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Commissioner Fish Takes Office - Printable Version

The City of Portland's newest commissioner, Nick Fish, was formally sworn into office in the Council Chambers at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, June 10.  Fish takes over the portfolio former Commissioner Erik Sten held.  He will oversee the Bureau of Housing & Community Development and Portland Fire & Rescue.  Fish will also have several liaison responsibilities spanning housing issues, economic development, and regional policy.

 

Portlanders are invited to attend a public swearing-in ceremony:

 

Friday, June 13, 2008

10:00 a.m.

Rosa Parks School

8960 N. Woolsey

 

For more information, visit the website of Commissioner Fish at www.portlandonline.com/fish!

 

 


Table of Contents
Friends of Trees offers a green Valentine's Day
PHB's annual TIF set aside report
Camping lawsuit talks stall as new rules hang in the balance
HUD chief comes to Portland to unveil sustainable community program
Mercy Corps works with community leaders to comfort Haitian children
Plan Would Allow Homeless Camps At Churches
Fish pushing to allow, regulate camping
West Linn wants input from hikers, bikers and walkers on expanding trail system
Portland Farmers Market grows just like its fresh produce
Tribune highlights Schoolhouse Supplies Celebrity Spelling Bee
Where will veterans fit in Memorial Coliseum plan?
Lents residents want park revamped
Portland-area businesses step in to save TriMet's Poetry in Motion program
2010 Census Makes Big Push for Latinos to Participate
We The People competition
Nike donates 4,000 jerseys to PP&R's Saturday Youth Basketball Program
Community Gardens Toolkit launches!
Firefighter memorial envisioned along river
Three Portland high schools will compete in state constitution competition
Doctors prescribe play to get inactive kids up and moving
MLK Day celebration honors 25 civic leaders from Portland area
Denny West, Portland housing maestro, dies
Fred Rosenbaum, Oregon leader, philanthropist and Holocaust survivor, dies
East Portland Neighborhood Association News runs profile of Commissioner Fish
Happy New Year from Commissioner Fish
Portland area churches pull together to provide shelter for homeless families
Time to put torture behind us forever
East County churches respond to government plea for homeless help
Lents Park 'Master Plan' process begins
Portland ratchets up volunteer-led "tool libraries" that lend tools for free
From allvoices.com
Nature park will have 'Green Acres' feeling
Nightwatch holds 8-week art classes
Community Warhouse, Fences for Fido could use your help
Recession cuts into arts council grants
Commission Votes To Allow PGE Park Construction To Begin
Small loans can fuel big dreams
Portland OKs PGE Park renovation
2010 Census: Send in survey or expect knock on the door
Here's hoping for a good year
Portland, Jesus' Favorite City?
At street level with Portland's homeless
We must feed folks, and with better food
Effective Governance in Portland
Lents Park Master Plan process to begin in Spring 2010
Lents Park Snags $100,000 for Master Plan
Birders flock to participate in Audubon Society's Christmas count
DonorsResource.org lets people "pay it forward" on the Web
Commissioner Fish announces $100,000 for Lents Park Master Plan
Lents Park will get $100,000 toward planning effort
City to improve Lents Park
'Design for the Other 90%' at Mercy Corps' Action Center
Washington County volunteers make Christmas merry for thousands
City deserves kudos for emergency response
Moving ahead with the Oregon Cultural Trust
The professor and the art empire
Serving the least, the last and the lost
Philanthropist Maybelle Clark Macdonald remembered as champion of disenfranchised
Appraisal: Is the local art market warming up?
18th annual Steve Lowenstein Trust award coming to Council
NEA study's Oregon ranking is a surprise for regional arts groups
O Father, Where Art Thou
Oregon in top 5 in per capita Peace Corps volunteers
School fire brings neighbors together
East Portland aquatics center earns platinum
Developer makes progress with old Washington High School site
PDC board pulls South Waterfront parking garage deal from agenda
Prostitutes need safe house and johns need a school, Portland advisory group says
Planned Portland medical site for poor, homeless, mentally ill gets $8.9 million grant
Neighborhood Notes on recent Parks acquisitions
At Ziba: A celebration of Lawrence and Anna Halprin presented by the Halprin Conservancy
Drawing a road map to Portland's future
Portland breaks ground on new Resource Access Center in bid to end homelessness
Pearl residents worried about 'Portland loo' planned for Jamison Square
Houses not Handcuffs
East Portland Community Center Pool Officially Receives LEED Platinum Certification
