Portland may be making a comeback!

[Mme. Defarge]

Preventing catastrophe and crafting cat calendars. That's the Portland Army Corps of Engineers.
by: Amanda Arden
Posted: Jan 13, 2023 / 08:00 AM PST
Updated: Jan 13, 2023 / 11:44 AM PST
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Engineering — it’s not something that draws massive engagement on social media. But cats? Cats will get clicks.

Chris Gaylord, a public affairs specialist with the Portland District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers learned this back in 2021 when he was managing the government agency’s Facebook page.

He and his coworkers photoshopped images of cats onto Oregon infrastructure and engineering equipment for National Cat Day and it was a huge success.

So, in the fall of 2022, Gaylord thought, why not make a calendar out of those images?

“It was to spotlight our projects, spotlight our infrastructure, give people kind of an introduction to some of the different things that our organization does, some of the ways that we add value to the Pacific Northwest, but in a fun way,” he explained.

The free calendar was published in November 2022 and anyone can download it from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ digital library.

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[ColinC]

1. Essayons!!!

[Mme. Defarge]

2. Exactement!

[ColinC]

3. At AIT I think I was the only one that burst out in full singing mode

When we had to sing it 😂

[Sky Jewels]

4. Oh, but didn't you hear, Antifa rioters turned our town into smoldering ruins!

I love living in Stumptown and I LOVE cats, like lots of other Portlanders. We call it "Kitty City."

[Mme. Defarge]

5. Quirky is as quirky does!

It’s my true spiritual home and consider it an honor to have been attacked by a hostile domestic government during tfg’s reign of terror.

[Blue Owl]

6. Portlandia II: Electric Cheezburger