Pamplin Media Group - Opinion: Downtown Portland dies only if we do nothing to stop it
March 03 2021 Jessie Burke is with the Old Town Community Association's business committee. She also owns The Society Hotel in Portland's Old Town. I recently read three articles about the state of downtown Portland — one concerned ("Death of a City: The Portland Story?" Jan. 28, Forbes Magazine) and two seemingly mocking the first ("Portland is the new Pompeii, according to Forbes," Jan. 30, Willamette Week) and ("Crying Wolf: If Portland tourism dies, you can thank downtown business interests and the police," Feb. 1, Portland Mercury). I have been a Portland small-business owner for ...