City Club of Central Oregon: How a Different Kind of City Can Economically Succeed with Former Portland Mayor Sam Adams August 15

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The current issue of Atlantic Magazine includes an article, Weird Is Good: What Portlandia’s Economy Can Teach Every City in the World. For more than 20 years – as chief of staff to Mayor Vera Katz, as a city councilor and then as mayor, Sam Adams has been in the forefront of positioning Portland both as an economic force and also as an American city that is not only unique, but uniquely weird. Adams is currently serving as the executive director for City Club of Portland.

 

City Club of Central Oregon has asked Adams to drive over the hill and talk to us about Portland:  what’s worked, what hasn’t worked, what’s been learned and what would’ve been done differently the second time around.

 

Until 2013, Sam Adams most recently was the mayor of Portland. Prior to being elected Mayor, he served a four-year term as city commissioner and 11 years as chief of staff to Portland Mayor Vera Katz.

 

Adams’ earlier public service includes work as the political director of the Oregon House Democrats and as an aide to Oregon Congressman Peter DeFazio.

 

His non-profit service includes All Hands Raised (Co-founder), Greater Portland, Inc. (Co-founder), U.S. Conference of Mayors (Chair, Metro Economies Committee), National League of Cities, Oregon Mayors Association, National Association of City Transportation Officials (Treasurer), Portland Streetcar, Inc., Bicycle Transportation Alliance, Creative Advocacy Network (Co-founder), Oregon Art PAC (Co-founder), Innovation Partnership (Co-founder), Q Center (Co-founder), Basic Rights Oregon, Cascade Aids Project (Chair), Portland Sustainability Institute (Co-founder).

 

WHEN:

August 15 (Thursday)

11:30am to 1pm

 

WHERE:
St Charles Center for Health and Learning
2500 NE Neff Rd
Bend, OR 97702

 

Register: cityclubco.com

Fee Schedule: Registration closes Tuesday, August 13, 5pm, buffet lunch is included

 

Before registration deadline – $20 for members and first-time guests; $35 for non-members.

 

Day of Forum-Walk-ins are welcomed for members and guests the day of the forum on a space-available basis for $35.

 

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