Downtown Services

• Portland Downtown Services Inc.
• SAFE Overview
• Clean & Safe Services
• Cleaning Request
• Community Court
• Griffiti Removal
• BID map
• Street Musican Partnership
• Downtown Services Directory
• Sidewalk Ambassadors
• Ambassador Bios
• Downtown Retail and Marketing
• Downtown Retail Strategy
• Join the Downtown Retail Council
• Shop Portland
• Dining Guide
• Holiday Lighting Program
• Real Change
• Downtown Market Research
• Pedestrian Counts
• Search Downtown Commercial Listings
• Post a Downtown Commercial Listing
• Central City Committees

Sidewalk Access for Everyone (SAFE)

In mid-2007, the Portland City Council implemented the Sidewalk Access for Everyone (SAFE) Committee recommendations. The recommendations, created by a broad group of stakeholders including city government representatives, residents, homeless advocates and local businesses, took a holistic approach to ensure Portland's streets are welcoming and open to all who use them.

Overview

The SAFE recommendations include enactment of an ordinance prohibiting sitting or lying on sidewalks in downtown and the Lloyd District during business hours while providing homeless individuals with additional services in the Central City, including:

• A day access service center;
• Additional public bench seating;
• Access to public restrooms, including a 24-hour restroom; and
• Shower and locker facilities.

The new services provided through the SAFE recommendations are in addition to other efforts assisting the homeless population downtown and in the Lloyd business district, and are intended to facilitate the City's Ten Year Plan to End Homelessness. Transition Projects Incorporated (TPI), Sisters of the Road, JOIN, Central City Concern and New Avenues for Youth are just some of the organizations providing day access services, offering drug, alcohol and mental health treatment and helping homeless people transition into the workforce through training and job placement.

Alliance, property owners funding new services

Portland Downtown Services, Inc. and the Lloyd Business Improvement District are contributing $150,000 over a two-year period to support implementation of the new homeless services. Approximately $79,000 of those funds will be used to operate TPI's day shelter with the remaining funds to support other services as recommended by the SAFE Oversight Committee during the next two years.

Related links

• SAFE Oversight Committee
• Downtown Security Network