Brooklyn Neighborhood, Portland, Oregon

Did you know water usage in the Portland Metro area can more than double and even triple during the summer months? We Oregonians work hard to keep our lawns and gardens green in hot and dry weather. Many of us have heard the advice to water our lawn about an inch a week – and [...]

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ANDEO (www.andeo.org), a Portland-based non-profit organization, is looking for great host families in the Brooklyn neighborhood to host a teen or college-age student from France, Spain, Germany, Japan, or China for a few weeks this summer.  Learn about another culture, share your own, make a new friend, and create some fun summer memories together! The students [...]

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Join Powell Little League at Brooklyn Park for a great night of exciting Softball & Baseball. Bring your lawnchairs and blankets for the 7th Annual “Game under the Lights”. This a Powell Little League annual event that draws the entire league and the neighborhood. Throw your blanket on the hill and enjoy 2 games. 6:00pm [...]

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Dear Neighbors, Thanks for coming to our community garden groundbreaking party and our neighborhood cleanup event. They were both well-attended and surpassed our expectations! We had dozens of folks come to the cleanup, we filled four dumpsters and raised money for our general fund. We also had at least a couple dozen volunteers come to [...]

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