From right, my Communications and Engagement Director, Jimmy Radosta, is pictured here with Spencer Knowles, Chief of Staff to Councilor Steve Novick; Celeste; Neighbors for Clean Air Co-Executive Director Mary Peveto; and Sonrisa Cooper from the Portland Bureau of Planning and Sustainability.

Grand Opening Free Days continue through Sunday, filled with artmaking, performances, curator talks, music, and more! Free admission will be available for walk-up visitors on a first-come, first-served basis.

The museum’s transformation project connects its 2 historic buildings, adding ~100k sq ft of public and gallery space, including a gallery focused on Black art. The pavilion is named in honor of the abstract artist who graduated from Lincoln High School and took classes at the museum’s art school.

Chuck Sams, who grew up on the Umatilla Indian Reservation and was the first Native American to serve as National Park Service Director, opened the ribbon-cutting ceremony with a blessing.

Congratulations to Connection Campaign Co-Chair Alix Meier Goodman, Board of Trustees Chair Cyndi Maletis, and especially Arlene & Harold Schnitzer Director Brian Ferriso, who is departing next week for a new position at Dallas Museum of Art.

The City has secured an agreement to keep the Blazers playing at Moda until at least 2030, and today my office met with team leaders to keep the conversation going about how to keep them in Portland even longer. #RipCity

At 30 years old, the Moda Center is one of the older NBA arenas yet to undergo a comprehensive renovation, and will need significant reinvestment to remain competitive in the league.

Bill was honored last month at the 30th annual NW Examiner Community Awards with the Parks & Culture Award for his work to improve and activate parks. nwexaminer.com/p/everyone-w...

We also checked out The Fields Park, which is reopening soon after a lengthy restoration project. Bruce worked tirelessly with Pacific Power to help find an eco-friendly sod, which was laid earlier this month.

GreenWay has been recognized with the 2024 Recycler of the Year Award from the Construction and Demolition Recycling Association and the Sustainable Oregon Award from the Association of Oregon Recyclers and as a 2024 Climate Champion from the Portland Business Journal.

CEO and Founder Terrell Garrett told me how GreenWay innovated during the pandemic, building much of its equipment in-house while implementing unique eco-friendly designs. The company repurposed pieces from a Metro garbage transfer station and concrete decks from the Sellwood Bridge reconstruction.

Jubitz provides many important services to the industry and hundreds of high-quality, well-paying jobs to the community.

Its location in North Portland is home to a number of other trucking providers and industrial operators. This important hub to our economy keeps Portland and the region moving!

• This gifting season, Portland Indigenous Marketplace will have several events where you can support Indigenous artists and entrepreneurs. For details visit IndigenousMarketplace.org.

• Arthur W. Erickson Inc. is a cozy antique shop at 528 NW 12th Avenue specializing in American Indian artifacts.

• Revive Organic Salon is a Native-owned organic, ammonia-free, eco-friendly hair salon specializing in hair, skin, and nails. It’s at 4460 SW Garden Home Road in Multnomah Village.

• At Portland Art Museum, you can view traditional carvings, basketry, paintings, and sculptures from tribes throughout the Northwest. The museum’s Native American Art Council hosts lectures and public displays by local and regional artists throughout the year.

Across District 4 you can celebrate the region’s rich cultural diversity and support Native-owned businesses:

• Oregon Historical Society houses one of the largest photo archives west of the Mississippi, documenting the changing landscape of the West over the past 2 centuries.

What we now call Portland and Multnomah County are the traditional lands of the Multnomah, Kathlamet, Clackamas, Tumwater, Tualatin Kalapuya, Wasco, Molalla, Cowlitz, and Watlala bands of the Chinook, and many other tribes who made their homes along the Columbia River.