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Portland, Oregon
Economic Information
| Portland has a very diverse economy.
Portland is the best small city with a big
city feel. From professional
sports, to world leading outdoor
tourism, to thriving downtown, to a vast
suburbs, incredible food and beverage
establishments, decent housing market
and a soon to be improving employment.
So what is the Portland Economy made of?
Here are the largest items that affect
Portland's Economic outlook: 1. Jobs, 2.
Tourism & Recreation, 3. Entertainment,
4. Housing, and 5. Transportation
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| EMPLOYMENT: Here
is a brief overview of Portland's
employment scene.
When it comes to employment
in Portland and the
surrounding cities here are
the larger employers:
Hospital and
Medical Care: Kaiser
Health, Legacy Health
Systems, Providence
Health Systems, Portland
Adventist Medical
Center, Regence Group,
St. Vincent Medical
Center, SW Washington
Medical Center, OHSU,
Veteran's Affairs
Medical Center,
Education:
Portland Community
College, Portland State
University, Portland
School District,
Beaverton School
Districts
Private or Public
Companies: Nike,
Tektronix Inc., Intel
Corporation, Target
Corporation, Wal-Mart
Stores, Columbia
Sportswear, Fred Meyer
Stores, Doubletree
Hotel, Western Star
Trucking, Boeing
Company, Esco Corp, PCC
Structurals,
Freightliner LLC,
Governement
Institutions: Trimet,
US Postal Service, City
of Portland, US Postal
Service, Bonneville
Power Administration
Banks and
Financial Institutions:
Stan Corp Financial
Group Inc, US. Bank,
Wells Fargo
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TOURISM & RECREATION: Here is a brief
overview that
drives Portland's tourism
and recreation. When it comes to
tourist activities
in Portland and the
surrounding cities you have
more choices than you could
even imagine. Here are
some of the most popular
tourist activities that
surround Portland, Oregon.
1. Travelling to the
beautiful Oregon Coast and
do kite boarding or whale
watching or fishing and
crabbing or enjoy the cute
beach town communities like
Seaside, Cannon Beach and
Lincoln city.
Fly a kite, go dune riding,
have a beach campfire, go to
the casino or aquarium or
simply people watch or go
running on the beach.
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Travel to Hood River and go
kite boarding, windsurfing,
or sailing. People
come from out of country for
the chance to windsurf on
the Columbia River at Hood
River. 3. Go hiking.
Oregon and Portland are
filled with hiking trails
everywhere. Oregon has
the best outdoor scene hands
down. 4. Enjoy our
small city's entertainment.
Go to a Trailblazer game or
watch the previous National
Champion University of
Portland women's soccer
team. Enjoy a microbeer at
Portland's Brew festival.
Enjoy a fun run or marathon
or concert on the
waterfront. 5.
travel to the Willamette
Valley and go on a wine tour
and check out the beautiful
land. 6. travel to
central Oregon and visit Mt.
Bachelor or raft down the
Deschutes river. Or go
to the numerous resorts in
Sisters, Black Butte, and
Sunriver. 7. Go skiing
or snowboarding down Mt.
Hood. The Olympic
national team has used Mt.
Hood for practice during
certain times of the year.
8. Go fishing or hunting.
Oregon has a vast culture of
rivers, mountains, streams
and wildlife. Many
people come to Oregon for
their chance to catch Salmon
or hunt a Bull Elk or Buck
Deer, or wild Turkey.
9. Go to the Convention and
Exbo Center to view all sort
of trade shows like the Home
and Garden Shows,
Hunting and Fishing Shows,
Outdoor Shows, Small
Business shows, Real Estate
shows and more 10.
Many people travel to Oregon
for business. With
Intel and Nike leading the
state with Employment we get
a lot of business tourist.
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ENTERTAINMENT: Here is a brief
overview of Portland's
entertainment.
When it comes to
entertainment
in Portland and the surrounding cities
you have to consider the
downtown night life.
From numerous bars and
restaurants with top quality
food and drink, to
Portland's invention of the
micro breweries, to a very
diverse night club scene
with every dance style
possible, to Portland's up
and coming Opera, to great
performing arts,
 to
incredible artists and
outdoor art, to sporting
events for all die hards, to
entertainment for all age
groups and all lifestyles.
Portland is the place to be
entertained. Sporting
enthusiast enjoy the Oregon
Ducks, Oregon State Beavers,
Portland Trail Blazers,
Portland State Vikings,
University of Portland,
Portland Beavers (minor
leagues baseball), new major
league soccer team, and the
Portland Winter Hawks (minor
league hockey team).
Portland has some really
nice venues too such as the
Rose Garden, the renovated
PGE Park, the Memorial
Coliseum, the Convention
Center, the Exhibition Hall
and the Portland waterfront.
Go on a city walking tour or
take a Portland Spirit boat
ride down the Willamette
River. Attend a
concert in any suburb of
Portland on any given night.
Enjoy home made beer at the
local breweries and a good
cup of coffee at any local
bistro. Come visit and
be entertained!
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HOUSING: Here is a brief
overview of Portland's
Housing information.
When it comes to housing
in Portland and the
surrounding cities
here are some important
things you'd like to know.
Most real estate agents say
it's important to be in a
safe city and a
neighborhoods with good
schools. Of course
there are many other
important factors when it
comes to housing such as
older established
neighborhoods, bran new
preplanned subdivisions and
communities, low crime
rates, highest appreciating
areas, proximity to major
employment. Proximity
to freeways, highways and
commuting patterns.
Neighborhood and community
extras such as Park and
Recreation Districts.
Many people move to the
Beaverton Area because they
want to be part of the
Tualatin Hills Park and
Recreation District.
This District offers so many
valuable services to the
members of the community
such as sports leagues,
access to arts and craft
facilities, weight rooms,
numerous pools and
educational opportunities
for children.
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TRANSPORTATION:
Here is a brief overview of
each aspect that drives
Portland's transportation.
When it comes to
transportation in Portland
and the surrounding cities
the people have many
choices. Portland is
probably the most bicycle
rider and walking friendly
city in the United States.
The City of Portland has
spent millions of dollars to
widen lanes and paint
special biking lanes on the
downtown city streets.
Downtown Portland now has
the Street Car which
connects the trendy Pearl
District with Downtown.
Also the MAX lines connect
the entire Portland
 Greater
Metropolitan area.
There is a Max line that
goes from Hillsboro to
Gresham and from the
Portland Airport to
Clackamas. This is an
ever expanding program that
was very expensive to build.
Portland International
Airport (PDX) was the voted
the best small airport in
the country for three years
straight. Also the
Port of Portland has many
other small airports as well
like the Hillsboro,
Troutdale and Mulino
Airports. Portland
also has shipping and cargo
because it not only is near
the Pacific Ocean but it
lies directly on the
Willamette and Columbia
Rivers which makes it
friendly for boat shipping
of goods and services.
Also Portland has Amtrak and
other Train lines which are
used frequently.
Downtown's Union Station not
only hosts Amtrak but
Greyhound Bus Lines as well.
And of course the most used
transportation is people
driving cars and busses.
Portland is still has good
traffic flows on their
freeways and highways.
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