Real Estate Articles
Green Acres?
Portland’s dream of pioneering sustainable neighborhoods faces tough obstacles.
By Bill Lascher
Street of Greens
A Portland economist discovers a link between density, greenery, and money.
By Geoff Koch
Boiling Point: Behind the Scenes
An eye opening tour through the boiler room at Portland's Markham Elementary School
Carole Smith Q & A
Portland Public Schools’ superintendent talks about what the state’s biggest bond ever could do for kids—and her legacy.
By Zach Dundas
Breathe Easy
We talked to admissions counselors, teachers, and education consultants to get the inside track for a process that should begin about a year before your child starts school.
Pop Quiz
By Nicole Morales, Ali Moran, and Gretchen Holzgang
East Side Rising
In Portland's historic industrial heartland, businesses new and old are making pom-poms, curing meats, designing clothes—and creating jobs
By Zach Dundas
Burb Battle
A new streetcar may divide two of Portland’s toniest bedroom communities.
By Zach Dundas
The New Frontier
Flush with hip businesses and new young residents, yet still dealing with the same old problems of drugs, crime, and poverty, St. Johns finds itself at a crossroads.
By Randy Gragg
Buy, Sell, Rent, Keep?
Find the right answer for you and your family in our all-purpose guide to today's market
By Anna Sachse
Checked Out
If you’ve looked around your school library lately, you may have noticed something missing. Namely, the librarian.
Back to the ’Burbs
An intrepid suburban mom wonders if home sweet home really is just beyond the next development.
By Pam Grimes
