Tool Library Helps Build a Thriving Community
By Eric Hoyer, Concordia Neighborhood
Imagine you’re in the middle of a wood-working project, and you discover you need a tool you have neither the money or space for, or perhaps your car just needs...
Dishing Up Opportunity
By Mischa Webley, NECN Staff Writer
Go for lunch along Mississippi Avenue and it might be served up by a young person going through an innovative internship program through Portland Opportunities Industrialization Center (POIC). While...
Multnomah County Drainage District Prepares Us To Get Levee-Ready
by Jessica Rojas, NECN
The Multnomah County Drainage District (MCDD), located between NE Columbia Blvd and Marine Drive, is a system of four districts, charged with the objective of protecting lives and property from flooding....
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...
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...
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...
Resident Profile: Karen Wells
by Michael French, Concordia News
Activist and Alameda resident Karen Wells carries a business card with the job title “change agent.” It's a phrase that sums up her approach and five decades of social justice...
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...
Local Special: The Rose and Thistle
By Adam Lyons, NECN
Authenticity is a scarce commodity in Portland these days; from politics, to people, to food. There are a few pubs left that have an ‘old Portland’ feel that doesn’t feel like...
Constructing Hope Builds Careers for NE Portland Residents
By Alex Freedman, Humboldt neighborhood
This article originally appeared in the Eliot Neighborhood newsletter.
In the midst of Portland’s record-setting, $2.5 billion building frenzy, upwards of 10,000 skilled construction jobs are going unfilled. Chronic labor shortages...