Summer brings more growth, summer brings more life.

In the past few weeks, we’ve sounded the call for more contributors. And a host of filmmakers, writers, activists, and people just interested in getting involved in their community have stepped up to help.

Plenty of neighbors are making conscious choice about the media they consume, and choosing where they put their attention and effort. As more people come to this realization, we believe they return focus to their neighborhoods— the place where they can have the greatest impact.

There’s a lot of voices out there competing for your attention. There are lots of highly paid engineers working around the clock to keeping you in their app. Some weeks are busier than others, but I hope we can make this weekly round up an opportunity to filter out much of the media noise and check back in with your neighborhood.

Thanks for your time and attention… enjoy your weekend!

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As the Oregonian reported that this week, Portland City Council is considering an ordinance that would limit what landlords can charge for security deposits and restrict how the credit and criminal conviction history of applicants can be used.

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From KPTV: On August 27th, Portland Homeless Family Solutions opens its new family shelter at 92nd Ave and Tolman St in Lents.

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Portland City Council approved a new property zone to protect manufactured home parks, OPB reported.

FRIDAY

Montavilla Mini Farm Friday Farm (website) sale! Learn more about the farm in the Village Portland video from last season.

7700 NE Oregon St * 1 pm – 7 pm 

SATURDAY

Fall Montavilla Gardens Tour:

“As a progressive tour, only one garden will be open at a time for approximately 45 min., allowing hosts to close up their gardens and join the tour. Bike, walk or drive from garden to garden to get inspired, ask questions and connect with other gardeners in the community!”

Registration (here) is required, and you’ll receive a map by email after you register. Garden previews are available here.

Sat: 9 am – 1:30 pm, Sun: 9 am – 12:45 pm 

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Jade District Night Market:

The O’Neill Public House, 6000 NE Glisan St * 9:30 pm – 1 am

SUNDAY

FRIDAY

Live music with Michelle Alany and the Mystics:

Zenger Farm Hoedown:

“Hoedown is Zenger Farm’s festive celebration at the height of summer! This event brings guests together to eat, dance, drink and play, while also helping Zenger promote access to good food for all.  Your ticket includes dinner, a drink ticket for ages 21+ and fun activities for the whole family.” 

There’ll be four bands, farm games, ice cream, and adult beverages. Buy tickets here.

Zenger Farm, * $25 general admission, $15 for youth, free for kids 5 and under * 4 pm – 9 pm 

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Parkrose Street Mural and Block Party:

SUNDAY

Every Sunday during the growing season the Montavilla Farmers Market is on. Here’s the vendor roster for this week!

7700 block of SE Stark St * 10 am – 2 pm 

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Happy hour jazz at Vino Veritas:

Come enjoy live jazz Sunday afternoon along with all day Happy Hour. A wonderful way to wind down the week.

7835 SE Stark St * 5 pm – 7 pm 

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“The Treasure of the Sierra Madre”, and four other great second-run films at Academy Theater.

7818 SE Stark St * show times *  $4 for adults, $3 for youth & seniors

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Enjoy your weekend!

Here’s an interesting editorial on the changes happening at Office of Neighborhood Involvement. In it the publisher of the NW Examiner questions the office’s lack of pubic process in its shift of mission and re-branding.

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There was another cougar spotted near 118th Ave & Division St this week. Authorities are telling people to keep pets inside.

FRIDAY

Portland Pickles games are Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. See the schedule and buy tickets here.

Walker Stadium, 4727 SE 92nd Ave * $5 – $13

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SUNDAY

Early cherries, strawberries, and plenty of other goodness at Montavilla Farmers Market. Quail eggs, hot sauce, honey, kombucha, and plenty of fruits and vegis are on this week’s market highlights here.

Montavilla Farmers Market, 7700 block of SE Stark St * 10 am – 2 pm 

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It’s a bit outside Montavilla, but Baerlic Beer Hall Halsey (6035 NE Halsey) is a great addition to the neighborhood. Read more about them on New School Beer here.

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Until July 20th, Oregon Department of Transportation is accepting comments on “congestion pricing” / tolling on I-5 and I-205. Make your comment here.

FRIDAY

The Montavilla Mini Farm is open from 1 pm to 7 pm today! Visit their page or just go by to see what’s available.

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Portland Pickles! There are games Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. See the schedule and buy tickets here.

Walker Stadium, 4727 SE 92nd Ave * $5 – $13

SATURDAY

“The Lents Garage Sale is a neighborhood-wide event made up of garage or yard sales all over the Lents neighborhood.

Visit 25 sale locations throughout the day while exploring neighborhood projects and local businesses that make Lents unique in between. Locations are available on the Sale Map, in online or printed format. While visiting sales, play Bingo and enter to win prizes.”
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Garage sale locations on their online sale map * 9 am – 4 pm

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SUNDAY

The Montavilla Farmers Market is in full swing for the season… For a list of what’s available, go here.

Montavilla Farmers Market, 7700 block of SE Stark St * 10 am – 2 pm

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Roofs & Resources, a housing and houseless forum is Saturday and more details are below. For the panel, organizers have invited the currently and formerly houseless, local service providers, community advocates, and neighbors.

