This public market will be an important addition to Portland in many ways, including enhancement of our culinary and local farm product culture, economic development including direct jobs and tourism, and downtown revitalization.
When Portland put its resources towards a project, it can achieve incredible things. The Portland airport is something to make everyone proud and the James Beard Market looks like it will be just as amazing. Portland with the renovations to the art museum and the James Beard Market, we have a reason to go downtown. Thanks we needed that
As Executive Director, Ms Elkan needs to understand that she cannot simply add months--and an entire year, in this case--to the opening date. This marketplace is an important stage for Portland Downtown's comeback, and it needs to be managed as such. Find other resources to go fast when additional goals are added, but GO FAST. Adding months to the opening date isn't going to cut it--make your team work faster and harder to accomplish the new goals within the same schedule. Portland NEEDS the James Beard Market, and it needs it NOW.
We can wish this boondoggle well, although the fact that the opening has been pushed back does not bode well--but maybe downtown foot traffic will improve by then and the bums will be swept off the streets. Or maybe walled off in Old Town, where businesses seem to be a little more "on their own."
One also ponders how a woodsy 40,000 square foot dining hall might impact the various mom-n-pop and even franchise eateries clinging to life downtown. Collateral damage, one supposes.
Anchor attractions can be huge boons to an entire neighborhoood. Powells and the west end around it are consistently busy. A worldwide name brand like James Beard, along with an actually attractive and unique food scene + market, could be hugely successful. I mean, look how consistently swarmed the PSU market is on Saturday. This could be a more consistent version of that available the rest of the week. It's really not that difficult to imagine this working out. I can easily see this being the start of rehabilitating a unique downtown shopping experience that major retailers wait to latch onto before signing 10+ year leases in those massive spaces on SW 5th and 6th.
And for locals, if they can bring farm to consumer options directly into the Central City that's available to me every day, living in NW, I would become a regular shopper for seafood/meat/fruits/veggies that are almost always questionable quality at Safeway/Fred Meijer/Whole Foods.
Thank you Jessica and team for bringing this vision to a reality! This future iconic downtown destination will bring joy and vibrancy to Portland for the next 100 years! We need more visionary leaders like you in our community!
This public market will be an important addition to Portland in many ways, including enhancement of our culinary and local farm product culture, economic development including direct jobs and tourism, and downtown revitalization.
When Portland put its resources towards a project, it can achieve incredible things. The Portland airport is something to make everyone proud and the James Beard Market looks like it will be just as amazing. Portland with the renovations to the art museum and the James Beard Market, we have a reason to go downtown. Thanks we needed that
As Executive Director, Ms Elkan needs to understand that she cannot simply add months--and an entire year, in this case--to the opening date. This marketplace is an important stage for Portland Downtown's comeback, and it needs to be managed as such. Find other resources to go fast when additional goals are added, but GO FAST. Adding months to the opening date isn't going to cut it--make your team work faster and harder to accomplish the new goals within the same schedule. Portland NEEDS the James Beard Market, and it needs it NOW.
We can wish this boondoggle well, although the fact that the opening has been pushed back does not bode well--but maybe downtown foot traffic will improve by then and the bums will be swept off the streets. Or maybe walled off in Old Town, where businesses seem to be a little more "on their own."
One also ponders how a woodsy 40,000 square foot dining hall might impact the various mom-n-pop and even franchise eateries clinging to life downtown. Collateral damage, one supposes.
Anchor attractions can be huge boons to an entire neighborhoood. Powells and the west end around it are consistently busy. A worldwide name brand like James Beard, along with an actually attractive and unique food scene + market, could be hugely successful. I mean, look how consistently swarmed the PSU market is on Saturday. This could be a more consistent version of that available the rest of the week. It's really not that difficult to imagine this working out. I can easily see this being the start of rehabilitating a unique downtown shopping experience that major retailers wait to latch onto before signing 10+ year leases in those massive spaces on SW 5th and 6th.
And for locals, if they can bring farm to consumer options directly into the Central City that's available to me every day, living in NW, I would become a regular shopper for seafood/meat/fruits/veggies that are almost always questionable quality at Safeway/Fred Meijer/Whole Foods.
Thank you Jessica and team for bringing this vision to a reality! This future iconic downtown destination will bring joy and vibrancy to Portland for the next 100 years! We need more visionary leaders like you in our community!