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Portland General Electric, 503-228-6322, 800-542-8818, outages 503-464-7777, www.portlandgeneral.com
Natural Gas
Northwest Natural, 503-226-4211, 800-422-4012, gas leaks 800-882-3377, www.nwnatural.com
Telephone
Do Not Call List, 888-382-1222, www.donotcall.gov
CenturyLink, 866-642-0444, 877-348-9007 (technical support)
Frontier Communications, 800-921-8101, www.frontier.com
GetHuman, www.gethuman.com, tips for reaching a live person at hundreds of companies, 800-475-7526, www.qwest.com
Cable and Satellite Television
Comcast, 800-934-6489, www.comcast.com
DIRECTV, 855-852-4388, www.directv.com
Dish Network, 855-546-3408, www.dish.com
Water
Portland Water Bureau, 503-823-7770, www.portlandonline.com/water
Tualatin Valley Water District, 503-642-1511, www.tvwd.org
Veterinarians, Emergency Clinics
Banfield, The Pet Hospital, 866-894-7927, www.banfield.net
Columbia River Veterinary Specialists, 360-694-3007, www.columbiarivervetspcialists.com
Dove Lewis (emergency animal hospitals), 503-228-7281, www.dovelewis.org
Emergency Veterinary Clinic of Tualatin, 503-691-7922, www.evcot.com
Northwest Veterinary Specialists, 503-656-3999, www.northwestvetspecialists.com
Tanasbourne Veterinary Emergency, 503-629-5800, www.tanasbourneveter.com
Voting
Oregon Secretary of State, Elections Division, 503-986-1518, 866-ORE-VOTE, oregonvotes.org
Washington Secretary of State, 360-902-4180, 800-448-4881, vote.wa.gov
County Elections Offices
Clackamas County Clerk, Elections Division, 503-655-8510, www.clackamas.us/elections
Clark County Elections Office, 360-397-2345, www.clark.wa.gov/elections/
Multnomah County Elections Division, 503-988-3720, www.mcelections.org
Washington County Elections Division, 503-846-5800, www.co.washington.or.us/cgi/electhom/main.pl
Weather
National Weather Service, Portland office, www.wrh.noaa.gov/pqr/
Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (air pollution reports), www.deq.state.or.us/aqi/index.aspx
ZIP Code Information
USPS, 800-275-8777, www.usps.com
About the Author
BRYAN GEON moved to Portland for the first time in 1993 as a fresh-faced college grad. He left the area for law school and work, but Portland has always drawn him back, and he has spent over a decade relentlessly exploring and enjoying the city and its surroundings. He has lived in four of the city’s five sections and in three different Oregon counties (although not simultaneously). As both a long-time resident and a serial newcomer, Bryan is well qualified to guide other newcomers to the region. He has traveled to all 50 states and more than 50 foreign countries, and he is happy to click his heels together and repeat at least three times that there is no place like Portland. When not practicing law or writing, he enjoys traipsing around the Northwest and spending time with his wife and two sons.
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Author: Bryan Geon
Editor: Linda Franklin
Cover design and layout: Emily Coats
Cover images: Erin Johnson Design, Jillian Gregg, and Nicholas Winchester, Masha Shubin
Cover: Portland City Scape © 2010 4x6. Illustration from iStockPhoto.com
Interior design: Erin Johnson Design, Masha Shubin, and Emily Coats
Interior layout and composition: Masha Shubin
Interior photos by Bryan Geon
eBook design by Emily Coats
Maps provided by Jim Miller/fennana design
TriMet Rail System map courtesy of TriMet