There was concern from some neighbors when John Rotter, public safety chair for the Montavilla Neighborhood Association announced there was talks with the City about starting a managed houseless camp in the neighborhood. He said there’d be more information on the plan at the forum.

I reached out to Rotter and Olivia Alsept-Ellis, forum organizer, to get some clarity. Until after the board meeting, Alsept-Ellis said she hadn’t heard about the possibility of a camp for the neighborhood, but it is a topic panel members have experience with and would be open to discuss.

Managed camps can be a marvelous model, she said, but it takes a lot of planning and community building— adding that the forum isn’t about what she thinks. The forum is about assembling experts to discuss a variety of topics related to the topic.

MNA members also said Rotter’s announcement at the meeting was the first time they’d heard anything about starting a managed camp in the neighborhood, and that the board hasn’t given any official support to the project. Alsept-Ellis said board members work on a lot of different projects, so sometimes misunderstandings happen. I reached out to Rotter to learn more about the potential for a managed camp, but didn’t hear back from him. Watch the video of Rotter’s announcement here.

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Portland Pickles! There are two games Friday, and a game on Saturday and Sunday. The schedule and tickets are here.

Walker Stadium, 4727 SE 92nd Ave * $5 – $13

FRIDAY

SATURDAY

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It’s a ways down in Lents, but a great example of a community project, and fun to know is happening.

Lents Intersection Painting & Block Party:

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Free life coaching workshop for life transition divorce / mid-life / library (event):

SUNDAY

The growing season is “exploding”, according to the Montavilla Farmers Market folks. For more information on what’s available, go here.

The Lents Neighborhood Association‘s June general meeting will focus on immigrant support. It’s not in Montavilla specifically, but area state representatives and immigration law experts will be presents to discuss their efforts and how neighbors can help. One of the main goals of Village Portland is to share efforts across neighborhood boundaries, so I figured people would want to know.

For more information on the meeting, go here. There’s also a community appreciation dinner before the meeting.

Lents Community Center, SE Woodstock Street * 7 pm meeting, dinner 6:30 pm 

FRIDAY

“Ring the bell and cross over into a mysterious faerie world this summer solstice! Magic awaits those mortals brave enough to dance with the faeries.

SATURDAY

The fifth annual Taste of Parkrose: There’s be a fun run from Rossi Farms through the new Luuwit View Park; food samples, beer tent, music stage, kids play area, local vendors, and more!

Still need convincing? Check out this sweet video with an animated barn, aerial drone footage, and EDM from last year:

Rossi Farms, 3839 NE 122nd Ave * 10 am – 4 pm 

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Live music with The Boondock Boys (“classic rock, southern rock, and blues”).

The Blue Room Bar, 8145 SE 82nd Ave * 8 pm – 11 pm 

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SUNDAY

The summer vegetables are starting to show up at the market… for more information on what’s available, go here.

Montavilla Farmers Market, 7700 block of SE Stark St * 10 am – 2 pm

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Enjoy your weekend!

There was a Montavilla Neighborhood Association on June 11. There was discussion of street murals, emergency preparedness, and also a plan to have sanctioned houseless camps in Montavilla. For the meeting summary and video, go here.

Other Montavilla neighbors have expressed concern about the sanctioned homeless camp plan, and started a petition (here) to oppose the plan. It’ll be modeled after a Seattle program. Assistance in helping with the sanction camp program has been requested, for more information contact John Rotter, MNA public safety chair. (john.rotter [at] montavillapdx.org)

We’d also like to welcome Maria Jayne, a reporter who’s stepped up to help with stories and organizing! She wrote this month’s meeting summary.

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A proposed recycling center in Lents is drawing concerns from neighbors.

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This week, the Portland City Council authorized an agreement to accept $2 million from the Oregon Department of Transportation for the design and construction of the Seventies Neighborhood Greenway. It will run north to south, just east of 82nd Ave.

And if you’re fired up about cycling, there are dozens of themed rides this weekend and throughout the month with Pedalpalooza!

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FRIDAY

As of Thursday, Academy Theater is back open after a fire earlier this month!

An excellent slate of second-run films are playing now, including “Lu Over the Wall”, both “Back to the Future” films, “A Wrinkle in Time”, “Black Panther”, and several other great films.

SATURDAY

Paint the Town Green! is sponsored by SOLVE (originally Stop Oregon Litter and Vandalism) and it’s bringing together several Southeast / East Portland neighborhoods to pick up trash and paint over graffiti along 82nd Ave on June 16th.

Brentwood-Darlington Neighborhood

Foster-Powell Neighborhood

Lents Neighborhood

Mt. Scott- Arleta Neighborhood

Richmond (Division and Hawthorne) Neighborhood

For more information on the program, go here or choose your neighborhood above.

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The beautiful game; the world’s game… Portland Mercado is showing World Cup games. For more details and a specific schedule, visit their Facebook page.

Portland Mercado, 7238 SE Foster Rd * all weekend

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SUNDAY

Early cherries, strawberries, and plenty of other goodness at Montavilla Farmers Market. For more information on the vendors, go here.

Montavilla Farmers Market, 7700 block of SE Stark St * 10 am – 2 pm 

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Eid is Islamic holiday celebrating the end of the month of Ramadan. The celebration is sponsored by the Somali Women Coalition of Portland.