Photo illustration: Axios Visuals. Photo: City of Portland
During the Oregon Leadership Summit this week, Mayor Keith Wilson set several ambitious economic and housing goals for the city to reach by 2030.
The mayor aims to bring downtown foot traffic back to pre-pandemic levels (activity this year is down roughly 40% compared to 2019), fill 2 million square feet of empty office space and build 2,500 new housing units in the city's urban core.
Plus: He discussed his proposal to hire two dozen more police officers focused on preventing business break-ins and burglaries.
What we're watching: Wilson has set lofty goals for his administration before.
He declared victory earlier this month after opening 1,500 new shelter beds in an effort to curb rising unsheltered homelessness, but many of those beds aren't occupied on any given night.
