North Park Blocks PDX

Author: admin

  • Free Yoga in the Park Extended

    Free Yoga in the Park Extended

    —

    by

    admin
    in

    Yoga in the Park extended through September!  R2C Group will be hosting the 2nd annual ‘Yoga in the Park’! No sign up necessary, bring a mat, and join us at Park and Davis! Feel free to invite friends, neighbors, and coworkers. Yoga in the Park will be hosted on the following days 12PM-1PM: September 5th,…

  • Business Damaged “Beyond Repair” by Influx of Homeless Campers

    —

    by

    admin
    in ,

    BY KATU.COM Staff and Lincoln Graves, KATU News PORTLAND, Ore. — A Portland wine bar is closing its doors after being damaged “beyond repair” by the “influx of homeless campers … drug use and other crimes.” Remedy Wine Bar, which has been located on Northwest Everett Street by the North Park Blocks for three years, made…

  • Park Behavior Drives Out Business

    —

    by

    admin
    in ,

    A historic city park should be an asset to adjacent businesses. But the city’s failure to address the deterioration of the North Park Blocks has claimed another causality. Remedy Wine Bar announced that it will close on January 30th. In an announcement Remedy writes: We’re sad to announce that Remedy Wine Bar will be closing at the end…

  • Emerson School Mom To Mayor Hales

    —

    by

    admin
    in

    The following email and photograph was sent to Mayor Hales by a concerned Emerson School parent on Sept 1st. Mayor Hales, It was a grim scene outside Emerson Elementary today for the first day of school. See photo for a sampling. By 9:30am the surrounding North Park Blocks were full of debris, off-leash dogs, marijuana smoke, nudity,…

  • KATU-TV: Park Safety Concerns Heard by Mayor Hales

    —

    by

    admin
    in

    By Emily Sinovic, KATU News Reports Sept 1, 2015 PORTLAND, Ore. — Portland Mayor Charlie Hales met on Tuesday with a group of community leaders and concerned North Park Blocks neighbors who gathered to address concerns for safety and livability in the city’s historic park. The mayor’s office called today’s meeting more of a “listening session.”