Sunnyside School’s Holiday Christmas Tree Recycling
K-8 Sunnyside Environmental School (SES) is holding their annual Holiday/Christmas Tree Recycling Event Saturday, January 4 and Sunday January 5, from …
Community News
A New Community Group: Inner Southeast Action
A new group called Inner Southeast Action has formed to work with community members and other organizations to embrace change around livability, inclus…
Buckman Fundraises a Makeover
By Midge Pierce Thanks to some busy holiday elves, Buckman Elementary students may return from break to find long-anticipated playground improvement…
Recycling Tips for January
By Bonita Davis, Master Recycler and SE Resident No Impact Man, The Adventures of a Guilty Liberal Who Attempts to Save the Planet by Collin Beavan …
BABA Annual Meeting
The annual member meeting for the Belmont Area Business Association will be held Thursday, February 20, 6-9 pm at TaborSpace, 5441 SE Belmont St. The A…
Deconstruction Ordinance Updated
Proposed amendments to the existing deconstruction ordinance (Portland City Code Chapter 17.106) were approved by City Council in November. The ord…
SE Uplift Looks Ahead to 2020
SE Uplift is excited for what is to come in 2020. The new Board continues to engage and a new committee was created to focus on homelessness and contin…
Final Call to Artists: 15th Mt. Tabor Art Walk
This event, May 16-17, showcases artists living in the Mt. Tabor neighborhood and a limited number of guest artists, and presents high-quality visual a…
Portland Sings!
This community sing-along and casual, group-singing opportunity is for everyone wanting more music expression in their life. Sunday, January 19, 2-4 pm…
Memory Cafe
This ongoing event is designed for those with Alzheimer’s and other types of dementia along with their caregivers, to share, socialize and provide/gain…
2020 Old House Revival Tour Call For Homes
The Architectural Heritage Center will be holding the 2020 Old House Revival Tour Saturday, April 11, 10 am - 4 pm. Each year the Old House Revival To…
Multnomah Master Gardeners Speakers Series
Adapting Your Yard And Garden For Climate Change with Weston Miller, OSU Extension Service Community and Urban Horticulturist kicks off the 2020 Series…
Community & Civic Engagement Small Grants
Grants ranging from $300 - $4,000 are available for community projects through SE Uplift’s Small Grant Program. The goals of the program are to increas…
Laurelhurst Park’s Firwood Lake, Boomerang Island Restoration
By Peggy Glascock, Friends of Laurelhurst Park Dale Vasnik, Horticulturist with Portland Parks and Recreation, South Parks describes the recent rest…
Better Housing By Design Adopts Historic District Protections
Efforts by the Archetectural Heritage Center’s (AHC) advocacy committee and other historic preservation advocates have resulted in additional protectio…
Got a Spare Truck?
Portland Parks Foundation needs one, and preferably a box truck, up to 20-feet long. A large van will work, too: a Sprinter, Ford Transit, Dodge Ram Pr…
Bring Bags or Bring Nickels
Many Portlanders have gotten into the habit of bringing their own reusable bags to grocery stores. For them, the new law prohibiting single-use plastic…
Mt. Tabor Community Nature Playground
By Jack Rubinger The Mt. Tabor Community Nature Playground, a new nature-is-nurture interactive play space, is underway at the corner of SE 54th Ave…
“Recycle or Not?” Seeks to Reduce Confusion
Even seasoned recyclers may sometimes wonder if the item in hand is in fact recyclable or not. As the New Year dawns and clean up from the holidays…
Portland Parks & Rec Event Applications Being Accepted
Summer Free For All is gearing up for the Summer 2020 season of free concerts, movies, and lunches in the parks. The mission of this Portland Parks…
Social Equity Grant Applications Open
The Office of Community and Civic Life will award one-year grants to projects/programs that aid, strengthen and serve restorative justice, community re…
OCCL Seeks Advisory Body Members
The Office of Community & Civic Life’s Advisory Bodies Program is currently recruiting new members for the following seven committees: Pedestria…
Sunnyside Environmental School (SES) Holiday/Christmas Tree Recycling Event
K-8 Sunnyside Environmental School (SES) is holding their annual Holiday/Christmas Tree Recycling Event Saturday, January 4 and Sunday January 5, 10a…
Wyden Plans to Deliver
By Midge Pierce SE Portlanders know intuitively what US Sen. Ron Wyden confirmed last month: Oregon is among the top five states for unsheltered hom…
