Be Seen. Be Heard. Portland. is a new long-term initiative at Fox 12. We want to drown out the noise from national discourse and go straight to you to hear your concerns about the City we love. So, we spent several weeks this year working on a simple concept: Set up open mics at dozens of locations around the Portland Metro Area, ask simple questions, and let you sound off. We ended up with hours of interviews, many bringing up the same issues again and again. Our goal is to bridge the gap, and to take your voices from Portland’s street corners to the corner offices of local leaders and those who can affect change. This portion of our introductory special presentation features the City of Portland’s Emergency Humanitarian Director addressing your concerns about the homeless crisis, and Columbia Sportswear CEO Tim Boyle talking about efforts to help clean up Downtown Portland.
