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Cully Housing Action Team Recognized for Work on Successful Yes for Affordable Homes Campaign!
The Cully Housing Action Team (CHAT!) organized 129 volunteers to knock on doors and do outreach at community events in order to help pass Portland’s first-ever affordable housing bond, measure … Read More >
Verde Adds Four Women to Landscape Crew
November 2016. Rosalia Flores, Zoemy Tuz, Claudia Gonzalez and Manuela Interian all joined the Verde Lanscape crew as temporary on-call employees to work as a part of Verde’s social enterprise landscape … Read More >
Oak Leaf Mobile Home Park purchased by non-profit partnership with funding from Portland Housing Bureau
Preservation of affordable housing in Cully neighborhood ends threat of eviction and homelessness for residents who organized to save their homes NE KILLINGSWORTH ST, PORTLAND – Residents of the Oak … Read More >
Work, Live and Create Community: Habitat for Humanity’s Work-Live Project in Cully
Lizet Molina is thrilled that she will have a safe, stable home at Habitat for Humanity Portland/Metro East’s Helensview community in Cully. As she says “as a single mom, to … Read More >
Welcome Brenna Bailey!
We have recently hired a Community Organizer for Housing Stability to begin work in the Cully Neighborhood in partnership with St. Charles Church. We welcome Brenna Bailey thanks to a … Read More >
Verde Participates in #EveryoneIn, A United Way Collaborative
Last Thursday, Verde, along with other local organizations, pitched ideas for a United Way collaborative called #EveryoneIn, working to bring together non-profit, startup, technology and design professionals to co-create innovative … Read More >
Critical Home Repair for Low-Income Cully Residents: Preventing displacement one home at a time
NAYA, Habitat to collaborate on home repair and weatherization projects Eron Riddle, project coordinator for the home repair and weatherization* program at the Native American Youth and Family Center (NAYA), … Read More >
Oak Leaf Mobile Home Park Update
By Cameron Herrington (Living Cully, 503-489-8334) and Gabe Triplett (St. Charles Church, 541-680-6509) In addition to this update, you might want to check out this recent Portland Tribune article about the Oak Leaf. 1. CASA … Read More >
Portland Parks & Recreation designates $3 million towards Thomas Cully Park
Portland Parks Commissioner Amanda Fritz, joined by Cully neighborhood representatives and Verde, announced $3 million in additional funding for the future Thomas Cully Park, NE 75th just north of Killingsworth. … Read More >
ALERT: Commissioner Saltzman breaking promise to save Oak Leaf mobile home park
Oak Leaf residents need your help TODAY to save their homes! Portland City Commissioner Dan Saltzman is breaking his promise to help Oak Leaf Mobile Home Park residents save their homes and establish Portland’s first affordable housing … Read More >