Business-friendly Portland is preparing to drive more industrial jobs out of the city in order to "protect" what they are calling an "environmental gem" - a long-industrialized stretch of the Columbia Slough.
While companies like Hanset Stainless consider the slough to be one of the last sanctuaries for industrial business in Portland, the city sees the slough as an environmental gem that needs to be protected, said Jay Sugnet, a project manager with the Bureau of Planning and Sustainability.
We just need a few more Starbucks outlets, and everything will be just fine.
