Is the County’s Deflection Program Working? Plus, Last-Minute Summer Outdoor Adventures and Misse...

We're checking in on how our county's drug deflection program is faring. Plus, we've got ideas for last-minute outdoor summer adventures and we’re also digging into the best of Portland’s missed connections. Joining host Claudia Meza are Willamette Week reporter and author, Brianna Wheeler, and Norther Emily, a wilderness skills educator, writer, and the founder of Wild Solitude Guiding (https://wildsolitudeguide.com/) . Discussed in today's episode: Meet the Portland teen whose $3 ‘one in a billion’ Goodwill find could soon sell for $250K (https://www.oregonlive.com/retail/202...) [Oregonian] After Anemic Early Results, Multnomah County Updated Its Program to Divert Drug Users Into Treatment. Is It Working? (https://www.wweek.com/news/county/202...) [Willamette Week] Recreation.Gov (http://Recreation.Gov) /Last Minute Camping Alerts (https://lastmincamping.com/) /Camping This Weekend (https://oregonstateparks.reserveameri...) Missed Connection Portland (https://www.instagram.com/missedconne...) [Instagram] Become a member of City Cast Portland today! Get all the details and sign up ⁠here⁠ (https://account.citycast.fm/become-a-...) . Who would you like to hear on City Cast Portland? Shoot us an email at ⁠[email protected]⁠ (https://[email protected]) , or leave us a voicemail at ⁠503-208-5448⁠ (about:invalid#zCSafez) . Want more Portland news? Then make sure to sign up for our ⁠morning newsletter⁠ (https://portland.citycast.fm/subscrib...) and be sure to follow us on ⁠Instagram⁠ (  / citycastpdx  ) . Looking to advertise on City Cast Portland? Check out our options for podcast and newsletter ads at ⁠citycast.fm/advertise⁠ (https://citycast.fm/advertise/) . We’re doing our annual survey to learn more about our listeners. We’d be grateful if you took the survey at ⁠citycast.fm/survey⁠ (https://citycast.fm/survey/) —it’s only 7 minutes long. You’ll be doing us a big favor. Plus, anyone who takes the survey will be eligible to win a $250 Visa gift card–and City Cast Portland swag. Learn more about the sponsors of this July 15th episode: ⁠SAIF (https://www.saif.com/)