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Committee advances $10 million lottery-bond request for James Beard Public Market in Portland

2476206 · March 3, 2025
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Summary

The committee voted to advance House Bill 3377, which would provide $10 million from lottery bond proceeds to the Portland Public Market Foundation for the James Beard Public Market; several members expressed concern that the project primarily benefits Portland.

The House Committee on Economic Development, Small Business, and Trade moved House Bill 3377 to the floor with a “do pass” recommendation and referred the bill to the Joint Committee on Ways and Means by prior reference.

House Bill 3377 provides $10,000,000 in funding from the sale of lottery bonds to the historic Portland Public Market Foundation for construction of the James Beard Public Market in Portland. The bill includes an emergency clause making it…

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