Is it really fair that, for years, this nondescript building has been bashed as being a ‘legalized drug house, and ‘the source of problems on the MAX Light Rail line at NE 162nd Avenue’?  Find out the amazing truth about what goes on behind these usually-closed doors, right here …

Although their job is now done, find out why the members of the “PDX Airport Futures Planning Advisory Group” will continue to meet indefinitely – and, what this means to folks in outer East Portland

Take a look at the dumpsters, filled full of trash! You won’t believe how many TONS of trash were taken out of the neighborhoods – in this, another example of neighbors volunteering to do good, right in their own area …

Will the property north of Centennial Community Association park – now surrounded by a barbed-wire-topped chain link fence – actually become an oasis? Find out what neighbors, and City officials, are saying …

Not every cultural exchange takes place at the United Nations or in a Governor’s office – find out why we felt honored to attend a special meeting that took place in the middle of the Gateway District …

Find out why this group of people, concerned about the fate of Marshall High School, chose to meet in Lents – instead of heading out to a meeting held in North Portland …

This isn’t a “flash-in-the-pan” effort! Find out why neighbors and business people in southern outer East Portland doggedly wipe out “tagging” wherever it pops up …

See how this ‘entryway’ project will help Lents be considered more of a destination, instead simply a path to the I-205 Freeway …

With statistics showing violent crime – and gang activities – on the rise, learn what the Portland Police Bureau is doing in East Precinct to address these public safety issues …

See exclusive photos of this city’s annual springtime family event and find out exactly how many plastic eggs were filled and distributed by volunteer neighbors this year …

Take a look and see why hundreds of folks spend this beautiful Saturday morning digging, dragging and planting – all along Johnson Creek – from Gresham to the Willamette River …

Discover what influence neighbors were allowed, when they sat down with City leaders and department heads for more than two hours, during two of these meetings …