Did you know:
• Building a new 50,000 square foot building releases as much carbon into the atmosphere as driving a car 2.8 million miles.
• Demolishing a 50,000 square foot commercial building creates more than 4,000 tons of waste – enough to fill 26 railroad boxcars – a train one quarter mile long
• Over the next […]

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Chris’ post on arts/culture spending and Creative Capacity got me to thinking a bit about art and community and how we translate the intangible “I laughed, I cried” into not just hearts and minds, but dollars and sense.
Many folks see the arts as an add-on or luxury, peripheral to daily life. But the truth is […]

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A month or so ago, Chris Coleman was looking for a fun and entertaining way to introduce our distinguished visitors at the recent LORT (League of Resident Theatres) conference to the concepts of sustainability that Portlanders consider second-nature these days and that went into the design of the Gerding Theater at the Armory. He […]

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