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Party On, Portland Heights Park!

SW Hills families and friends are gathering on Thursday, August 10, from 5:30-8:30 p.m. at Portland Heights Park (adjacent to the old Strohecker’s grocery store along TriMet Bus Route Vista #51). This community potluck/picnic is open to all ages. Households are encouraged to register for free on Eventbrite. This community potluck/picnic is open to all ages. To see the sign […]

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Health Home Homelessness Livability Safety

Film Showing: The Definition of Insanity

“The Definition of Insanity” is an award winning documentary film reveals a humane criminal justice approach to mental illness that is orchestrated from the court outwards into the community. There will be three showings with Q&A following: Sunday, July 16, 1:00pm Monday, July 17, 6:15pm  (The Honorable Nan Waller, presiding judge of the Multnomah County mental health […]

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Civic Engagement Environmental Livability Meeting

1/18 Members Meeting

GENERAL MEMBERSHIP/NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGWednesday, 18 January 2023, 7:00-8:45 pm Attendance: Melanie Billings-Yun, Craig Koon, Sally Mize, Joyce del Rosario, Sarah Taylor, Nancy Seton, Mike Lynch, Bill Failing, Helen Chauncey, Sean Micken, Rob Wilcox, Don Evans, Leslie Hammond, Mark Van Der Veer, David Lewinsohn, Patty McMahon, Darleen Garrett, Michael Montoya, Call to order Oregon Community Solar Program—Sean […]

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Civic Engagement Livability Safety

9/15 United We Stand Toolkit

Hate-fueled violence can have no safe harbor in America. “When ordinary Americans cannot participate in the basic activities of everyday life—like shopping at the grocery store or praying at their house of worship—without the fear of being targeted and killed for who they are, our democracy – and the very fabric of our society – […]

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Home Livability Safety Transportation

Apply for Your Community Events Permit  

Be sure to share promotional information with SWHRL’s outreach team. Email outreach@swhrl.org Apply for a Community Event permit  To apply for our Community Event form, use our online form here:  Community Event application form   Application takes 5-10 minutes to fill out. Due to a high volume of requests, we estimate 5-10 business days to respond. […]

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Home Livability

Parks Awards Nominations due 3/31, Small Grants due 4/15

Don’t miss out! 3 Grant + Award OpportunitiesNominations and applications are due soon for Portland Parks Foundation’s three current grants and award opportunities—one new—designed for community volunteers and organizational leaders working to better Portland’s parks and open spaces. The new Joey Pope Award for Parks Leadership will honor and provide a $10,000 grant to uplift and […]

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City of Portland Home Livability PBOT Safety Transportation

SW Hoffman traffic light issues – UPDATE

The future of the light is in question – is there a better solution? UPDATE – PBOT indicates that the temporary stop signs will remain for 90 days to evaluate their effectiveness; PBOT will then make a decision on fixing the signal or making the stop signs permanent. As you’ve no doubt noticed, the traffic […]

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Home Livability

4/7 PSU Clean-up Sign up

Sign up link: https://www.solveoregon.org/opportunity/a0C8W00000V8tbZUAR/psu-team-solve-cleanup PSU Team SOLVE Cleanup Bora Architects This opportunity is for the folks involved in the PSU SB1 project. We will plan to meet at the SB1 Building (1025 SW Mill St, Portland, OR 97201) at 3pm. We’ll do litter clean up around the building and surrounding city blocks for about an […]

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City of Portland Civic Engagement Home Livability

Graffiti, Be Gone!

The Graffiti Program offers no-cost or reduced-cost graffiti removal assistance to residents, small businesses, and nonprofit organizations who meet eligibility criteria. Our removal assistance includes painting and/or power washing surfaces. We cannot provide help with acid-etched glass or graffiti on vehicles. Who Qualifies? Anyone impacted by hate graffiti and most gang graffiti; Small businesses with […]

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Home Homelessness Livability

Taking Homelessness to Task

SWHRL is hosting educational meetings to tackle our homelessness emergency and housing inventory crisis. We see families that need support to keep their homes safe and families that don’t have the safety of a home. Please contact outreach@swhrl.org to join the taskforce.