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In today's newsletter:

  • Will Portland’s $7 million Old Town shoe bet actually pay off?
  • How will Legacy’s expanding APP strike affect Portland-area patient care?
  • Need to get from Portland to Boise without flying? Here’s how

Also on today's calendar: Kwanzaa and 8 more events.

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And lastly, we have a post from a neighbor, Nate P.!

Today's riddle: What did the windowsill say to the glass? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

  • Monday: Afternoon rain, with a high of 54 and low of 43 degrees.
  • Tuesday: Cloudy with occasional rain, temps: high: 47, low: 41.
  • Wednesday: Rather cloudy, a little rain, with a high of 50 and low of 37 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Old Town Shoe Incubator Fails to Meet Prosper Portland's Loan Terms (wweek.com) — Portland’s economic development agency, Prosper Portland, is giving the Made in Old Town shoe incubator extra time after the project failed to raise $5.7 million in required matching funds tied to a $7 million city loan. The Old Town venture says it has cut costs and secured some private funding, but key details on financing and tenants remain unclear as the city weighs how much leeway to grant.
   

2. Legacy urgent care workers join APP picket line in two-day strike (koin.com) — Advanced practice providers at Legacy GoHealth urgent care clinics across the Portland metro are joining striking Legacy hospital APPs on the picket line for a two-day solidarity strike. Workers cite patient care concerns, high turnover, and below-market pay, while the Oregon Nurses Association accuses Legacy of threatening health insurance for strikers as both sides head into another mediation session.
   

3. Boise-bound: Oregon-Idaho bus route relaunched by Northwestern Stage Lines (ncwlife.com) — If you’ve been missing an easy way to get from Portland to Boise, a daily bus route is running again thanks to state and federal transit funding. The service starts in Portland, connects to multiple Eastern Oregon towns and Pasco, and offers a roughly 10-hour ride that links travelers to Amtrak, airports, and other long-distance buses at lower costs than private rides.
   

4. Portland's Olympia Provisions recalls holiday kielbasa over metal contamination concerns (katu.com) — A Portland-based maker of Olympia Provisions sausages is recalling nearly a ton of its Uncured Holiday Kielbasa after a consumer reported finding metal in the product. Packages produced October 14 and sold in Oregon, Washington, California, and online should be thrown away or returned, and not eaten, even though no injuries have been reported.
   

5. Portland baker called her first ‘Is It Cake?' appearance ‘humbling.' Now she's won the show's holiday crown (oregonlive.com) — A Portland-area cake artist just turned a hyper-realistic Santa cake into a $55,000 win on Netflix’s “Is It Cake? Holiday Edition,” after a previous early exit from the show. Liz Marek, who now teaches cake design online from home, draws heavily on her Oregon roots for her stump and crab cakes and shares free gingerbread tutorials with local and global fans.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Portland

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★ Featured events ★

    Sunday December 28
  • Kwanzaa
    1217 NE Burnside Rd, Gresham
    3:30 pm

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Other local events

🗓 Events Nearby

    Tuesday December 23
  • Grateful Dead Roll Around
    Lajja Space , 10851 SE Main St , Milwaukie
    9:00 am
  • Family Storytime
    West Slope Community Library , 3678 SW 78th Street , Portland
    10:00 am
    • Wednesday December 24
  • Library Closing at 5 PM
    Beaverton City Library , 12375 SW Fifth St. , Beaverton
    5:00 pm
    • Thursday December 25
  • Library Closed
    Beaverton City Library , 12375 SW Fifth St. , Beaverton

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