Discover how a long-vacant lot in outer East Portland is becoming a new town center for Lents …

Discover how a minor character from “Twelfth Night” inspired a brand-new tragicomedy at a Brentwood-Darlington home …

Discover how Montavilla boosters turned SE Stark Street into a mile of music, vendors, and community spirit …

Find out why a Saturday morning cleanup is helping Parkrose residents reconnect with their streets – and with each other …

Discover how Rocky Butte Farmers Market turns a neighborhood street into a weekly community gathering place …

Discover how this pop-up market at Arleta Triangle Square is becoming a hub for local makers and musicians – and learn when it pops up next …

Find out how a first‑ever ‘paddle raise’ helped carry JCWC’s mission forward – both on water and on land …

INCLUDES HOT VIDEO OF COOL EVENT | See how music, makers, and “chill” crowds transformed a hot afternoon on S.E. Foster Road …

Here’s how a simple idea – borrowing, instead of buying – has turned this outer East Portland volunteer organization into a growing community hub, in the Hazelwood neighborhood …

INCLUDES CONSTRUCTION TOUR VIDEO | Roam inside the emerging Eastside Resource Center, and discover how Meals on Wheels People is reshaping food security and resilience for older adults across outer East Portland …

Find out why this low-key artisan market feels like a neighborhood-sized “Saturday Market” with more heart – and fewer tourists …

INCLUDES MOVING VIDEO | Find out why this post-pandemic idea continues to spark joy and has grown into a people-powered parade that now fills two East Side neighborhoods …