A Tribute to Linda Dentler
It is with heavy hearts that Living Cully shares news of the passing of a treasured leader in our community, Linda Dentler. Linda lived at the Arbor Mobile Home Park for 14 years, and was a friend and source of light for many neighbors at the Arbor and beyond. She passed away last week at … Read More >
191 new affordable homes coming to Cully!
Living Cully partner organizations Hacienda CDC and Native American Youth and Family Center (NAYA) receive $23.7 million to build homes at the former Sugar Shack site on Killingsworth and at Prescott & Cully. Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler announced on Tuesday that two separate affordable housing proposals in the Cully neighborhood will receive funds from Portland’s … Read More >
Welcome Sunshine, Organizer for the Black Community Organizing Initiative!
We are eager to welcome Sunshine Dixon (pictured left) to Living Cully as an organizer for the Black-Community Organizing Initiative. Two years ago Living Cully and Taren Evans, former Neighborhood Revitalization Manager at Habitat for Humanity Portland Metro/East, obtained grant money to start outreach efforts to address the needs of the black community which has largely been underserved by existing Living Cully … Read More >
Empowering Green Leaders to take Action
Originally posted by Verde on 3.27.2019 Everyone should have access to the tools and information they need in order to make the changes they want to see in their communities. “When you attend programs [like Líderes Verdes] you learn that you have a power. You have the power to organize more people and make changes … Read More >
Asset Transfer from Enhabit kick-starts Affordable Small Home Program
Verde and Enhabit share goals of advancing Affordable Small Homes, also known as Accessory Dwelling Units (ADU’s), as one strategy to address the region’s affordable housing crisis. Enhabit is an Oregon non-profit dedicated to energy efficiency and, more recently, ADU’s. To help accelerate the development of affordable ADU programs envisioned by citywide community-based collaborators, Enhabit … Read More >
Welcome Mayra, Living Cully’s new Housing Organizer!
My name is Mayra Torres, I have recently joined the Living Cully team as the new Housing Organizer focused on the manufactured home parks in the Cully neighborhood. I am originally from Mexico but have been part of the Cully neighborhood for over a decade. Through the years I have seen the community become stronger … Read More >
St. Vincent de Paul secures funding to purchase the Arbor Mobile Home Park!
We did it! On Friday, March 1st, the Oregon Housing Stability Council unanimously voted YES to approve $4.3 million in state funds for St. Vincent de Paul (SVDP) to purchase the Arbor Mobile Home Park and keep rents affordable. St. Vincent de Paul expects to become the owner of the Arbor at the end of … Read More >
Solar Power with a Social Purpose: Installing Solar Panels at St. Charles Church in Cully
Everyone deserves access to the solar energy movement that is sweeping across rooftops in Portland and nation-wide; however, this movement disproportionately benefits white neighborhoods, according to a recent study from Tufts University and University of California, Berkeley. That is why Verde, in collaboration with the Cully community, Living Cully Partners, St. Charles Church, and Pacific … Read More >
Brenna Bailey says farewell to Living Cully!
Dear Neighbors and Friends, Many of you may have heard by now that I am leaving my job with Living Cully as Community Organizer for the Mobile Home Program, and as the After-School Coordinator at Rigler Elementary school. For the next few months I am heading to Arizona to volunteer near the border, and then … Read More >
Verde Launches a New Solar Energy After School Program in Cully
In response to The Living Cully Community Energy plan, Verde and Hacienda CDC’s after school program Expresiones have teamed up to launch a pilot Solar energy curriculum here in the Cully Neighborhood. The Living Cully Community Energy Plan is a neighborhood-scale energy plan that identifies energy conservation and energy generation pilots for the Cully neighborhood. … Read More >