{"podcast":{"title":"City Cast Portland","slug":"city-cast-portland-5822554","podcast_index_feed_id":5822554,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/citycastportland","website_url":"https://portland.citycast.fm/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/bc44a83a-3444-11ed-8131-b3b843d0d8cc/image/1c6f253f9eff8100435d93459e8c4fcd.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"City Cast","episode_count":863,"summary":"City Cast Portland captures the one-of-a-kind creative spirit of this place and tackles who we are and where we’re going — from big deals, like equity and livability, to tiny delights, like the city's most wonderful doughnut. Host Claudia Meza is so over the notion that ‘Portland is over.’ On the show, she’ll revive your civic pride and stir you to help create local change — through conversations with neighbors, newsmakers, artists and entrepreneurs about our ever-changing city. Learn more and subscribe to our daily newsletter at portland.citycast.fm.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/city-cast-portland-5822554"},"episode":{"title":"The New Downtown Entertainment District, Are Vacancy Taxes a Business Killer? And Is In-N-Out Better Than Burgerville?","slug":"the-new-downtown-entertainment-district-are-vacancy-taxes-a-business-killer-and-is-in-n-out-better-than-burgerville","published_at":"2026-04-29T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/city-cast-portland-5822554/the-new-downtown-entertainment-district-are-vacancy-taxes-a-business-killer-and-is-in-n-out-better-than-burgerville","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/city-cast-portland-5822554","url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.megaphone.fm/CC8908862144.mp3?updated=1777424873","audio_url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.megaphone.fm/CC8908862144.mp3?updated=1777424873","summary":"We’re talking about the push to develop a new entertainment district in downtown Portland, the uproar from the business community as the idea of a vacancy tax is explored in city council, and will there soon be more In-N-Outs than Burgervilles?Joining City Cast Portland Host Claudia Meza are Chris Pink, owner of the Paris Theater, and our very own senior producer, Giulia Fiaoni. Discussed in today's episode: Would a Vacancy Tax Spur Owners of Empty Towers to Seek Out Commercial Tenants? [Willamette Week] In-N-Out to open Vancouver location Thursday [KGW] It’s our spring membership drive! Get more from City Cast Portland when you become a City Cast Portland Neighbor. You’ll enjoy perks like ad-free listening, invitations to members only events and more. Join now at membership.citycast.fm/portland. Learn more about the sponsors of this April 29th episode: League of Women's Voters Visit Central Oregon","meta_description":"We’re talking about the push to develop a new entertainment district in downtown Portland, the uproar from the business community as the idea of a vacancy…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2283,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/city-cast-portland-5822554/episodes/the-new-downtown-entertainment-district-are-vacancy-taxes-a-business-killer-and-is-in-n-out-better-than-burgerville/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/city-cast-portland-5822554/the-new-downtown-entertainment-district-are-vacancy-taxes-a-business-killer-and-is-in-n-out-better-than-burgerville.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}