We are looking forward to Rose Festival, a city celebration the first weekend in June. There is a Rose Parade, a Starlight Parade, Carnival, a night time parade of lit up boats. Ships from all over come up the Columbia and Willamette rivers to dock and open their hatches to visitors. Portland is a major west coast port for goods to and from the Pacific Rim. Wheat from Montana comes by barge and rail to ships in our terminals.
Shipping is our single largest employer.
The computer chip industry is our fastest growing industry. Intel Pentium chips are made near Portland. Many other computer plants have come here. Although, we are the end of the Oregon Trail, we are a modern city. We hope that you may visit our city and see how safe, clean and beautiful it is for yourself.