North Park Blocks PDX

Arts/Events in the Park

  • 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…

  • Vote on New North Park Blocks Playground

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    Portland Parks and Recreation presented plans for improvements to the North Park Blocks playground in a public open house on Feb 29th. Here’s your chance to review the plans and cast your vote – note deadline for votes and comments is Tuesday, March 8th. View ideas for playground shared at Open House here Vote and comment here