Arts/Events in the Park

  • Meeting with Mayor Hales – Aug 18, 2015

    Michelle Cardinal the CEO and Co-Founder of R2C Group (and North Park Blocks neighbor) met with Mayor yesterday to bring his attention to our criminal vagrant problem.  She presented this slide deck at the meeting. Crime and Safety the North Park Blocks – Portland Oregon from NPBlocks Here are Michelle’s  notes from the meeting: The meeting with…

  • It’s About Behavior, Not Homelessness

    Last week an intern was walking to their office on the North Park Blocks. On NW Flanders (a few doors west of the park) they encountered this couple. Mayor Hales and members of Portland City Council don’t get it. Let’s simplify the situation for them – we don’t know the housing status of this couple,…

  • Corgis Fill the North Park Blocks

    We used our Corgi Cam to capture this morning’s Corgi Walk in the Pearl. It was Corgi mania North Park Blocks. The Corgi Walk in the Pearl began eight years ago by dog fancier Lynde Paule, who wished to create a venue to raise money to care for injured, abused, abandoned, or neglected dogs, specifically Corgis.…