Bright Lights

A conversation with Doug Stamm and Max Williams, CEO's of Meyer Memorial Trust and Oregon Community Foundation, who offer a look at the future of the state's two largest foundations. More information coming soon.

Join City Club and Portland Monthly for Bright Lights on January 9 with John Jay, global creative director for Wieden + Kennedy, as he maps Portland's connections with the world.

A Conversation with Ethan Seltzer, Professor of Urban Studies and Planning, PSU

With two new books out on regional planning, Portland’s chief pundit of urbanism takes a hard look at the myths and realities of our legendary future-perfect ethos.

The director of Multnomah County’s sustainability office offers a recipe for seeding new farms, feeding the community better, and adding $100 million to the local economy.

Portland Monthly

A conversation with Charlie Hales, former Portland City Commissioner and possible mayoral candidate.

What other American cities should learn from Portland; what Portland should learn from other American cities.

Climate change and the next Great Migration: Rebuilding the Willamette Valley for 5 million people
A conversation with Gail Achterman

One of the region's foremost thinkers on growth, infrastructure, and natural resources talks about how climate change provides a chance to build for the future. Click here to download more information.
 

When it comes to transportation, planners use “science” for cars, but more often “intuition” for pedestrians. Technicians develop elaborate computer models for the movement of vehicles. But when it comes to predicting where people will saunter on two feet, it’s all observation and guesswork. In the 1990s, the London-based firm Space Syntax changed all of that.

The renowned founder of Ecotrust talks about his latest efforts to build stronger ecologies through economics.

The Oregonian

A conversation with George Crandall, urban designer; Bill Scott, founder and general manager of Zipcar; and Joe Cortright, economist.

Three of the region's top experts in design, economics and transportation offer a cheaper, more buildable alternative to the proposed 1-5 bridge over the Columbia River.

Presented in partnership with Portland Monthly magazine.

Portland’s Sera Architects and Interface Engineering are designing a sustainable city for one of the world’s hottest and driest places: the United Arab Emirates. For this program, the project’s urban designer and engineer share with Portland Monthly editor Randy Gragg a glimpse of one future for the Middle East.