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Mayor Tom Potter, Commissioner Sam Adams, Commissioner Randy Leonard, Commissioner Dan Saltzman, and Commissioner Erik Sten, invite you to a free event celebrating the Community Vision Project.Photo by Stewart Harvey
Celebration for the Community Visioning Project VisionPDX
Portland City Hall, 1221 SW 4th Avenue Thursday, April 6th from 5 pm-7 pm Portland’s City Council welcomes you to share in the celebration of The Community Vision Project in announcing their community partner grantees. The April 6th show combines visual art and performance to create a family-oriented and community-based night of fun. This free event is open to the public and is in partnership with City Council, several local organizations, artists, and performers.
VisionPDX is a group of 50+ Portlanders selected to help craft the project and the vision for Portland. The goal of VisionPDX is to talk to as many Portlanders as possible. The number 100,000 has been used repeatedly with the goal of including as many people as possible and from as many perspectives as possible. The event will feature a variety mixture of art and history inspiring reflection on the Portland community and its future.
- Performances from BroadArts Theater and WellArts Theater . As part of VisionPDX, each of these groups will create theatrical works designed to stimulate discussion of Portland’s future.
- Video from Oregon Film & Video Foundation/Public Media Works , another VisionPDX partner organization.
- Posters commemorating the 100-year anniversary of the Olmsted plan that established the vision for Portland’s renowned parks and trail network.
- Information on women who shaped Portland’s history, including an exhibit on Dorothea Lensch who is credited with building Portland’s community centers and recreation programs.
- Artwork created by homeless and transitional youth who are involved with p:ear , a mentoring organization that builds relationships with these youth through education, art and recreation.
- Historical photographs of Portlandia landing in Portland
- Pictures of 4 Oregon Artists' artworks who are currently being displayed as part of the Maryhill Museum of Art exhibition: "Sustaining Change on the American Farm". The exhibition includes artists from the Northwest who are paired with twelve farmers to create original artworks that explore evolving agricultural practices and sustainability. Participating artists include: Sidonie Caron, Robert Dozono, Sorcha Meek, and Bonnie Meltzer.
Southwest Neighborhoods, Inc. ,
Human Solutions ,
Hands On Portland ,
Elders in Action Refreshments will include wine certified by Salmon Safe, and tasting's from local food entrepreneurs working with the Food Innovation Center (FIC), another VisionPDX partner organization.
“Community visions really work, when done well," stated VisionPDX co-chair and director of the Institute for Metropolitan Studies. "VisionPDX aims to tap into people’s hopes and dreams for the future then create meaningful action steps to make it happen."
More information on VisionPDX can be found at: www.portlandonline.com/mayor/vision 503.823.5415/plvision@ci.portland.or.us
More about VisionPDX:
Though commissioned by the Mayor, the 50+ Vision Committee will be leading the effort to talk to Portlanders about the future and to help create a roadmap for the city for the next 30 years. Specifically, the vision will lead to the development of a City of Portland five year strategic plan. Ultimately, VisionPDX aims to involve additional community partners in the input phase of the project but also the action phase.
Portland needs a new, shared vision. The last citywide visioning process took place in 1991; the population has changed and is changing. Portland must prepare for its future. A shared vision will help the city make clearer decisions about how to spend tax revenue and know where to focus community action.
The project will conduct outreach April—August. Then, a second wave of outreach will focus on choices for the future. This is slated for the fall of 2006. Ultimately a vision will be presented before City Council, April 2007.
Posted by The Office on March 30, 2006
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