Brad Malsin's Milepost 5: New take on artist colony
Public's ideas sought on spending for Parks
Volunteers get trains ready for Holiday Express at Oaks Park
More Than One Basket
Ten years later, 115 new homeowners
Cyclocross; spattered, battered and laughing
Housing Weighs on the Economy
Portland housing advocates consider push for housing levy
Winter 2010 Community Gardens class and work party schedule announced
Advocate and Activist
Meet your Portland City Commissioner: Nick Fish
Portland Public Schools issues proclamation honoring City of Portland and Parks & Recreation on November 23, 2009
Nick Fish: Groundbreaker, Lovetaker...
RAC Groundbreaking Remarks
RAC News Release
N. Portland dreams of its own river trail
Outer east: Land purchases will help grow three parks
Young nonprofit leaders will be honored Friday with Skidmore Prizes
Book, film to celebrate eco-friendly landscape design of Portland fountains
No stigma here: I'm the black swan from the 'projects'
'Where I Slept' on readinglocal.com
Secretary Shinseki Details Plan to End Homelessness for Veterans
Portland Parks & Recreation acquires three new properties, including an expansion of Leach Botanical Garden
Images Capture 35th Annual Veterans Day Parade
Talking points from the 35th Annual Hollywood Veteran's Day Parade
Portlanders find housing a bit more affordable and still love their cars, survey shows
Downtown group gives trees that holiday glow
Oregon activist fights to improve the debilitating gaps in our food system
Oregon Rail Heritage Foundation to build facility in district
More kids starving for nourishment
Homeless in Portland
City, county and social service agencies teaming up to keep homeless warm this witner
A tree (still) grows at Boise-Eliot School
Transition Projects opens new warming shelter for couples
Offering loans, without profit
Creativity Beyond Disability
Community Warehouse opens doors to showcase its upgrades
Interview with Commissioner Fish: Forest Park talks are "back on track"
World-class majestic outdoor mural dedicated in Westmoreland
Portland parks bureau likely to seek 2010 bond measure, with funding for SE center
New option emerges for Washington High School
Not as simple as 1-2-3
Food stamps fact of life for half of U.S. kids
Portland Establishes Climate Action Plan
From deep budget cuts a year ago, Oregon Shakespeare Festival rallies to post revenue record
The man behind Oregon's livability
Portland's locomotives will get new $3.5 million home
Nick's comments from the Director Park opening earlier this week
Plans for relocating 3 historic locomotives get Portland council's ok
A first for Forest Park singletrack plans: Opposition
Joyce Furman's life was a combination of grace and grit
Director Park on KGW
New park is open for business in downtown Portland
Newest downtown park will open with a party Tuesday
Parks: Realizing (again) a Portland vision
Homeless Deaths Rise, and Anchorage Copes
Push to open up Forest Park to more mountain biking leads to impasse
What did 'Couture' mean?
Needed: 'Surge capacity' to shelter the homeless
Portland City Council throws support behind DREAM Act
"No Place to Call Home: Chronic Homelessness"
"No Place to Call Home: Rural Homelessness"
City Council voted to make secret list of chronic addicts public
City commissioner hopes to ease Portland's camping ban
Portland City Council: Domestic Violence, Sit-Lie, Chronic Offenders, Water Bureau Whatnots
Design choices for Portland firefighter memorial will be unveiled tonight
Irvington offering
A comet in the sky for Portland's jazz scene
Jesus' favorite city
UN: Record 1 billion go hungry
State board decides to slow high-speed boats in Ross Island Lagoon
Vets deserve better from VA on voucher program
No Place to Call Home: Chronic Homelessness
Portland Jazz Festival announces new executive director
All roads lead to a mural in Portland
Homeowners reap benefits, but renters, not so much
The American Dream Foreclosed
Housing Bureau marks Lead Prevention Month with $4 million grant to protect low-income households
Portland Online Banner Challenge
Park Blocks gain one more piece
Affordable housing: Section 8 needs changes
This is Julia
Park commemorates valiant life
Try it out: Wednesday is Bike and Walk to School Day
Multnomah County Library system wins national honor
Season of Service Pastors' event
Nick on Univision
Helping Hands: Residents spiff up area schools
Top Ten Farmers Markets
Section 8 works on carrots before sticks
Nick Fish Has New Chief Of Staff
First Thursday: Galleries celebrate PNCA
Portland council approves resolution urging passage of health care reform
Commissioner Fish announces Betsy Ames as Chief of Staff
Director Park opening ceremony October 27
Try overwhelming panhandlers with kindness
Homeless, but still learning
Who gets a park? And at what price?
