Category: NPB News
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Mayor Hales – What’s the Plan?
After ignoring the summer’s invasion of traveling gangs into the North Park Block, the city surrounded one park block (between Burnside and Couch) with barbwire-topped chainlink fencing to cordon off the block from all public use. Not surprisingly the gangs moved across the street to the playground block in front of the Emerson school. The…
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North Park Blocks Stalker
North Park Block neighbors are warned to be on the lookout for this man. Email from a North Park Block’s business owner August 24, 2015: On Monday night after departing my office my husband and I were stalked by a young man under the influence. He wanted money, then asked for my phone so he could…
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KATU-TV: Park Drugs, Public Sex, Off-Leash Dog Attacks
KATU-TV’s Jackie Labrecque reports on the break down of the North Park Blocks – drugs, public sex, off-leash dog attacks. Note: Aug 25th – In an attempt to restore order to the North Park Blocks, the city began to cordon off the park with barbwire-topped chainlink fencing. More KATU-TV ~ PORTLAND, Ore. — Neighbors in North Park Blocks have had…
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City Tries to Take Back North Park Blocks
In less than two weeks the North Park Blocks will host Portland’s premier Labor Day event – Art in the Pearl. After ignoring deteriorating conditions all summer, the city finally took first steps to try and restore control of the North Park Blocks. As we have reported, this summer the North Park Blocks have been…
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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…