1. Mayor’s business waiver idea may be expanded (Portland Tribune) - City staff members have proposed expanding elements of a package of small-business incentives unveiled last month by Mayor Shane Bemis during his state of the city address. Gresham city councilors considered the proposal – designed to get home-based business owners into vacant storefronts ...
4. The Triangle woos the tech giant's fiber network (Independent Weekly) - Like nervous suitors vying for the marriage hand of a maiden, communities are putting together creative proposals to catch the attention of Google. It was just a month ago when the mega corporation announced it was looking to partner with a U.S. city to launch its newest project [ read Google's fiber proposal, PDF ]. But already, several hundred communities have set their sights on securing a ...
6. Building a creative connection (Cape Cod Times) - Richard W. Griffin Jr. makes his sculptural metalwork – furniture, wall treatments, gates, fireplace screens – in South Chatham. He does most of his Griffin Design Co.
10. Sammamish considers options for growth (Sammamish Reporter) - The decision of the Sammamish City Council last month to not consider a request from Southeast Quadrant landowners to increase the density of development in proposed Town Center was seen by many as an indicator of the council's eagerness to move forward with the beleaguered project, free of further planning and process hindrances.