SE Division Dairy Queen Remodel
By Jack Rubinger For those of you who’ve been wondering why the Dairy Queen on Division across from Franklin High School has gone dark, we got the s…
Citizens Voice Concerns at Lents Public Safety Forum
By David Krogh Mayor Ted Wheeler, Police Chief Danielle Outlaw and several East Precinct police officials attended a public safety forum in Lents No…
The Art Garage Holiday Show
Saturday, December 14, 1-5 pm at The Art Garage, 3219 SE 62nd Ave features local artists, including cards created by the Animal Saving Club. The Club i…
New Year’s Eve Gala
The Laurelhurst and Portland Heights Dance Clubs present 2020 Vision Of Clarity New Year’s Eve Gala Tuesday, December 31, 7-10 pm at the historic and b…
Modern Wreath Making
Learn to make modern holiday wreaths with award-winning author of Gather & Make, Genevieve Layman at Ruby Press :: letterpress + mercantile. Genevi…
“Season’s Feedings” Cat Food Drive
The Feral Cat Coalition of Oregon’s cat food drive is going on through Sunday, December 15. Drop donations off at eleven locations throughout the metro…
Da Vinci Arts Middle School Arts Fair
Student art and over one hundred booths of professional artist and craft wares will be available for purchase at the annual fundraiser. There will be a…
Do Your Own Craft Festival
The annual Holiday Do Your Own Craft Festival takes place December 8 at Tabor Heights Methodist Church, 6161 SE Stark St. Start with a chili lunch ups…
Fair Trade Store Pop-Up Shop
Just Cause will set up at Portland Mennonite Church, 1312 SE 35th Ave, Saturday, December 14, 9 am-3 pm. Become part of the story that provides artisan…
Net Zero Preschool Planned
New Day School at 1825 SE Clinton St. is in the midst of a fundraising campaign to raise $20,000 to complete the purchase and installation of solar pan…
Multnomah County Library to Stop buying Macmillan E-books
On November 1, 2019 Macmillan Publishers imposed a restriction that would block people from borrowing new Macmillan e-books from libraries. As a result…
2019 Peacock Lane Holiday Lights Displays
The holiday season is approaching and residents of SE Portland’s Historic Peacock Lane are again planning their legendary light displays. One of Portla…
Living Room Realty / Impact NW’s Holiday Coat Drive
For the sixth year in a row, Living Room Realty is partnering with Impact NW to collect and deliver new coats to babies, children, adults, and seniors …
Recycling Tips for “Keeping the Holidays Green”
By Bonita Davis, Master Recycler and SE Resident Who doesn’t love a present? A special gift, concealed behind wrapping and ribbons only adds to the…
Bright Lights Warm Hearts
The Division Clinton Business Association presents Bright Lights, Warm Hearts, an event that has paired 35 businesses with a non-profit they will rais…
Longest Night & Christmas Eve Services
During the Christmas season, Portland Mennonite Church, 1312 SE 35th Ave., hosts two services one for the Longest Night and the other, Christmas Eve. …
Human Solutions Annual Toy Drive & Distribution
Human Solutions’ Annual Toy Drive is an important and fun part of their programming. Every holiday season the community comes together to ensure th…
Windermere Real Estate “Shares the Warmth”
Just in time for winter, real estate brokers throughout Oregon and SW Washington are gearing up for Windermere Real Estate’s annual Share the Warmth ca…
2019 Spirit of Portland Awards
By Nancy Tannler The 2019 Spirit of Portland Ceremony was celebrated in a grand style. It was held at Redd event space, 831 SE Salmon St. and hosted…
PDX Demographics and Rankings
By David Krogh This is a short look at changing Portland demographics and selected rankings of Portland, with a focus where data regarding SE is ava…
Community News November 2019
Tips for Estate Planning Here are five common estate planning mistakes that, unfortunately, people make too often. Mistake #1: Waiting too long …
Civility Suffers as Challenges to Neighborhood Clout Continue
By Midge Pierce The role of the City’s Neighborhood Associations under Commissioner Chloe Eudaly’s watch remains in limbo with her apparent slowdown…
Homeless Solutions Remain Elusive
By Midge Pierce T he City, County and State are spending more than ever to curb homelessness. This year’s Point in Time Count showed homeless number…
SE Updates
By Midge Pierce Population Counts Matter The federal 2020 Census is coming. It can determine whether Oregon gets another House seat or not. It…
