North Park Blocks PDX

Arts/Events in the Park

  • Enhanced Security in North Park Blocks

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      A big thank you to Mayor Hales and the Police Bureau for the increased Police presence in the North Park Blocks this week. We’re grateful our collective voice is being heard. The Neighborhood response van was a much welcomed sight to see here yesterday and throughout the day.  (Especially in front of the Emerson School.) The…

  • Crisis in PDX Parks Not on Commissioner’s Agenda

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    The most striking thing about Commissioner Fritz’s upcoming Town Hall is that the crisis in Portland’s parks  didn’t even make her agenda. Our Commissioner of Parks refuses to acknowledge that city parks have been overrun by traveling gangs with no interest in emergency housing. At the Sept 1 “North Park Blocks Task Force” meeting at City Hall Fritz made…

  • Mayor Admits Downtown is Overrun by Traveling Gangs

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    In an impassioned email the mayor said that as I walked through downtown on Thursday, “I don’t think I saw one homeless person as I know them to be. I think I counted 27 travelers, many of them with dogs, sprawled on the corners throughout the center of town.” I’m not judging people by their looks or lifestyle,…