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Help Wanted: Portland's Public Art Committee Last week I wrote a post about opportunities to get involved in Portland's abundant civic organizations and volunteer groups. This week, I'd ...
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What's So Special About Portland's Working Waterfront? A few years ago, the American Planning Association highlighted Portland's Commercial Street, which runs alongside the harbor from Merrill's Marine Terminal in ...
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Civic Malaise? We're Bowling Together in Portland At the turn of the millennium, sociologist Robert Putnam wrote Bowling Alone, which observed that a successful community relies on successful community ...
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Maine is the Country's Most Peaceful State According to United States Peace Index Portland is a really peaceful city, that's true. But it turns out that of all the States in the U.S., Maine is ...
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Urban RAID: This Summer Portland WIll Host a Unique 5K Fitness Challenge Through the years, Portland has bestowed many gifts upon the world. Longfellow. Stephen King. Otto’s pizza.Now we can add to that list ...
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Why Live in Portland? You're stuck in traffic, on a crowded bus or a noisy subway train and you realize you are spending way too ...
Neighborhoods and Housing Here in Portland we live in historic brick buildings with working fireplaces, ornate Victorians with sunny bay windows, and spacious city lofts ...
Education and Kids Portland is a great place to raise a family. The setting enables kids to experience the best of a city, suburban, and ...
Arts and Entertainment Portland is a mecca for creative individuals and endeavors, and the arts and cultural scene in our city reflects that. Any night ...
Food and Foodies Eating well is easy in Portland. Bon Appétit named Portland America’s foodiest small town, the New York Times calls us “one of ...
Climate and Recreation Portland is situated atop a peninsula overlooking Casco Bay, and beyond that, the Atlantic Ocean. The sea tempers Portland’s climate, making for ...
Community Life The size of Portland supports and encourages community involvement. Social circles are smaller here meaning it’s much easier to meet people, make ...
What Works in Portland Portland works primarily because of its people, but its people have been drawn here, and remain here, because of a unique balance ...
Creative Community The energy of Portland is generated by creative friction. Maine has a strong tradition of industriousness and self-sufficiency. Mix that culture of ...
Investment and Incentives There is broad agreement between the City of Portland, the State of Maine and many other organizations that the creative economy is ...
Workspace and Infrastructure Portland has an abundance of quality workspace from office buildings to warehouses to downtown lofts, and rents are a third of the ...
Sponsors
LiveWorkPortland would like to thank our sponsors for supporting our efforts to get the word out about Portland’s growing creative economy.
Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority — Amtrak Downeaster
Major Sponsor
Portland Community Chamber of Commerce
Major Sponsor
Fairchild Semiconductor
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IDEXX Laboratories
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LL Bean
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Maine Medical Center
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Cyrus and Patricia Hagge
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Joe Boulos
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Via Marketing
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Bath Savings Institution
Contributor
Eastland Hotel
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JB Brown & Sons
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MEMIC
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Northland Enterprises
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