Closing the Community Music Center and Multnomah Arts Center would save $1.8 million for Portland Parks & Recreation.

The Community Music Center, serving 500 students and alma mater of Grammy winner Esperanza Spalding, may close due to Portland budget cuts.

The city also used HVS as an outside consultant prior to the construction of Music City Center. Flashback: The political battle over whether to fund the existing convention hall was acrimonious in ...