chooses at least four locations that are home to dozens of artisans. Portland Walking Tours' 2017 partners include the ADX
makerspace, the Portland Apparel Lab makerspace, JBird Collective leather goods, and more.
The “Makers & Their Amazing Things” walking tour starts its Spring 2017 schedule on April 14, 2017 and continues
every Friday and Saturday starting at 12 Noon at Base Camp Brewing Co. (930 SE Oak St.) Click here for more information and tickets.
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| Hold An Event at the Square!
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Pioneer Courthouse Square is one of Portland’s leading outdoor venues, hosting over 300 events each year. In any season, Pioneer Courthouse Square is a premier location to host your special event. The Square is a full-service venue that supports countless local and national organizations with its on-site production services. The Pioneer Courthouse Square event and production team will enthusiastically assist you in building your event. On-site services include equipment, sound, lighting, labor, and public relations support to create your high-profile event. The Square will continue to hold events in the space not impacted by construction.
To hold an event at the Square, click here, email the Director of Operations Lindsay Gay at lindsay@thesquarepdx.org, or call 503.223.1613.
To sponsor an event at the Square, click here, email the Director of Marketing Theresa Vetsch-Sandoval at tvetsch@thesquarepdx.org, or call 503:223.1613.
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| Food Trucks in April
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Some of Portland's favorite food trucks have joined the Square's food carts Philly's on the Phly and Shelly's Honkin' Huge Burritos
to mix up your lunch break! All month long, enjoy doughnuts from VooDoo Doughnut and dumplings from Dump Truck. The food trucks change daily, so check here for the full schedule!
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