Portland techies bike to work, skateboard through the office, lounge in beanbag chairs and enjoy beers out on a penthouse patio on a mild, sunny evening.

Sound inviting? The city's startups sure hope so.

Eleven young tech companies, joined by four economic development groups, have bankrolled

to promote Portland to professionals living elsewhere. (See the video below.)

Set to a driving keyboard score, "Tech Town Portland" puts the city's entrepreneurs in the best possible light in hopes of bringing more technical talent to the city.

, according to a recent analysis by the Oregon Employment Department, and

.

That surge is so strong that

, a task that's grown harder as Salesforce.com and other big tech companies add outposts in the Portland area.

Participating startups split the project's $53,000 cost with four economic development groups -- Greater Portland Inc., the Technology Association of Oregon, Business Oregon and the Portland Development Commission. The PDC's share totaled $18,300, according to the agency.

The video, crafted by the Portland production firm Uncage the Soul, premiered tonight at a party downtown. It's one of several initiatives aimed at making the city more appealing to technology entrepreneurs.

Other publicly backed initiatives include the Portland Seed Fund, the Oregon Angel Fund and the

.

The video concludes with a striking aerial zoom into an after-hours social at Jive Software's downtown office, and then a zoom out as the camera pans from Jive's building across downtown. I asked the PDC's Shawn Uhlman how they carried that off:

"The closing shots at Jive were done using a remotely controlled helicopter. They also mounted a cable between two ladders and had a camera (remotely controlled) run back and forth."

-- Mike Rogoway; twitter: @rogoway; phone: 503-294-7699