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Portland,Portland, OregonOregon “City Cityof ofRoses” Roses City of Roses Contact Us /ŶƚƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶ Located in the Marine west coast VISITOR INFORMATION Portland is a city located in the U.S. climate region, Portland has a state of Oregon, near the conuence climate marked by both warm, dry 1.877.678.5263 of the Willamette and Columbia summers and wet, cool-to-chilly 503.257.8355 rivers. As of the 2010 Census, it had winter days. is climate is ideal for a population of 583,776, estimated growing roses. For more than a cen- Travel Portland Visitor to have reached 587,865 in 2012, tury, Portland has been known as Information Center making it the 28th most populous the “City of Roses”, with many rose Pioneer Courthouse Square city in the United States. Portland gardens – most prominently the 701 S.W. Sixth Ave. is Oregon’s most populous city, and International Rose Test Garden. e Portland, Oregon the third most populous city in the city is also known for its abundant Pacic Northwest region, aer Se- outdoor activities, liberal political Monday – Friday 8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m. attle, Washington, and Vancouver, values, and beer and coee enthu- Saturday 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. British Columbia. Approximately siasm. Portland is home to a collec- Sundays (May – October only) 2,289,800 people live in the Port- tion of independent microbrewer- 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. land metropolitan area (MSA), the ies, microdistilleries and food carts 19th most populous MSA in the that contribute to the unocial United States. slogan “Keep Portland Weird”. History Parks & Gardens Cuisine Breweries e land that is occupied today by Portland is one of only four cities Portland has a growing restaurant Portland is well known for its mi- Multnomah County was inhabit- in the U.S. with extinct volcanoes scene, and among three nominees, crobreweries. Oregon Public Broad- ed for centuries by two bands of within its boundaries. Mount Tabor was recognized by the Food Net- casting has documented Portland’s Upper Chinook Indians. In 1843, Park is known for its scenic views work Awards as their “Delicious role in the microbrew revolution in William Overton saw great com- and historic reservoirs. Destination of the Year: A rising the United States in a report called mercial potential for this land but city with a fast-growing food scene” Beervana. Some illustrate Port- lacked the funds required to le Forest Park is the largest wilderness for 2007. Travel + Leisure ranked landers’ interest in the beverage by a land claim. He struck a bargain park within city limits in the United Portland’s food and bar scene #5 in an oer made in 1888 when local with his partner, Asa Lovejoy of States, covering more than 5,000 the nation in 2012. brewer Henry Weinhard volun- Boston, Massachusetts: for 25¢, acres (2,023 ha). Portland is also teered to pump beer from his brew- Overton would share his claim to home to Mill Ends Park, the world’s Portland has been named the best ery into the newly dedicated Skid- the 640-acre (2.6 km2) site. Overton smallest park (a two-foot-diameter city in the world for street food by more Fountain. Portland’s modern later sold his half of the claim to circle, the park’s area is only about several publications, including the abundance of microbreweries dates Francis W. Pettygrove of Portland, 0.3 m2). Washington Park is just U.S. News & World Report and to the 1980s when state law was Maine. Pettygrove and Lovejoy each west of downtown, and is home to CNN. Food carts are extremely changed to allow consumption of wished to name the new city aer the Oregon Zoo, the Portland Japa- popular within the city, with over beer on brewery premises. Brewery his respective home town. In 1845, nese Garden, and the International 600 licensed carts, making Portland innovation was supported by the this controversy was settled with a Rose Test Garden. one of the most robust street food abundance of local ingredients. coin toss, which Pettygrove won in a scenes in North America. series of two out of three tosses. Custom Color Palette C: 83 C: 0 C: 88 C: 0 M: 10 M: 70 M: 76 M: 0 Y: 100 Y: 95 Y: 0 Y: 0 K: 1 K: 0 K: 0 K: 100 Sans-serif + Serif: Calibri ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 1234567890 Minion Pro ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 1234567890 .