Monkey Puzzle Trees are Portland’s Ancient Survivors
The mature trees growing in Portland are almost all about 115 years old, having arrived as seeds available to fair-goers attending the 1905 Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition
Harvey Rice Heritage Housing Development Honors Beloved Sabin Activist
Harvey Rice Heritage is bringing two new affordable housing complexes to inner Northeast Portland, named after renowned artists. This is the Isaka Shamshud-Din Development.
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...
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...
Jimmy Wilson: Entrepreneur Joins NECN Board
By Lisa Loving, Hey! Neighbor
Already a member of the Eliot Neighborhood Association Board, entrepreneur Jimmy Wilson is the newest member of the NECN Board of Directors. Hey Neighbor!...
Jeana Woolley and Vanport Square
By Margaret O’Hartigan
photo by Margaret O'Hartigan
Over the past six months, many storefronts up and down MLK have remained boarded up after being repeatedly...
Black Trans Lives Matter!
By Margaret Dierdre O'Hartigan
Among signs carried in Portland protests this summer are those reading “Black Trans Lives Matter!” What you may not comprehend, however, are the many ways...
Vanessa White: Owner of Just V
Vanessa White
Owner of Just V Natural and a MESO client.
On the importance of building generational wealth:
“My family has been in Oregon since 1864. My great-grandfather owned property throughout Portland, in downtown and Northeast,...
Small Business, Big Reach: Microenterprise Services of Oregon
Small Business, Big Reach
By Mischa Webley, NECN Staff Writer
It wasn’t too long ago that Brian Parham was a humble guitar teacher, lugging his instrument on his back as he biked from lesson to lesson...