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Join the PEP Rally to Make Our City Better for All Portlanders!

  • "Portland is rapidly evolving and City government has to reflect the full spectrum of its people and their needs. I'm excited to partner on the Portland Engagement Project to bring Portland one step closer to being a City that works for everyone."

    Stephen Green
    Executive Director, Business for a Better Portland
    Founder, PitchBlack

  • "The Portland Engagement Project is visionary, timely, and important. Its community engagement effort will strengthen the voter-approved City Charter Reform and build unity for a better future for all Portlanders. Pregame guided Verde through creating its new strategic plan for bigger impact, and I know they will do the same for PEP."

    Candace Avalos
    Executive Director, Verde
    Member, Charter Reform Commission

  • "The Portland Engagement Project is past due. The City of Portland has lost its connection with its people; this is most visible in the unrest seen on our streets, heard within our voices and felt within our hearts. A people-centered and data-focused approach to city governance requires first an understanding of who the people and community members actually are; PEP will provide this and guide informed decisions to make our City safe, liveable and prosperous for all members of our Portland community."

    Shana Koalska
    Co-Chair of the Wilkes Community Group

  • "In our listening sessions with Portlanders across the city, the most common grievance was that people felt their voices went unheard, that our civic leaders didn’t understand or respond to their problems. I am thrilled that the Portland Engagement Project has been launched to redress that communication gap—and I very much look forward to working together to build a more inclusive and responsive city."

    Melanie Billings-Yun
    Former Co-Chair, Portland Charter Commission