Businesses and residential areas in the downtown core grappled with a massive reduction in pedestrian traffic after the COVID-19 pandemic. But there’s good news.
PORTLAND, Ore. — Downtown Portland’s struggle to attract pedestrian foot traffic seems to be rounding a corner, according to the end-of-year report from Downtown Portland Clean & Safe found.
Businesses and residential areas in the downtown core grappled with a massive reduction in pedestrian traffic after the COVID-19 pandemic. Portland saw around 43 million pedestrians a year in 2019, but that number was slashed to only about 20 million in 2020 and 23 million in 2021. Many of the businesses that relied
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