Community Spotlight: Annette Pronk, Insights on Building Resilient Communities
What does a resilient community look like? Living Cully has been re-asking this question in the wake of the five-alarm scrapyard fire that affected our neighborhood in March. We turned to Annette Pronk, a Cully neighbor who has taken Neighborhood Emergency Team training, to seek her experience in building community and preparing for disaster. “Community … Read More >
Resident Spotlight: The Garcias
Cirilo, Aracely and their daughter Dana (age 7) live in a mobile home park in the Cully neighborhood along Killingsworth St. On a clear day you can spot Mount St. Helen’s in the distance, and if you get up on the roof you might see Mt. Hood as well. The Garcia family has been involved … Read More >
Living Cully Plaza to Become Las Adelitas
Written by Hacienda CDC Staff, March 08, 2018 After working with our staff and community to brainstorm and test different names for the future apartments at the Living Cully Plaza site, we are happy to share that the new name of this community will be Las Adelitas. ‘Las Adelitas’ is a name rich with meaning … Read More >
Northeast Emergency Food Program Bring the Pantry to the People
The Northeast Emergency Food Program (NEFP), a program of Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon, believes in a future where people have consistent access to nutritionally adequate and culturally appropriate food. They have worked for more than 30 years to meet families’ emergency and longstanding food and clothing needs through community building and regular pantry hours. However, … Read More >
Cully Community Members Respond to Scrapyard Fire
Update 5/1/2018: To read agency responses to community questions, click here. Join us 5/3 at 5:30 at Living Cully Plaza to hear responses and take action to prevent future emergency events! On March 20th, 2018, over 100 community members gathered at Living Cully Plaza to share their concerns and questions about the scrapyard fire that … Read More >
Living Cully presents the Living Cully Community Energy Plan
Living Cully is proud to present the Living Cully Community Energy Plan, a neighborhood-scale energy plan that identifies energy conservation and energy generation pilots for the Cully neighborhood. The Energy Plan creates a blueprint for how we can prevent displacement through increased investments in the energy sector. By investing in public education, resilient institutions, affordable … Read More >
Verde Landscape Launches into the 21st Century
Last week, Verde launched a website for their longest-running social enterprise, Verde Landscape: www.verdelandscape.org. This website takes Verde Landscape to the next level as a business, offering a way to connect with potential clients and share the organizational values through visual and written storytelling. The Verde Landscape website seeks to reflect a vision for engagement … Read More >
New Rain Gardens take root at Cully homes
Verde, Habitat for Humanity Portland/Metro East, Columbia Slough Watershed Council and Reynolds Learning Academy MYC are teaming up to install rain gardens at six Cully homes this spring. Rain gardens manage stormwater by diverting run-off to native plants that filter the water and prevent flooding. As part of Verde’s mission to build environmental wealth in … Read More >
Community Leaders create vision for future Columbia Slough Trail in Cully
After months of gathering input on the proposed Columbia Slough Trail in the Cully Neighborhood, community leaders and Verde staff presented their vision for the future trail to key stakeholders on Tuesday, January 16. Since 2012, Verde’s Living Cully Walks program has sought to enhance pedestrian and bicycle access to neighborhood parks and greenspaces and … Read More >
Thank you Living Cully Energy Interns!
Living Cully has been grateful to have four motivated and passionate student interns working on the Living Cully Community Energy Plan this year. Portland State University’s Institute for Sustainable Solutions has been a long time Living Cully Partner. They provided funds for three students to work on the design and implementation of the energy plan, … Read More >