North Park Blocks PDX

Arts/Events in the Park

  • NPB Presents To #PDX City Hall

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    The North Park Blocks group presented to Mayor Hales and other city and county officials at City Hall on Sept 29, 2015. Parks Commissioner Amanda Fritz was not in attendance. The North Park Blocks is made up of a proudly diverse community who chose to live and work here. We proudly continue to support many…

  • 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…

  • KGW Feature: Cleaning Up the North Park Blocks

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    PORTLAND, Ore. — People who live and work near Portland’s North Park Blocks, north of Burnside Street, are relieved that a massive homeless problem has dwindled. Link to KGW story Over the summer, men and women took over the park and created multiple problems. Michelle Cardinal watched it develop from her window at work. Cardinal is the…