North Park Blocks PDX

Arts/Events in the Park

  • First Look: Portland’s Central City 2035 Plan

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    Portland’s Central City 2035 Documents (CC2035) are now online.  Between now and 2035, 30 percent of Portland’s population growth is expected to occur in the Central City – on 3 percent of the city’s land. That’s an additional 37,000 new households and 51,000 new jobs. We’re pleased to see that they’re considering what to do…

  • PDX Get Your Free Earth Day Seed Bombs

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    Here’s news from the Emerson School located here in the North Park Blocks “The Emerson School celebrates Earth Day every year by performing service that makes the Earth healthier and happier. This year, our kindergarten/first graders will be making “seed bombs” (or the more peaceful name of “seed balls”) to distribute to our neighbors. These are…

  • OPB Broadcast from Homeless Encampments In Lents

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    Lents Active Watch: Neighbors Try To Understand Homelessness OPB’s Think Out Loud March 7, 2015 Today we head out to Beggars Tick, a wildlife-refuge-turned-homeless-encampment in the Lents neighborhood, to try to understand the complicated relationship between housed and unhoused neighbors. “I’ve often said that if you want to be homeless, you might as well do it in Portland. It…