Latino Network Hires New Director - From City Hall
Federal stimulus money turns into jobs aiding Oregon's needy
Portland filmmaker traces remains of Portland railroad workers back to China
Shelving the plan for a convention hotel
NCAA basketball tournament to return to Portland in 2012
Portland makes another run at keeping sidewalks clear
Hikers try Portland's new 4T loop
Taking Back Our Downtown Streets
The Standard Announces Partnership with Forest Park Conservancy
Lifting a cloud on urban renewal
Green for a day
Everything Portland's Parks Bureau Bought With City Credit Cards
Dropping Back In
Back from ashes, center fulfills variety of dreams
EMO: Rev. Mark Knutson is 'Ecumenist of the Year'
Summer Produce Projects Abound in Seattle, Portland
Two years from the peak, housing prices down 17 percent
Lessons from the thrift store
A week at the Portland Adventist Community Services: Volunteering isn't always easy
A Memorial For Affordable Housing
For Hunger Action Month, distasteful numbers
Oregon emergency food pantry strives for that elusive balance: supply vs. demand
PSU celebrates new MAX line to campus
Fish and Adams Put The Nail In Sit/Lie's Coffin, Effectively Telling Business Alliance: Suck It Up
35 Years in Training
Portland settles dispute over urban renewal money
Farmers Ending Hunger
A down economy's 'gift' to Oregon: less garbage, more recycling
Scores of volunteers help replant Earl Boyles Community Garden
Surge in Homeless Pupils Strains Schools
KMHD starts down a new path with OPB
Creative Advocacy Network release poll results for arts funding drive
Food Works on Sauvie Island
Director Van Vliet memo to Commissioner Fish regarding Block 49 development in South Waterfront district
$1.9 million later, city shelves housing project
Hundreds of volunteers donate time, labor, and cash to 2009 Paint & Repair-a-thon
Walk of Heroines worth a visit, additional names
Columbia Trail Fest on KATU
Nick's Annual Report
Street Roots applauds RAC design approval
"It Takes a Village to Live a Life: A Community Assessment on Aging"
Green units affordable, available to low-income
A community gardener puts crops within easy reach
Portland high school students will get free bus passes in expanded program
Portland Community Gardens Program named Oregon Solutions project
Foreclosure program could help home buyers
Volunteers in the Garden
Work party replants vandalized community garden
Safe Routes to School conference looks to get kids out of parents' cars
Neighbors to replant vandalized SE Portland community garden
Plaza will pay tribute to our cast-iron past
Green focus steeps students in eco-ideas
KATU on Director Park, set to open this fall
Sit On It
Salvation Army opens day shelter for men
Concordia Named to Presidential Honor Roll for Community Service
What Will Health Care Reform Mean for Your City?
The secretary and the veterans
Earl Boyles Community Garden in WW's Murmurs
City steps up to provide kids free lunch
A Tale of Two Gardens
Beaumont Neighborhood Rallies Against Hate Crime
Local culture helps insulate us from our celeb inanity
Wine? Cheese? Crowds celebrate the salvation of free summer concerts at Portland's Washington Park concerts
Portland buys land to add park in Cully neighborhood
Gardens crop up in Seattle parking strips
Golden Gallery gives senior artists a venue for expression
Struggling Portland art galleries look to the city for help
Blacktop will make way for a community garden at Vestal school
Portland police seek new tactics after losing sit-lie
'Sit-lie' controversy casts eye on homeless
Community grows along with garden
Talk About Parks in Lents with Commissioner Fish
Portland Community Gardens Tour - A Study in Diligence
Census gearing up with new Portland office, prospect of jobs
NOAA picks Newport for Pacific operations center
Protecting Oregon Homebuyers
Portlanders party to fight crime
Join Commissioner Nick Fish and "Duck into Summer!"
Program Boosts Food Stamps at King Farmers Market
Listening to reason on the river
Park yourself for (free) summer music
Oregon Food Bank seeks funds to expand
OSF gets grant to help stage 'Pride and Prejudice'
NAYA family facility no longer just a dream
Portland leaders vow to fight water treatment
Commissioner's statement on LT2
Parks facilities offer a cool break from the heat wave!
Don't force Portland to treat its water
Cooling centers open in four counties
Transition Projects, Inc. celebrates 40 years
Portland's Growing Despair
Oregon Cultural Trust gives $1.45 million in grants
Farmers markets work to draw people on a budget
A $4.1 billion test of congressional leadership
Health Care Reform and You
MLS Statement
EPO XPO!
The 2008 Annual Homeless Assessment Report to Congress
More on the hot weekend ahead!
Learning life skills one post hole at a time
