Seeking Nominations
Build It Green! Home Tour accepts home nominations through May 14

20th Annual BEST Awards
Seven business won awards on April 25 at The Nines

Include the Food!
Tips for successful food composting

Portland Plan
Read the Recommended Draft

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To create and enhance a vibrant city, BPS combines the disciplines of planning and sustainability to advance Portland’s diverse and distinct neighborhoods, promote a prosperous and low-carbon economy, provide a forum for community engagement and education and help ensure that people and the natural environment are healthy and integrated into the cityscape.

With a city full of partners, BPS develops creative and practical solutions on issues as far ranging as comprehensive, neighborhood and environmental planning, urban design, waste reduction and recycling, energy efficiency, food and solar technologies.