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Dear Emergency Management Professionals 

I would like to invite you to the National Emergency Management Association (NEMA) 2008 Annual Conference being held in Portland, Oregon. The greater metropolitan Portland area of 1.7 million citizens looks forward to hosting you and hopefully your family to our beautiful city and state. Portland has been noted as the City of Roses – City of Fountains – City of Bridges – and River City.

September is a beautiful month and I hope that you take a few extra days to enjoy the bountiful opportunities to visit the Oregon Coast, Oregon’s wine country. Portland’s downtown area is scaled to be “foot friendly” and was recently named among the top 10 American walking cities. Cafes, restaurants, bookstores, galleries and specialty stores are waiting around every corner.

Nestled in the heart of the Willamette Valley, Portland sits squarely between the Pacific Ocean and the 10,000 foot plus tops of the Cascade Mountain Range. You can literally go clamming or fishing at the beach, have dinner in Portland that night and go snow skiing in the mountains the next day, yes even in the summer.

I look forward to hosting the NEMA conference this year and hope that you will enjoy your stay while you are here.

Ken Murphy
NEMA 2007-2008 President



 

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