Organizers behind the market say they have about $3 million in public and private investment, but they’re asking the state of Oregon to pitch in $10 million more.
PORTLAND, Ore. — If everything goes as planned, downtown Portland could be home to a permanent public market by the end of the year. But that assumes all of the necessary funding — in the millions of dollars — falls into place.
The James Beard Public Market has been a Portland pipe dream for two decades. But it’s closer than ever to becoming a reality.
Last fall, the market’s executive director announced that they’d found a
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