Here comes prosperity
If you were worried about the state of the Portland economy, buck up. Here's reassurance that great things are just around the corner.
The city "is fast becoming a central hub and destination for young, educated workers who want to succeed in the technology sector," Blumenauer said in a news release. "High-tech innovation and investment are key to keeping our businesses and communities strong, and public-private partnerships, coordination, and discussions are a vital part of growing our successes."
People here "want to succeed," all right. But with Earl's many "public-private partnerships, coordination, and discussions," only The Network actually gets a chance. Go by streetcar!
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Comments (10)
IM MAD AS HELL
Posted by al m | August 20, 2012 2:37 PM
Wonder why they did not schedule it at the perfect public/private partnership, Vestas??
Posted by pdxjim | August 20, 2012 4:47 PM
He forgot to mention they're changing Portland's name to Potemkin-ville:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potemkin_village
Sad this is I think Earl actually believes the garbage he says, kinda like Biden.
Posted by Steve | August 20, 2012 4:55 PM
Of course they want to succeed. And that's why they pack up and move elsewhere, especially when they realize they can make more money and pay less rent in a city that does more than talk about building that central hub. The ones that don't...well, they're the ones that hang out on Alberta with a latte in one hand and a doob in the other, flapping their gums about how they've got a really kewl idea for a movie project if Mom and Dad will give them the money to do it.
Posted by Texas Triffid Ranch | August 20, 2012 4:56 PM
Well if enough naive green skilled techie wanna'-be's move here the market will saturate, depress wages, and we won't need so many H1-B visas! If you build it they will come.
Posted by Old Zeb | August 20, 2012 5:09 PM
The city is fast becoming a central hub and destination for people who want to hand you a falafel sandwich through a trailer window.
Posted by RJBob | August 20, 2012 5:36 PM
The city "is fast becoming a central hub and destination for young, educated workers who want to succeed in the technology sector,"
hahahahahahahahahahaha - whew, I needed a good laugh, ahhhhh.
Posted by Native Oregonian | August 20, 2012 7:16 PM
The city "is fast becoming a central hub and destination for young, educated workers who want to succeed in the technology sector
Are we talking about Portland or Aloha?
Aloha is strategically between Beaverton and Hillsboro, the city's Silicon Corridor (to use Metrospeak). Gresham has...uh...uh...I think they've finally gotten around to using PC compatibles using that newfangled "gooey" called "Windoze".
Posted by Erik H. | August 20, 2012 8:13 PM
From what I can tell, the city is fast becoming a central hub and destination for young, smelly bums who want to succeed in getting your money away from you.
Total BS - when a startup does well, they move away for management expertise and proximity to other tech companies. Aside from a few small pets, this is fantasy.
Posted by Downtown Denizen | August 20, 2012 9:58 PM
Does Blumenauer mean that he created "our growing success" in the same way Obama said the government helped create every business in America? Or does he just mean the so-called "public-private partnerships"' that take a lot of public dollars to make the businesses work? It's so hard to tell these days.
Posted by Nolo | August 20, 2012 10:34 PM