Community News October 2019
PTA advocating for children The National Parent Teacher Association (PTA) has worked toward bettering the lives of every child in education, health…
Healing Cancer survivors A Fresh Chapter
Cancer nonprofit A Fresh Chapter (AFC) has opened applications for residents in the Pacific Northwest for its new Online Odyssey Program i…
Community News September 2019
Recycing tip for September By Bonita Davis, Master Recycler and SE Resident Ever convinced yourself you had the correct information on a parti…
Community News August 19
The Mazamas celebrate 125 years By Mathew Brock One hundred and fifty-five men and thirty-eight women stood atop Mount Hood and founded the M…
Community News July 2019
Representatively Speaking By Rob Nosse State Representative district 42 The legislative session is wrapping up, and what a year it has been! The …
Community News June 2019
Be mindful of nesting birds Spring and early summer is a critical time for nesting birds. In order to give these fledglings a better chance to survi…
RecTennis Summer Tennis Camp
Locations: Sellwood Park, Mt. Tabor Park Website: rectennis.com/portland Ages: 5-12 Dates: Mon-Fri, June 17- August 23 Times: 1.5…
Community News May 2019
Montavilla Farmer’s Market opens Montavilla Farmers Market invites you to join us as we kick off our 13th season on May 5th! We’ll have fresh local …
Community News April 2019
Saleabration at Unique Boutique Northstar Unique Boutique, 5600 NE Glisan St., will celebrating its two-year anniversary throughout the month of Apr…
Community News March 2019
Providing housing stability By Jean Powell Marks Multnomah County’s most recent count of homeless citizens tallied 4,177 people; men, women and c…
Community News February 2019
Master Gardeners Speaker Series “How I grow forty fruit trees, raspberries, marionberries, strawberries, blueberries, grapes, and currants on my 60 …
Community News January 2019
Recycling tips for January By Bonita Davis, Master Recycler and SE Resident Remember Cyber Monday? Last year’s big push to top one-…
Community News December 2018
Community Ensures a Healthy Future for Mt. Tabor Park From left to right:Tim Raphael, Kate Raphael, Jeff Anderson, Mary Kinnick, Diane…
Community News November 2018
Recycling tips for November By Bonita Davis, Master Recycler and Sunnyside Resident We are now in Holiday Season, that stretch between Halloween …
Community News October 2018
Nonpartisan information for November elections Want to know what is going to be on your ballot? Check out Vote411.org with nonpartisan information o…
Community news September 2018
Historic Renovation of Towne Crier You are invited to the red ribbon cutting ceremony to kick-off the historic renovation of the: Towne Crier &a…
Community News August 2018
Student-Designed Playground By Bob Kellett For many students, the time they spend playing on the playground is one of the highlights of the day. …
Assisting with seniors
Brokers from Windermere Realty Trust’s Hawthorne office volunteered at Hollywood Senior Center, assisting with the senior center’s monthly Pizz…
Community News July 2018
Learning to recycle right By Bonita Davis, Master Recycler and Sunnyside Resident Recycling in Portland has taken sudden shifts due to the rej…
Community News June 2018
How Gardening Will Save the World In a rapidly urbanizing world, gardens will play an increasingly important role in community food security, climat…
Community News April 2018
Stride for Seniors Charity Walk Meals on Wheels People host their first annual Stride for Seniors Charity Walk, Sunday April 22, from 10 am -1 pm at…
Community News March 2018
Driving Down Carbon: The Role of Electric and Autonomous Vehicles Wednesday, March 14 • 7 pm SEIU Local 49 Hall, 3536 SE 26th Ave. (S. of Powell)…
Community News February 2018
Food Forestry & Regenerative Gardening The Multnomah Master Gardeners Series Tuesday, February 13 • 7 pm TaborSpace 5441 SE Belmont Str…
Twenty is plenty yard signs
Free yard signs to promote 20 mph speed limits The City is providing FREE “20 is plenty” yard signs and bumper stickers to raise awareness…
Community News 2018
Crime update In an update of our December article When It Comes to Crime, the County Matters, Multnomah County Senior Deputy District Attorney Jame…
Community News December 2017
Home Energy Score If you’re in the market to buy or sell a home, you’re about to get a peek at the inner workings of your Portland home. That’s beca…
Mayor addresses North Tabor neighbors
