To maintain the Central Eastside Industrial District as an industrial sanctuary, ensure it continues to be a major employment zone for the city of Portland, and to protect the rights of property owners and businesses in the district.
The CEIC is a non-profit, volunteer organization representing businesses and property owners in the Central Eastside Industrial District (CEID) in Portland, Oregon.
A selection of topics that the CEIC and our Committees are working on:
To maintain the Central Eastside Industrial District as an industrial sanctuary, ensure it continues to be a major employment zone for the city of Portland, and to protect the rights of property owners and businesses in the district.
1891
The Central Eastside is incorporated into the City of Portland and is the Pacific Northwest’s largest port. Double-decker docks, specializing primarily in the shipping and receiving of agricultural goods, lined the Willamette River’s east bank. Produce distribution and industrial service businesses developed along the railroad tracks and Union Avenue (now Martin Luther King Blvd).
1978
Governor Neil Goldschmidt and representatives from local Eastside businesses designed the District Sanctuary to preserve the district’s industrial character.
1980
Central Eastside Council [CEIC] created.
1986
District Urban Renewal Plan passed.
1989
Oregon Convention Center built on Eastside through CEIC advocacy.
1992
OMSI relocates to the Central Eastside with CEIC advocacy.
2001
Development of the Vera Katz Eastbank Esplanade with partial funding from the Urban Renewal Plan.
2004
Creation of Employment Opportunity Subarea Zoning to increase density in the area without threatening the district’s industrial character.
2005
Burnside Bridge Head Project.
2008
Advocacy for the preservation of Convention Plaza.
2010
Central Eastside Parking Plan initiated.
2010
Burnside-Couch Couplet created through CEIC advocacy.
2012
Formation of the Transportation and Parking Advisory Committee (TPAC), a sub-committee of the CEIC, in partnership with the Portland Bureau of Transportation to resolve current district parking issues and create parking management systems.
2012-2015
Development of the Portland Vision, Portland Plan, Central City 2035 Plan, and SE Quadrant Plan.
2015
Opening of the Tilikum Crossing. This pedestrian, bike and light rail bridge is first new bridge built across the river in the Portland metropolitan area since 1973.
2019
In February 2019, Portland City Council unanimously voted to approve an Enhanced Services District in the Central Eastside. The Central Eastside’s Enhanced Services District is known as Central Eastside Together.
Our officers and board are made up of people like you who work, own and run a business in the district.