Portland in the News: Summer Tourism Resurgence; $15M Boost to Central Eastside Project; WNBA Team Name & More! | September 12, 2024

The City Council has OK’d a $15 million boost to plans to develop Portland’s Central Eastside around OMSI.

Travel Portland says summer tourism numbers were close to pre-pandemic levels.

And August might have felt cool, but it was actually an average month in terms of temperature.

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

• OPB: Portland City Council approves $15 million to advance new OMSI district

• Oregonian: August felt cold in Portland, but was it?

• KGW8: ‘Making significant gains’: Tourism numbers in Portland over the summer neared pre-pandemic levels

• Blazers Edge: What Should Portland’s WNBA Team Name Be?

• Oregon ArtsWatch: Young, creative, and doing it themselves

• Willamette Week: Deathless Chic at Portland Comic Con

• Portland Monthly: 8 Essential Forest Park Hikes for Every Scenario

• KTVZ: Movies and TV shows casting in Portland, Oregon

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