Real Estate

Portland Suburbs by the Numbers 2024

Are you hot for Happy Valley? Rarin' for Ridgefield? Gaga for Gresham? Check out home sales prices, rent costs, demographics, and walkability for Portland's suburbs.

05/29/2024 Edited by Margaret Seiler

Restaurant Review

One of Portland’s Best Bowls of Birria Lives at Birrias Tamazula in Gresham

This small, family-run gem specializes in Mexican comfort food. Don’t miss the birria de chivo with hot Lao-style chile oil.

11/17/2023 By Katherine Chew Hamilton Photography by Michael Novak

Real Estate

Portland Suburbs by the Numbers 2023

The burbs are booming! Home sales prices, rent costs, demographics, and commute times for Ridgefield, Sandy, Hillsboro, and other Portland-area suburbs.

05/18/2023 Edited by Margaret Seiler

Quest

The Great Real Estate Adventure

Patience, rejection, sacrifice, and spiders: secrets of the modern-day house hunt

03/01/2023 By Rachel Saslow Photography by Thomas Teal

Profile

Ricky Simón Punches Up

The Vancouver-raised fighter has risen from Portland’s under-the-radar MMA scene to the top rung of the UFC. His next fight can’t come soon enough.

02/28/2023 By Tony Perez Photography by Jason Hill

Food News

Local Institution Tortilleria y Tienda De Leon Is Moving to Southeast

The tortilla factory, salsa shop, tamale producer, and hot bar, which has sat on the edge of Gresham for 23 years, will reopen in the Reed neighborhood.

10/25/2022 By Katherine Chew Hamilton

Real Estate

Portland Suburbs by the Numbers 2022

Home sales prices, rent costs, demographics, and commute times for Portland-area suburbs, from Canby to Camas, Sandy to St. Helens

05/16/2022 Edited by Margaret Seiler and Julia Silverman

Food News & Events

Jeffrey Morgenthaler Will Open Two Bars in June, Sunshine Noodles Launches Brunch, and Akadi Reopens

Plus, find out what honey pecan wings taste like, celebrate AAPI Heritage Month with Portland Ca Phe, and a new market hall opens in Gresham.

05/05/2022 By Katherine Chew Hamilton

Hiking

Explore These Trails Right at Portland’s Doorstep

From lava volcanoes to sprawling estates, Portland’s suburban hikes are just a short trip away.

04/29/2022 By Brian Barker, Ramona DeNies, and Michelle Harris

Real Estate

Price Point: $525,000 Homes in Portland, Beaverton & Gresham

A spacious midcentury in Portland, an unassuming stunner in Beaverton, and an entertainer’s dream in Gresham

10/20/2021 By Cami Hughes

Real Estate 2019

Portland Neighborhoods by the Numbers 2019: The Suburbs

From pricy country living on Sauvie Island to wacky deals in Wood Village, we break down the 'burbs.

03/26/2019 Edited by Ramona DeNies

Spring Up

6 New Projects Shaking Up Portland's Arts Scene

From a brick-and-mortar outpost for Baby Ketten Karaoke to the Hollywood Theatre's refurbished pipe organ, here's what to know right now.

02/26/2019 By Rebecca Jacobson and Fiona McCann

Books

A New Bookstore Comes to Downtown Gresham

On November 2, librarian Stephanie Csaszar opens Books Around the Corner, a shop inspired (in part) by You've Got Mail.

10/17/2018 By James Stevens

Sparkle Town

They're Going to Make Lab-Grown Diamonds in Gresham

Diamond titan De Beers plans a factory and dozens of jobs.

09/11/2018 By Emily Davis

Real Estate 2018: Rockwood Arises

Can One of Portland’s Poorest Neighborhoods Build Its Way to Prosperity?

Rockwood has bold—but controversial—plans to try.

03/27/2018 By Randy Gragg

Field Notes

Go Hike This Ancient Gresham Volcano

Red-hot Hogan Butte once helped shape the Gorge. Now it's a tranquil nature park.

02/27/2018 By Ramona DeNies

News

Oregon Teen Boys Say No to Trump's Locker Room Talk

Six Gresham teens don Wildfang's "Wild Feminist" tees, vowing to not allow Trump's version of locker room talk in their school.

10/27/2016 By Eden Dawn

Light a Fire 2016: Game Changing Project

Video: Light a Fire 2016: Friends of Nadaka

Friends of Nadaka unites a Gresham neighborhood to create a park.

10/10/2016

Light a Fire 2016: Game-Changing Project

Friends of Nadaka Unites a Gresham Neighborhood to Create a Park

Complete with bird walks, play spaces, and a community garden—and soon Gresham’s first handicapped-accessible swing.

10/10/2016 By Regina Winkle-Bryan