“Hopefully folks can see themselves in this data,” says Portland Bureau of Planning and Sustainability policy analyst Kyle Diesner, “and hopefully they can see opportunities within their own life where they can implement changes to reduce these emissions by putting the data out here.” opb.org/article/2024/1…

Mark your calendar: In partnership with Prosper Portland’s Portland Events and Film Office, The Square will present 2 drone light shows to ring in the new year!  portland.gov/wheeler/news/2…

Thank you to The Oregonian and Lillian Mongeau Hughes for this excellent profile of PHB's N/NE Preference Policy, and the impact it's had on the historically Black Albina District and those who have it home. We're proud of our work on this policy in the past decade! oregonlive.com/politics/2024/…

City council has approved the Portland Clean Energy Community Benefits Fund (PCEF)'s significant expansion of its groundbreaking Cooling Portland program, adding $10.3 million to help 10,000 more households and reduce risk of heatwave deaths through 2026. tinyurl.com/357k55k2

Affordable housing changes lives. Residents like Dawn, who lives at the Portland Housing Bond-funded East Burnside Apartments, use their newfound security and stability to change their life stories. Learn more about PHB: portland.gov/phb

These actions represent an incredible amount of work from Portland Bureau of Planning and Sustainability, Portland Bureau of Transportation, and Portland Streetcar as well as community members who have been tracking this work for years. We are setting the stage for the transformation of yet another area of Portland! kgw.com/article/news/l…

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As my term comes to an end, I am humbled by all that I have learned in my time here and proud of the things that my office accomplished over the past four years. This job has been the honor of my life. commrubio.substack.com/p/we-accomplis…