Farmer's market no. 2 on Huffington Post list
Commissioner's statement on the Cesar E. Chavez street renaming process
Hot weather Public Service Announcement from Parks
Beaverton in running for new Beavers baseball stadium
Camp Rilea turned over to children one week a year, thanks to Fred Rosenbaum
Helping youth in need
Hot weather advisory from Commissioner Fish
Wells Fargo gives $60,000 to Habitat housing project
NAHRO Remarks
The Revenue is Locally Grown, Too
PICA still building on its colorful past as Portland's scrappy arts institute
MTB advocates see Forest Park white paper as major step forward
Street Roots' executive director receives honors
Commissioner Fish's message to Portland's housing stakeholders
Nick visits KGW's "Talk Box"
Region's home sales tick up in June
Housing market shows positive signs, but downturn still not over
Portland's Joy Adventure Club unites women and fun for good causes
Commissioners introduce Intertwine
Paulson Finds Big Soccer Its Missing $15 Million
Hands on Greater Portland's most recent newsletter
Investment in arts has a powerful payoff: It lasts
Bike catch a flat? In Oregon AAA can have you covered
Take a virtual tour of the Resource Access Center!
Portland Commissioners Want New Studies into Cell Phone Towers
Council Opts To Rename 39th Ave. For Chavez
Sit-lie a cliche of constructionism
Homeless student count numbers released
Street Farmer
Climate bill could mean big business for Oregon
Urban gardeners undaunted
In need of the arts, now more than ever
So Many Foreclosures, So Little Logic
Safety New Is Fraying for the Very Poor
What's Great About America: We Find New Ways to be Happy
Commissioner Fish in the latest REACH newsletter
Lents Outrage Kills Stadium
Portland's neighborhood associations flex their muscles
Portland's Waterfront Blues Festival begins today: What you need to know
At last, a place to call home
SOLV and the Wilkes community celebrate Wilkes Creek
Courtyard housing competition brings zoning code amendments
All For Good
Singled Out
Housing center helps first-timers
The $8,000 difference
Portland's Community Volunteer Corps provides path back to productive lives through service
Serve.gov launches in support of President Obama's 'United We Serve' campaign
Major League Soccer plan still alive as Portland council endorses latest plan
Stadium plans say one thing; people say another
Al Roker's traveling charity show lends big hand to city parks
Independent Police Review recruitment announcement
Inquiry over, Adams ready to move on
Fish and Fritz - finally, somebody down there gets it
Commissioner Fish's statement on Attorney General Kroger's report
A Public Health Plan
Warrior on Poverty
Navigating through Lents
Bargaining chip at Ross Island's tip
Portland council still undecided as hearing on Chavez street nears
Atlanta Is Making Way For New Public Housing
100-plus rally against minor-league stadium in Lents
Lents stadium plan off the table, says Beavers team owner Merritt Paulson
Portland OKs $30 million for Milwaukie MAX line, new bridge
Don't Let the Negativity Stop You From Living Your Dream
Portland will pursue soccer renovation without settling plans for a new baseball park
Justice for Janitors Day: 19 Years of Fighting for Justice
Hollywood district struggles to retain star image
End the madness at Lents Park
To walk, to hike, to climb
"10 Reasons to Love Our Country"
"Hair to Home" kicks off
Good in the Neighborhood 2009
Grandstands Look Promising for 2009
Government Leaders Launch Effort to Accurately Count Census
Portland Pride Parade emphasizes what unites people in divided times
Reader's Digest Names Portland's 'Season of Service' Best Service Project in America
Ed Benedict Skate Plaza now officially open
Urban Hikes in Portland
Volunteers help clean up Portland's Ross Island
Reuse and Revelry: Hotel Vintage Plaza, PICA, Community Warehouse
PNCA at 100 celebrates arts, scene's affinities
For baseball fans, City Hall's hit-and-run looks like an error
Community Gardens class and activity schedule in the St. Johns Review
Washington Park Summer Concert Series schedule announced
Inaugural Portland Housing Bureau Director Announced
Parks bureau launches Free For All website
In Salem, it's prosecutors v. the process
"Down 'n Dirty Summer 2009" on urbanMamas.com
Nick on KGW discussing grand opening of Shaver Green apartments in King neighborhood
Cinema Al Fresco
Commissioner Fish and County Commissioner Jeff Cogen proclaim ReUse Week 2009
City Hall shows how to help feed needy with Victory Garden
Chinese Garden will mark anniversary of groundbreaking, honor Vera Katz
Crisis at the VA as Benefits Claims Backlog Nearly Tops One Million
Comment of the day: Keep Lents Park for entirely public use
Commissioner Fish on KATU Friday, June 5
Like an eager vine, urban garden sharing spreads its roots
