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Portland is the largest city of the state of Oregon, located at the meeting point of Columbia and Willamette. Out of the more than 500,000 inhabitants, 35,000 are of Romanian origin (7%), organized in a powerful association. Portland lies in the first 7 cities of the world from the point of view of life quality. The city development strategy is a model to follow, the result of integrating all the problems of the community: social, economic and environment. The economy of the city made the transition from resource based to the use of high technologies, resulting products with high added value: IT, automations, medicine, products that incorporate high functionality. Representative companies are: Mentor Graphics (the third automation company in US), Tektronix, Hewlett Packard, Microsoft, Columbia (sport clothing), Nike, Klee (shoes), Ferguson Wellman Capital Management (financial investment portfolio of more than $2.5 billion), and many others. The city has a rich cultural life and many universities. The politeness and civilization at the street level are amazing for a foreign visitor. If you want to know more you can access the following links:Mayor Tom Potter, City of Portland, Oregon
Portland Business Alliance, About Portland
Portland Development Commission The European Institute for Urban Affairs lists Portland in the first 7 cities of the world considered to be the most successful, a result of their integrating approaches to social, economic and environmental issues. |