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Compliance with public bidding rules requires planning

  Contractors bidding on public works projects must be aware of specific bid requirements with respect to the federally mandated Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) program or the minority-owned, women-owned and […]

Champoeg park museum move comes with big challenges

In order to keep the Pioneer Mothers Memorial Cabin Museum in Champoeg park from sliding into the Willamette River, the log cabin building will taken apart and then reassembled about a quarter of a mile from its present location. Think along the lines of playing with Lincoln Logs, with a multiplication factor of about 100 times, says museum director Judy Van Atta.

Big yearly jump for U.S. home prices

Home prices recently posted their highest yearly gains since the housing bubble burst, according to a leading market indicator.

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More Portland homes return to positive equity

In the fourth quarter of 2012, 2,137 homes in the Portland-Hillsboro-Vancouver, Wash. area returned to positive equity, according to new information from CoreLogic, a real estate data provider.

Revitalization effort tough for Old Town Chinatown

A broad-based planning effort is under way to create a roadmap to bring new life to -- and change old stereotypes about -- one of the Portland's oldest neighborhoods.

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Face-to-face interaction key to building better relationships

"The words we exchange are only part of our message. A majority of the communication that happens is nonverbal."

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