Arts/Events in the Park

  • Portland Fruit Beer Festival Comes to NPB

    The Portland Fruit Beer Festival will be held at the North Park Blocks in downtown Portland for it’s sixth year this June 10-12th, 2016. This major expansion takes the fast-growing festival and increasing popularity of fruit beers to new heights from it’s old concrete home to grass, tree’s, park benches, sun and shade with more space, more…

  • First Look: Portland’s Central City 2035 Plan

    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

    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…