Cogen renews initiatives during 'state' address

Portland Business Journal:

Multnomah County Chair Jeff Cogen’s State of the County speech spotlighted a number of issues that could be critical to business in the coming year. Among them:

Cogen said during the Friday address the county is working with the city to address his concerns over urban renewal. “Sequestering huge amounts of tax base for as long as five decades without accounting for the tradeoffs to other vital services, which will lose funding,” is a problem Cogen said. Primarily, the city and county are teaming...

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