By Gabe Frayne Mayor Ted Wheeler attended the North Tabor annual General Meeting on Tuesday, October 17 and addressed a range of issues that have an…
Taborspace Fundraiser for Historic Building
Saturday Nov 18th at 5:30pm - 9pm Taborspace, 5441 SE Belmont St. is hosting a fundraiser to help save the historic Mt. Tabor Presbyterian Church bu…
Community News November 2017
Promoting Civil Discourse – A Dialogue The League of Women Voters of Portland offers a dialogue on free speech and civil discourse with Mat dos Sant…
Community News October 2017
Annual Apple Tasting at Portland Nursery Apple Tasting Event at Portland Nursery on Stark. ... Apple tasting and event setup workers will …
Community News September 2017
Automobile Recycling By Bonita Davis, Master Recycler and Sunnyside resident Cars really do come to the end of their road. That is what led me…
Community News August 2017
Tagging on Division Street Division Street has been experiencing an unprecedented increase in graffiti. In an article in Willamette Week, it was bes…
Community News July ’17
Improve the places you love Have you noticed invasive plants like Ivy and Blackberry bushes popping up along your favorite trails, and riv…
Community News June 2017
Southeast school shines Asking struggling readers to compete in a national reading contest used to be unheard of at southeast Portland’s Bridger Sch…
Community News May 2017
Fifth level black belt earned By Master Cynthia Brown Master Robert Secord, resident and Taekwon-do Instructor of the Monta…
Community News April 2017
7.5 billion and counting With Earth’s population set to reach 7.5 billion this year, now is the time to join in the conversation to make global popu…
Community News March 2017
Interrupting Hate in Public Spaces March 23, 7 – 9 pm Saints Peter & Paul Episcopal Church What if you see someone being harassed or bull…
Community News February 2017
Prioritizing Higher Education The League of Women Voters presents: “Prioritizing the Needs of Higher Education in Oregon: the State’s Role in Changi…
Calling All Young Artists: The Fair Housing Council of Oregon Opens Their 19th Annual Fair Housing Poster Contest
In celebration of Fair Housing Month, the Fair Housing Council of Oregon (FHCO) is thrilled to present their 19th Annual Fair Housing Poster Contest th…
Community News January 2017
Recycling in the New Year By Bonita Davis, Master Recycler and Sunnyside resident It is no surprise that SE Portlanders would have a lot to say a…
Community News Dec. 2016
Holiday Donation Guide By Jack Rubinger Looking for a list of places to donate goods, money, food or volunteer time for the holidays? Here’s a li…
Community News November
Save your seeds Grow Portland, a nonprofit organization dedicated to urban gardening, is starting a program to train local gardeners on how to save …
Community News
LWV weigh in on ballot measures The League of Women Voters of Portland will host debates on three local ballot measures, Monday evening, October 10,…
Community News September 2016
Development on 82nd Ave. of Roses The property adjacent to Madison High School is scheduled to be developed by Capstone, a local four memb…
Community News August 2016
Fuschia Society Show and Display Oregon Fuchsia Society Annual Judged Show and Display Portland Nursery, 5050 SE Stark Street Friday, Augu…
Community News July 16
2nd Annual Beach Bash Cleanup Rallying around the cry Viva la Riverlution, people of all ages will gather downtown along the Willamette Ri…
Community News June 16
Magnitude 7.9 Nepal Earthquake: The Firsthand Experience of Dr. Erin Moore Tuesday, June 21 • 7 pm - 9 pm Hinson Baptist Church, 1137 SE 20th …
Call for Submissions: 2017 Oregon Literary Fellowships
Applications for the 2017 Oregon Literary Fellowships are due Friday, June 24, 2016. Fellowships are awarded to Oregon writers in the genres of fiction…
Community News May 2016
Basics of Building an ADU Are you curious about building a granny flat, backyard cottage or adding an attic apartment on your property? Th…
Community News April 2016
Candidate and ballot forums The League of Women’s Voters’ Guide, two public candidate forums and an issue forum, as well as interviews of selected c…
Community News March 2016
Rain gardens - Weeds - Native plants Rain gardens are landscape features that collect and treat runoff from places like driveways, rooftop…
Community News February 2016
LWV discuss cleaning up the Willamette/Superfund The Portland Harbor Superfund Project is the focus of a public program co-sponsored by the League o…