Land Back in Northeast Portland, Grocery Digital Price Tag Fears, and Some Truly Portland Missed Connections
A Portland church is giving its land back to a local indigenous organization, and why consumer advocates are concerned about digital price tags hitting our grocery stores. Plus, we’re sharing the most Portland missed connections we could find on the internet. Joining City Cast Portland host Claudia Meza are Willamette Week reporter and author Brianna Wheeler, and the founder of Stumptown Savings, your friendly local food economy newsletter, Bryan M. Vance.
Discussed in today's episode:
Four Amazon electric vans destroyed in Portland fire [OPB]
After church closes, Oregon Lutherans return land to Portland Indigenous organization NAYA [OPB]
Kroger is doubling down on a controversial price tag technology, including in Oregon [Oregonian]
MCPDX [Instagram]
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