Portland in the News: Arts Lands Relief Funding; New Concourse @ PDX; Pix Patisserie’s Recipe for Success & More! | July 16, 2020

As summer harvest heats up, be sure to grab a container of Oregon’s famous marionberries, which were bred by an Oregon State University Scientist in 1945.

Oregon lawmakers have approved $50 million in relief funds for the arts.

And the Timbers are back on the field, winning their MLS is Back Tournament opener vs LA Galaxy!

Here’s a roundup of the goings-on in Portland this week:

• KGW8: Oregonians will vote on whether to legalize psilocybin in November

• Star News: Neighbors rally to end violence against people of color

• KOIN: Where We Live: Marionberries, the ‘Cabernet of Blackberries’

• ESPN: Portland Timbers open MLS is Back Tournament with win over LA Galaxy

• Oregonian: Portland students will not attend in-person classes full-time this fall, if at all

• The Points Guy: Southwest Airlines inaugurates a new ‘very Portland’ concourse at PDX

• Oregonian: How Portland almost became Paris on the Willamette: Ambitious 1912 plan envisioned Europe-inspired city with 2 million population

• KGW8: ‘Music has the power to unite us’: Oregon lawmakers approve $50 million in relief funds for the arts

• KGW8: Portland’s Pix Patisserie finds a whole new recipe for success

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