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Portland Advocacy Blog

Portland Hospitality Summit Spurs Increased Communications

8/4/2023

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On July 27, Portland Downtown Clean & Safe in partnership with ORLA hosted a Hotel & Restaurant Safety Summit at The Nines hotel. Nearly 50 hospitality industry members were in attendance and armed with concerns and questions. Guest panelists represented the Portland Police Bureau, Portland mayor’s office, District Attorney’s office and Multnomah County. Guests acknowledged the importance of continuing these types of meetings to bring us together and provide a bigger voice, suggesting we need to express it more directly and frequently.

During the meeting Andrew Fitzpatrick, the Director of Economic Development in the mayor’s office, made a commitment to being a contact from the city to share updates and respond to concerns from our industry. As a follow up to the discussion last week, Fitzpatrick shared with ORLA an update on the current work being done by the city to help move solutions forward:
  1. All hotel and restaurant representatives are encouraged to consider joining the downtown problem-solvers meetings, which include a diverse group of other stakeholders focused on solutions to similar challenges. This meeting takes place online every other Wednesday at 11am. Email Makenzie at mmarineau@oregonrla.org to request a calendar invite.
  2. The timelines document summarizes key activities the City, under the Mayor’s leadership, is pursuing to comprehensively and urgently address homelessness, safety, and livability issues – this document also includes implementation timelines.
  3. The city is seeking the re-deployment of additional Portland Police Bureau (PPB) officers from other precincts into Central Precinct and will soon be authorizing double overtime to encourage the uptake of additional patrol shifts in the central city. They are looking at ways of leveraging public resources for investments in increased private security patrols to help mitigate the gap from current PPB staffing shortage. More to come on this.
  4. PPB will continue to make its near daily arrests of drug dealers as well as partnering with specialty units for maximum impact in the city’s core.
  5. In addition to PPB and private security, the mayor’s office is currently negotiating an expanded contract for Urban Alchemy to provide a prosocial presence in the downtown core to dissuade the sort of unacceptable activity currently taking place at 6th and Harvey Milk, for example. As most know, Urban Alchemy is the service provider who is managing the TASS (temporary alternative shelter sites) and one of our safe rest villages.  
  6. The Public Environment Management Office (PEMO) has been meeting with local hotel managers to identify locations for bus and valet parking that would help attract revenue. Those asks are being delivered to Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) and Commissioner Mapps’ office currently.  
  7. PBOT has significantly increased security personnel and cleanings at SmartPark garages downtown to improve safety for employees, visitors, tenant businesses and surrounding neighborhoods.  
  8. The Mayor’s Central City Recovery Plan summarizes the specific programs and activities that are being executed to revitalize the urban core, especially as it relates to safety and livability.
  9. The City agrees with comments made that, in addition to PPB staffing and other visible security resources for the central city, positive foot traffic is critically important to reinforce positive activity and safety. Portland will continue to make investments into public events and activations, encouraging employers and employees to return to work, and into partnerships with Travel Portland to market and promote our downtown as a destination.  

​We will continue to communicate and share the work and progress that is being made within the city as we all work together to further improve the safety and wellbeing, and overall rejuvenation of the City of Portland and Multnomah County. 


ORLA members wanting to get involved in a Portland area Regional Leadership Team should contact Makenzie Marineau, Government Affairs and Regional Leadership Teams Coordinator.
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    Makenzie Marineau is the Government Affairs and Regional Leadership Teams Coordinator for the Oregon Restaurant & Lodging Association. This Portland-focused blog intends to highlight the good news and work being done in Portland by ORLA and our leadership teams.

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