💰 Portland city leaders will hold a series of listening sessions to incorporate public input on what to cut — and what to save — as they work to tackle a looming budget gap of more than $90 million.
🏞️ Mill Ends Park, long known as the world's smallest park, has been dethroned by a micro-park in Japan that measures just 372 square inches. (KGW)
🚘 Oregon and nine other states hit a collective goal they set back in 2013: Registering 3.3 million new electric vehicles in the last 12 years. (Oregon Capital Chronicle)
🚶 A car-free pedestrian plaza is coming to one of the busiest parts of SE Hawthorne near the Baghdad Theater this summer with picnic tables, public art and solar-powered phone chargers. (Willamette Week)