Hands on Greater Portland June 2009 Newsletter
Take a Raise, Leave a Raise
Raising the Stakes
2008 SAFE Report
Homeownership Month 2009 Proclamation read in Council June 3
Reaching out in Portland to help vets find homes, jobs
Mayor and two Portland city commissioners turn down raise, but two others take it
This is Lents
The river, without the roar
Groups applaud mayor's proposed budget
Nick's Newsletter: March
Movies in the Park returns July 3
Guiding a Princess
West Hayden Island - Habitat, or industry?
Local Focus
Undercover Jesus
Schedule Request Form
Donations revive concert series in Portland park
Washington Park concert series saved
Contributors save Washington Park Summer Festival
Washing Park Summer Concert Series press release
Portland's Washington Park concerts saved
Larger than life
Lents Park stadium deal still in the mill
Concerts appear back on track after all
'Parkscan' site asks you to help improve local parks
Go online to tell the city what you think about parks
$50,000 pledge may bring music back to Washington Park
Local business contribution comes forward to rescue Washington Park Summer Festival
Beaver Creek Natural Area will bring nature closer
Housing Agenda Advances in Congress
Parks Budget Announcement
Housing Budget Announcement
Common sense needed on Memorial Coliseum
APNBA 'Business Voice'
IFCC Budget announcement
Portland votes to consolidate police precincts
Sidewalk ordinance extended
Kill This Deal
Homeless center stalled in urban renewal dispute over "sit-lie" ordinance
Permit Consolidation
Vegetable garden will grow at City Hall space
Parks Commissioner Fish outlines plans for outer East Portland's green spaces
City Council spinning over new chairs
Suddenly homeless: no margin for error
Little time for debate in rush to MLS plan
Media Release: Portland Area Homelessness Increases Slightly
Green Advocates
City will lower flag for child deaths
Goal Rush
The case is clear for a housing bureau
Commissioner Fish Gets Educated
Multnomah County Vital Aging Taskforce 2008 Report
Portland places $79,925 lien on downtown Greek Cusina
Portland's post-hospital care for homeless falls short of meeting needs
Is a Food Revolution Now in Season?
East Portland Aquatic Center officially opens
New parks remain on drawing board as Portland cuts budget
Portland City Council approves park plans
Water on the Brain, March 2009
Alice Awards
Nick on KGW's 'Hot Box'
Firefighters pack Senate to celebrate passage of HB 2420
Hands on Greater Portland Honors White Bird founders Walter Jaffe and Paul King with Heart of the Community Award
Portland 'bike queen' finds worldwide niche
Nick on YouTube!
Notice of Public Hearings on Community Needs
Commissioner's statement regarding Mayor Adams
City, County, PDC, and HAP Fund 6 Projects to House Most Vulnerable
Nick's Newsletter: January
Commissioner Fish, Senator Wyden to Visit Public Housing, Call for Federal Stimulus Money
"Give Help, Give Help, Choose Local!" Council Launches Volunteering
A site to give help or get it
Life on the streets continues to be surreal
City homeless agencies weather historic storm
'Warming to Fish': Matt Davis in The Mercury
Nick's Parks Announcement
A Message From Nick and Sam Adams About the Housing Bureau
Nick's Newsletter: December
Winter Warming Centers Memo
Watch Commissioner Fish discuss homelessness on KOIN
Quality Rental Housing Workgroup Final Report
Road to Ruin: Happy Valley street embodies national housing bust
'Sad secret' our reality
Portland tightens rules for cell phone antennas
Blogtown on City Council and the OFB
First Thursday at City Hall ... Starts Now
Bringing a sad secret out of the darkness
Activists wants Portland to be a sanctuary for AWOL soldiers
"Portland Council OKs settlement with controversial cop"
City continues anti-prostitution program
Your sneak preview of the city's new era
Portland looks for 'plan B' on affordable housing
Etown tapes in Portland!
"House Poor" in the Mercury
Council Keeps Colwood Green
Nick Paints!
Street Roots Reports on Warming Centers
Barney Frank in The New Republic
Portland Soccer Champs Visit Council
African American Home Buyers Fair
Measuring our vulnerability
Portland Seeks Housing for Homeless Vets
Surveying the Health of the Homeless
Check out PWCL's new Public Service Announcement
Our Youth Commissioner in the Oregonian
Assessing the health of our homeless
Developing a "Housing Blueprint"
Commissioner Fish names Kate Allen as Housing Policy Manager
Improvising a Jazz Festival Rescue
Nick led effort to save Portland Jazz Festival
Portland Fire and Rescue in the News
Free Local Home-Buying Resource Now Available
City Invests in Homeownership and Foreclosure Prevention
Check out Nick's first newsletter and let him know if you'd like to receive the next edition in your inbox!
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