Portland Downtown placemaking efforts to continue here through mid-November PORTLAND, Me. — Portland Downtown has since early July fitted downtown cobblestone thoroughfare Milk Street with tools to make it a pedestrian-friendly freeway. Dubbed “Pop-Up Park on Milk Street,” the roadway is closed to all but foot traffic between Exchange and Market streets. Visitors have
PORTLAND, Me. — Portland Downtown happily announces the addition of a new downtown mural at the corner of Brown and Free streets, creating vibrancy, discouraging graffiti, and encouraging local shopping. Hugh McCormick Design Co. designed and painted the outdoor mural, located on the Brown Street side of Free Street restaurant & cocktail bar, formerly Binga’s
A symbol of support and inclusion for city’s LGBTQ+ community PORTLAND, Me. — The Equality Community Center teamed up with Portland Downtown this week with City of Portland approval to paint two (2) temporary downtown crosswalks the colors of the Progress Pride Flag in advance of Saturday’s Pride Parade. The crosswalks are located at the
Portland Downtown’s Board Election Is Now Open PORTLAND, ME. – Portland Downtown, a 501c4 nonprofit downtown improvement district, is pleased to announce voting is live for seven seats on its volunteer board of directors, including: At-Large Property Owner (Two (2) 3-year terms; One (1) 1-year term) Cultural/Non-profit/Education Representative (1 seat; 3-year term) Restaurant Representative (1
So you want to help spoil downtown workers? We love to hear it! Downtown Worker Appreciation Day is our way of saying THANK YOU to Portland’s diverse & dynamic workforce. It has for more than 20 years showered thousands of downtown employees with fun, quirky, & tasty gifts, really spoiling the folks who keep Portland going
APPLICATION IS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE Thanks so much for your interest and for taking the time to fill out our Market vendor form! Portland Downtown in conjunction with Monument Square property owners, and business owners as well as nearby stakeholders are coordinating a 2023 weekly market in an effort to bring additional
PORTLAND — Portland Downtown and Portland Buy Local will this February launch the City of Portland’s inaugural 207 Day. WHAT MAKES PORTLAND, PORTLAND. From the Mansard roof atop the city’s tallest Victorian mansion down to its historic brick sidewalks and out to where its wharves meet the salty waters, the City of Portland is
PORTLAND — Portland Downtown and Portland Buy Local will this February launch the City of Portland’s inaugural 207 Day. Much like how Milaukee, WI turned its 414 area code into “Milwaukee Day” on April 14th and how Chicago, IL celebrates its city on March 12th each year, February 7th, mirroring Maine’s own 207 area code,
PORTLAND — Beauty is its own excuse for being, says Emery Goff. Though not her original quote, but something first recorded by American Transcendentalist poet Ralph Waldo Emerson, the 87-year-old resident of 75 State Street said beauty itself was reason enough to add color to the Lower Exchange Street alley. Goff and a handful