Posted By Kate Washington on April 8, 2013

We have a location for our annual Meet the Board event! Many thanks to Riffle NW for graciously hosting us and all our neighbors.     This year’s Meet the Board event details are as follows: Thursday, April 25th 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm Riffle NW 333 NW 13th Ave     Join us for…..

Posted By Kate Washington on April 2, 2013

Joy Castiglione, 21, is a student at the Pacific Northwest College of Art. She is a Design Communication major, set to graduate in May 2013, and she is responsible for the new PDNA logo which was just launched in March. She interned at Tin House, has done Image Research, Mood Boards and Vibe Analysis for…..

Posted By Kate Washington on April 2, 2013

ZCC is holding a Dance Party on Sunday, April 7, from 4-6 pm – and you are invited! This is a benefit for ZCC, and will include the best of 80s music spun by a DJ in the neighborhood and emceed by Patrick Clark, familiar to many of you. Tickets are $25 per family; contact…..

Posted By Kate Washington on March 14, 2013

Register here. You may also download the flyer to share with your building.

Posted By Kate Washington on March 6, 2013

ZCC is holding a Dance Party on Sunday, April 7, from 4-6 pm – and you are invited! This is a benefit for ZCC, and will include the best of 80s music spun by a DJ in the neighborhood and emceed by Patrick Clark, familiar to many of you. Tickets are $25 per family; contact…..

Posted By Kate Washington on March 6, 2013

City of Portland Community Budget Forums   PLEASE SHOW UP TO SUPPORT FUNDING TO NEIGHBORHOODS AND ONI   Now you can testify—bring yourself (and a couple of friends!)   The Forums provide you with the opportunity to offer testimony before City Council and express which service priorities are most important to Portland residents for next…..

Posted By Kate Washington on February 6, 2013

Debbie Thomas has run Debbie Thomas Real Estate, a brokerage firm, for 21 years in the Pearl. She walks the walk, as they say: her office is in the Chown Pella building, one of the earliest warehouses to be converted into lofts and offices, and she lives with her two children, husband, dog and cat…..

Posted By Kate Washington on February 5, 2013

The livability committee has committed itself to 4 goals in 2013: install an information kiosk in the neighborhood develop a recycling/sustainability program address the hauler/trash/delivery noise disturbances coordinate a Movies in the Park event for The Fields Information kiosks have been successful in other neighborhoods and with as much foot traffic and as many visitors…..

Posted By Kate Washington on January 9, 2013

David August has been a Pearl District resident since 1997. He had a dental practice in York, PA for 30 years until he and his wife retired here. They fell in love with Portland on a 1994 summer vacation to Oregon. Back in Pennsylvania they made an 18 month plan to retire to Portland. They…..

Posted By Kate Washington on January 9, 2013

The entire Pearl District is a design review zone which means that the larger neighborhood is given the opportunity to weigh in on the design of new buildings and improvements. This process occurs in the Planning and Transportation Committee for the Pearl District Neighborhood Association.   The city has a multi step design review process…..