Tag: Clean and Safe

  • Portland Tribune: Police Passive with Homeless Population

    Reposted from: Police Passive with Homeless Population Portland Tribune October 2015 Written by Peter Korn Hayley Purdy can’t figure out why police officers bike, drive and walk by the social chaos she lives with on the North Park Blocks and do virtually nothing. Throughout the summer Purdy and her neighbors documented the increasing disorder in their…

  • Mayor Visits Park – What Happens Next?

    Dear Mayor, Thank you for your walk in the North Park Blocks initiated by the Emerson School this morning. I would like to share with you the events of my day subsequent to your walk. By noon: I had to call Clean & Safe to remove shit that someone smeared on one of our office entryway…

  • Notes From The Field: Clean and Safe Board

    Dear Friends and Neighbors, Last week was my second Clean and Safe board meeting. Each meeting I become more educated about the inner workings of Clean and Safe and how they make Portland a better place. There may be the impression by some that Portland Clean and Safe is another one of those not for…

  • Portland Civility Summit 2.0

    Dear Neighbors and Residents, If you don’t already know me then please allow me to introduce myself, my name is Thom King. I have recently joined the board of Portland’s Clean and Safe program. I will be proudly serving as the residential liaison for Portland Clean and Safe. My goal as residential liaison is to…