Slice of Life: A Humboldt Neighborhood Walk
By Alicia Richards, Humboldt Neighborhood
I have lived in the Humboldt neighborhood for 25 years and while walking I can’t help but notice some...
Rachelle Dixon: Building a stable base for permanent housing
By Lisa Loving, NE Coalition
Rachelle Dixon is a visionary who gets things done: Hot meal programs, community gardening, political campaigns and more. The pandemic shut down some of...
The Previous Pandemic
by Margaret O’Hartigan
History may not repeat itself – but that doesn’t mean there aren’t striking similarities between events.
In the United States, what would become...
It’s ‘On the House’ at Jinx
By Steve Elder & Nancy Varekamp, Concordia Neighborhood Association
The pandemic that made it difficult for restaurants to serve customers at indoor tables didn’t deter a local restaurant from...
Impact Your City: PDX
By Lisa Loving, NECN
photo by Lisa Loving
Has your commitment to a better world shifted your life over the past year? Looking for a...
Once-houseless Native families now have a home in a gentrifying neighborhood
NAYA was successful in renting 51 of 59 new units in Portland to Native households, and a clever financing model made that possible
by Brian Oaster | 26 Aug 2020
Meals on Wheels Turns 50
By Mischa Webley, NECN Staff Writer
They say there’s no such thing as a free lunch, but at the Meals on Wheels Center on NE Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, lunches are dished out, free...
The Foodscape of Northeast
By Mischa Webley, NECN Staff Writer
If there’s one thing that has changed the food landscape of Northeast Portland, it was the rise of the automobile, says Doug Decker, local historian and expert on early-century...
Beer, Tamales and Coffee: A Perfect Marriage
By Sue Stringer, Eliot News
“This town is about collaboration,” says Thad Fisco, owner of Portland Kettle Works and Portland’s craft beer lab, Labrewatory. In 2015, Labrewatory opened in the Lower Albina area and since...
Faith in Northeast
By Mischa Webley, NECN Staff Writer
Civic engagement will always come from the community, not from the powers that be.
In the insular world of local politics, a recent controversy has sparked a heated conversation in...