By Megan McMorris As the world’s gears are slowly starting to turn again, it’s almost hard to imagine what things were like just one year ago – streets eerily empty; …
Montavilla Mailman Transforms Streets with Dance Read More
By Megan McMorris The corner of NE 74th and Glisan St. has been the talk of the ‘hood – and the subject of bar bets at the watering hole across …
Affordable Housing Project Planned for Montavilla Read More
By Megan McMorris I first visited Taylor Court Grocery hoping to sweet-talk my way into a job. It didn’t work. Little did I realize, Mel Hafsos and Errol Carlson have …
Ode to the Neighborhood Corner Store Read More
By Megan McMorris Walking down lively SE Stark St. these days, it’s hard to imagine that just a season ago, the empty streets looked like the scene out of a …
Montavilla’s Tinker Tavern Opening This Month Read More
By Megan McMorris It’s a scene out of a nightmare: waking up in the middle of the night to discover a fire coming toward you. A neighbor pounding on the …
Longtime SE Residents Lose Home in Echo Mountain Fire Read More
By Megan McMorris When Marko Johnson opened MuddWorks coffee roastery on NE 70th and Glisan in November 2019, his plan was to focus on wholesale roasting first, retail second. Plans …
Pandemic Pivots: Two Success Stories Read More
By Megan McMorris When I last saw Daniel and Elise Gold in February of this year, we were sitting at Montavilla Brew Works (SE 76th and Stark) as they told …
Rising from the Ashes: Montavilla’s Main Drag Gets Creative Read More
By Megan McMorris When people ask me what I did to celebrate my milestone birthday in May, I answer with one word: nothing. “The only thing on my to-do list …
Learning How to Just Be: Unplugging in an Already Unplugged Time Read More
By Megan McMorris When I moved to the Montavilla neighborhood in the fall of 2016, I felt like I was stepping into a dream. After nearly 20 years in Portland, …
What Doors Will You Reopen? Read More
By Megan McMorris The sudden closure of Montavilla’s Country Cat restaurant in August at the corner of SE 80th and Stark St., seemed to set off a chain reaction. Longtime …
What’s Happening to Montavilla’s Main Street? Read More
By Megan McMorris As new businesses start to refurbish old auto body shops along Montavilla’s NE Glisan, the neighborhood is entering a tipping point. Where it goes from here is …
What’s Happening to Portland’s Auto Row? Read More
