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(Mobile viewers, click through to see all images. Photos: Jonathan Maus/BikePortland) The celebration to mark the opening of Better Naito is set for tomorrow (Friday) morning. But the party has already begun. People on foot, on bikes, and all types of mobility devices have been using the new

"At one time it was really a prosperous area and we want to not just return to its former glory but to exceed it with each passing year," said Tracie Chandler.

Ender has experience as a grassroots activist, a PBOT project manager, and city hall policy advisor.

The Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency provided more than $8 million in funding to support about 30 affordable housing programs in Allegheny County. That was part of $61.5 million the agency awarded through its Pennsylvania Housing Affordability and Rehabilitation Enhancement, or PHARE, program. “PHARE is one of our most popular programs

The City of Dallas is investing millions of dollars to bring new recreational opportunities to an area that has struggled with crime for decades.

Members will debate a contract with the nonprofit Operation Better Block to expand a program designed to prevent violence in city schools.

Opinion: From Iowa to DC to Honduras, Isaac Campbell uses flour, water, sugar and paper to change the world a mural at a time, writes Rachelle Chase..

Better walking, biking, and transit

Windward O‘ahu’s first parklet, built by volunteers, offers a stylish mini-green outside Café Kopi and near several popular Kailua shops.

QUINCY — The downtown project designed to spruce up Quincy’s Central Avenue South started at street level. Artwork, literally at the street level, was painted on Central Avenue in Quincy based on plans to spruce up downtown. “What really inspired it was the revitalization plan that the city of Quincy has, which mentioned adding a mural to these intersections, as well as some gateway features,” Marissa Lopez of the Better Block Foundation said. Volunteers and employees of a Dallas-based o...