At the heart of downtown Portland are the arts organizations, many of them struggling to stay afloat as the area's bad reputation turns patrons away. The perception of downtown as unsafe has been plaguing the theaters and concert halls even as it becomes more expensive to put those shows on. But, there are some indications that the arts actually could be downtown Portland's saving grace. Read more: https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/the-story/downtown-portland-arts-theater-concert-safety-crime/283-66ea8504-312f-4c86-9255-fd490d7e9a20 Watch more The Story videos: http://bit.ly/watchTheStory Follow The Story on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheStoryKGW Follow The Story on Instagram: https://instagram.com/thestorykgw