Recent Successes

kpdx simpsons couch placement

The Simpsons recently took over Portland's living room! KPDX Fox 49 was on the Square to celebrate the release of The Simpsons Movie with the arrival of a 13 foot tall Simpsons' living room couch. KPDX 49 was onsite with giveaways for a lucky few from the local Kwik-E-Mart (also known as 7-Eleven) and passes to an exclusive screening of The Simpsons Movie.

portland's 2nd annual low car diet

For the second year in a row, Portland's Annual Low Car Diet took place on the Square. Flexcar and many other organizations were onsite to highlight the different modes of transportation available to Portland's residents. Attendees to this event also learned about the health and environmental benefits of reduced vehicle use. For more information on this event, click here.

Yoshida's Sand in the City

This year marked the 12th anniversary of Yoshida's Sand in the City at Pioneer Courthouse Square. Corporate teams participated in this fundraising event which benefits Kids on the Block by creating sand castle sculptures. This year's event raised a total of $245,420! Congratulations to the following winners: the Con-Way/LRS team, Anderson Construction/ZGF and Harland Financial Services.

drag queen chorus line

Recently 69 drag queens from around the Portland/ Metropolitan area gathered at Pioneer Courthouse Square and attempted to break the world record for the most drag queens to sing in a chorus line. Congratulations to all for beating the current world record of 58! All proceeds raised by the participants of this event went to the Sexual Minority Youth Resource Center (SMYRC). For more information on this event, click here.

Coming to America

Expectation Ministries once again visited the Square to perform a free summer concert for the community. Attendees of this event enjoyed live music throughout the evening. For more information, click here.

Beat Your Risk

The American Heart Association visited the Square to inform the public about the risks of high blood pressure. During this event, registered nurses gave free blood pressure screenings and risk assessments to pedestrians passing by.

SQUARE NEWS

red bull illume Exhibit tour - now on display!
Red Bull Illume - a first of its kind international action and adventure sports photography exhibition – offers residents and visitors a spectacular street-side ”illumination” of indescribable proportions. Red Bull Illume began as a quest to find the 50 best raw moments in action and adventure sports captured by both amateur and professional photographers. Contest judges composed of photography experts from around the world hand-selected 50 winning images from over 7,200 submissions representing more than 90 countries.

These fifty hand-selected winning images currently light up Portland's main thoroughfare, SW 6th Avenue, as a breathtaking ‘larger than life' street gallery with the outdoor spectacle of twenty-five 8-foot glass and metal photography display cubes. Through the cooperative efforts of Portland Department of Transportation, Portland Mall Management Inc. and TriMet, three blocks of SW Sixth Avenue, between SW Morrison and SW Salmon, will light up each evening after sunset.

Red Bull Illume “… is the most incredible collection I have ever seen assembled in one place and it is one of the most phenomenal experiences I have had in my 17 years of photo editing.” - Anne Telford of Communication Arts.

The Red Bull Illume Exhibit took Aspen by storm in January 2007 and recently made waves in Huntington Beach in June 2007. For additional information on this free outdoor exhibit tour, please visit www.redbullillume.com.

Flicks on the bricks outdoor movie series presented by smartpark
Pioneer Courthouse Square is proud to announce the fourth year of FREE outdoor movies downtown with Flicks on Bricks presented by SmartPark. FREE popcorn will be provided by Cricket Wireless as well as registered giveaways from The Portland Clinic.

This summer's Friday night movie series will include:

Mission Impossible - August 3rd
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory - August 10th
Stand By Me - August 17th
Batman - August 31st

This year's Flicks on the Bricks series is presented by SmartPark and would not be possible without the generous support of the following community sponsors: Volkswagen, Red Bull, The Portland Clinic, Cricket, KGW Northwest Newschannel 8, KINK fm, Comcast, Portland Tribune and TriMet.

For easy parking and transportation access to Flicks on the Bricks presented by SmartPark, and the many other family friendly events in downtown, click here.

Noon tunes summer concert series presented by volkswagen

The Noon Tunes Summer Concert Series presented by Volkswagen continues this month at the Square. This year's series features some of the best local, regional and national talent around! Noon Tunes has become a summertime tradition in the heart of downtown providing FREE entertainment over the lunch hour every Tuesday and Thursday throughout the summer.

Coming up next week Johnette Napolitano, former singer and bassist of 80's-90's rock band Concrete Blonde, will be bringing her solo career to Noon Tunes on Tuesday, August 7th! For additional information on performances throughout the summer, click here!

The Noon Tunes Summer Concert Series is presented by Volkswagen and would not be possible without the generous support of the following sponsors: Volkswagen, Red Bull, TriMet, KGW Northwest News Channel 8, KINK fm 102 and the Portland Tribune.

TRUSTEE MEETING CALENDAR


Executive Committee
Thursday, August 23rd 8:30am

Pioneer Courthouse Square

Facilities Committee
Thursday, August 9th 8:30am
Pioneer Courthouse Square

Board of Trustees Quarterly meeting
Tuesday, October 30th 11:30am
Hilton Portland & Executive Tower

Harriet Beal Cormack; Helen Blair Day, ACME Business Consulting; Julia Brim-Edwards, Nike, Inc.; Dr. Kim Burchiel, Oregon Health and Science University; Thomas Corry, Bank of America; Wayne Drinkward, Hoffman Construction; Matthew J. Felton, Felton Properties, Inc.; Paul Frisch, U.S. Bancorp Equipment Finance, Inc.; Paul Fry, KGW Northwest NewsChannel 8; Joyce Furman; Brad Hutton, Hilton Hotels Corporation; J.E. Isaac, Portland Trail Blazers; Philip A. Kalberer, The Kalberer Company; Sharon Kitzhaber, Kitzhaber Communications; Kevin Kohnstamm, The Party Pros; Peter A. Krainock, American Water Works International; J.Douglas Macy, Walker Macy; Steven S. Maxwell, KeyBank; R. Scott Montgomery, Sequoia Development Co.; Chet Orloff, Oregon History Works; Tim Parks, Ball Janik LLP; William Peressini, Stimson Lumber Co.; Allyson Reed, Gray & Associates; Wanda Rosenbarger, Lloyd Center; Commissioner Dan Saltzman, City of Portland; Chief Rosanne Sizer, Portland Police Bureau; Gordon Sondland, The Aspen Companies; Patrick F. Stickel, The Oregonian; Vanessa Sturgeon, TMT Development; John Svilarich, Volkswagen of America Inc.; Kerry Tymchuk, Senator Gordon Smith's Office; John von Schlegell, Endeavour Capital; Mary Wilcox, Capital Realty Corp.; Mark Zertanna, Macy's Northwest

HONORARY
Stanley Geffen, Geffen Mesher & Co.; Greg Goodman, City Center Parking; Steve Janik, Ball Janik LLP; Melvin Mark, Jr., Melvin Mark Companies (Founding President); Tom Moyer, TMT Development Co.; Doug Obletz, Shiels Obletz Johnsen, Inc.; John Russell, Russell Development; The Rev. Stephen Schneider, Grace Memorial Episcopal Church; David Zier, Melvin Mark Companies