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BLOG: Ostrava's Economy tied to Portland's (Part IV)
Sam Adams
Up early the next morning we toured the plant where Portland’s next three streetcars are being built. On site, it is clear that streetcar manufacturing is a unique skill. The guts of these cars are raw metal that is cut, pounded and assembled piece-by-piece, weld-by-weld, section by section the old fashioned way...
Posted by Sam Adams on October 30, 2005
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BLOG: Ostrava's Economy tied to Portland's (Part III)
Sam AdamsOutside the train windows, the rural Czech countryside quietly whizzes by at 60 miles per hour. Our destination of Ostrava is 3 hours away. I am in one of 6 seats facing each other. In the seat in front of me and immediately across the isle, I am listening to...
Posted by Sam Adams on October 30, 2005
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BLOG: Ostrava's Economy tied to Portland's (Part II)
Sam AdamsAs I last wrote, Portland’s economy stands to benefit from Ostrava… ...if only a business deal can be struck. Let me fill you on in some more pieces of this story so you know exactly what I mean. The federal ‘Buy America’ Act: transportation projects (like streetcars) supported with federal...
Posted by Sam Adams on October 29, 2005
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BLOG: Ostrava's Economy tied to Portland's (Part I)
Sam Adams
Ostrava. I never knew this place existed, much less foresaw that a piece of Portland’s economic future could be tied to this faraway city. Dominated by industrial parks, smokestacks and housing projects...
Posted by Sam Adams on October 28, 2005
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