Tuesday, April 21, 2020 at 12 p.m., Mayor Ted Wheeler will host a digital press conference via ZOOM, joined by a coalition of regional partners, to announce new and continuing economic relief and recovery measures from COVID-19-related financial losses.
The news conference will be a virtual-only event and will be livestreamed on the Mayor’s YouTube channel. If you’d like to ask a question during the Q&A portion of the press conference, please send your name and outlet details to our Director of Communications, Eileen Park, who will put you down on the list. Her contact:eileen.park@portlandoregon.gov
What: News conference outlining economic relief and recovery actions across the state
Who: *Subject to change, Each speaker will speak for about 2 minutes*
- Mayor Ted Wheeler, Portland
- Bryan Guiney, State of Oregon
- President Lynn Peterson, Metro
- Chair Deborah Kafoury, Multnomah County
- Mayor Shane Bemis, Gresham
- Mayor Denny Doyle, Beaverton
- Mayor Steve Callaway, Hillsboro
- Mayor Lucy Vinis, Eugene
- Evelyn Liu, Asian Pacific American Chamber of Commerce, APACC
- Jan Mason, Philippine American Chamber of Commerce of Oregon, PACCO
- James Parker, Oregon Native American Chamber, ONACC
- Carmen Castro, Hispanic Metropolitan Chamber, HMC
- Kimberly Branam, Prosper Portland
- Matt Miller, Greater Portland Inc
- Ashley Henry, Business for a Better Portland, BBP
- Andrew Hoan, Portland Business Alliance, PBA
- Jeff Miller, Travel Portland
- Skip Newberry, Technology Association of Oregon, TAO
When: Tuesday, April 21, 2020 12 p.m. – 1 p.m.
Media Zoom Invite: here. (We will open up the zoom channel at noon.)
Stream live:here.
(*Additional interviews will be available after the press conference is over at 1:00 PM: Mayor of Beaverton (contact: gwenn@baldwinconsulting.biz) and Mayor Lucy Vinis (contact: lvinis@eugene-or.gov),
Please coordinate with their respective offices after the press conference is over).
(*Businesses will also be available to speak after the press conference is over: Please coordinate with Prosper Portland for City of Portland (uhlmans@prosperportland.us), Portland Business Alliance (alewin@portlandalliance.com) or Gwenn Baldwin, for the city of Beaverton)