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  • Help Design Our New Playground

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    Come learn about the Parks Replacement Bond-funded replacement of the North Park Blocks Playground at an Open House on Monday, February 29, from 5:30pm – 7:00pm.  A brief presentation will start at 6pm, and Parks project staff & the design team from PLACE will be on hand to answer your questions and take your ideas. Graciously hosted by WeWork –…

  • Business Damaged “Beyond Repair” by Influx of Homeless Campers

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    BY KATU.COM Staff and Lincoln Graves, KATU News PORTLAND, Ore. — A Portland wine bar is closing its doors after being damaged “beyond repair” by the “influx of homeless campers … drug use and other crimes.” Remedy Wine Bar, which has been located on Northwest Everett Street by the North Park Blocks for three years, made…

  • Park Behavior Drives Out Business

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    A historic city park should be an asset to adjacent businesses. But the city’s failure to address the deterioration of the North Park Blocks has claimed another causality. Remedy Wine Bar announced that it will close on January 30th. In an announcement Remedy writes: We’re sad to announce that Remedy Wine Bar will be closing at the end…

  • North Park Block Tree Trimming Starts Nov 2nd

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    Dear North Park Block Neighbors, The trees on the North Park Blocks will be receiving some much needed attention November 2nd through November 13th by the City of Portland Parks and Recreation-Urban Forestry Department.   Each tree will be pruned for canopy lifting and hazard limb removal as warranted. This pruning is necessary to ensure overall tree health…

  • Oregonian OpEd: “Emergency” Response to Old News

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    By William Russell – Executive Director of Union Gospel Mission  reposted from Oregonian 9/24/15 On Sept. 23, Mayor Charlie Hales declared a “homeless state of emergency,” with plans to aggressively combat homelessness in Portland. The announcement felt surreal, as if someone were announcing in 2015 that President Obama had won the 2012 election, or reading a…