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bridgetown, puddletown, stumptown, thorn city.

Whichever name you like to give it, this place is pretty amazing. There’s so many incredible things going on here, and so many of them we didn’t know about when we first moved here. Recently, we’ve had a couple times when pals from far away moved to Portland, and I wanted to give them an orientation to some of the stuff I couldn’t have learned about just from looking around, or from the official visitors guides. So here’s what I put together for them:

• The Portland Bike There! Map from Metro.
• The Trip Tools, Ticket Sales Outlets, Explore Portland, and Riders Guide brochures from Tri-met
• “Your Guide to Multnomah County Library“
• The Museum Attractions and Membership brochures from OMSI.
• Zipcar brochure.
• My seven favorite mapclicks neighborhood maps.
• The You Can Own and Supporting Business Guide brochures from Peoples Food Coop.
• The SE Portland Walking Map from the Office of Transportation’s Getting Around Portland section.
• The current season’s brochure from Portland Center Stage.
• The (no longer available?) 7-page Fix-It Fair Resource Guide from the Office of Sustainable Development.
• An Advantis Credit Union Membership Kit.
• The Office of Transportation’s Portland By Bicycle map and Neighborhood Bikeway maps for Northeast and Southeast.
• The Map & Guide to Powell’s City of Books
• Brochures for the Portland Classical Chinese Garden and the Crystal Springs Rhododendron Garden, along with a 4-garden promotional that also includes the Japanese, Oregon, and International Rose Test gardens.
• The ReDirect Guide
• A copy of the Portland Gay & Lesbian Community Yellow Pages.
• …and finally a page of links to all kinds of cool, interesting things on my del.icio.us “Welcome to PDX” page.

what would be in your “welcome to portland” packet?