Neighbors West-Northwest
Fruit tree harvesting season is right around the corner! Join Portland Fruit Tree Project in preventing waste, building community, and making fresh fruit available to neighbors in need… Become a Harvest Leader! Harvest Leaders oversee and lead harvest participants, distribute harvested fruit, and keep accurate harvest records. Each harvest party is co-led by 2 volunteer Harvest […]
Learn the Facts – Take Action – Lead by Example Together we can rise to the challenge of a Cascadia Earthquake. The event will feature a 90-minute presentation by Steven Eberhein, an American Red Cross expert on the Cascadia Subduction Zone and earthquake preparedness. Mr. Eberhein’s Prepare Out Loud presentation teaches the science behind the Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake, explains the sizable impact this earthquake would have […]
Congratulations to the recipients of 2015-2016 Neighborhood Small Grants! Arlington Heights Neighborhood Association, “Arlington Heights Neighborhood Association Summer meeting” Better Block PDX, “Portland Walkways: Connect the Park Blocks Walk” Bread Breakers, “NW Business Stickers” Chapman PTA, “Restoration of WPA Wood Marquetry Mural at Chapman Elementary School” CoHo Theater, “The Gun Show: Community Conversations” Friendly House, […]
National Night Out: Building Community Do you know your neighbors? When neighbors know and look out for each other, their neighborhoods are safer. National Night Out (NNO) is an annual celebration on the 1st Tuesday in August where the community gathers at small block parties or neighborhood events to strengthen their relationships with one another in the spirit of […]
TriMets Transit on Tap presents: Transit Around The World with Bob Hastings Tuesday, May 24 at 6:00 pm Lucky Labrador Quimby Beer Hall, 1945 NW Quimby St. About this talk: Travel around the world with TriMet agency architect Bob Hastings and see what transit and urban design looks like, from Paris to Tokyo. Bob has traveled to […]
Mayor Hales releases FY 2016-17 proposed budget Investments focus on public safety, homelessness, housing affordability Proposal includes increase in Business License Fee to pay for community investments; first increase in 39 years Mayor Charlie Hales today released his proposed 2016-17 annual budget, which features $42.9 million of new investments in three pressing issues Portland is facing: public […]