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 >
Air Quality in Cully: September 21 Event
Do you know what is in the air you breathe? Worried about industrial air pollution in Cully? On the 21st of September Cully residents have the opportunity to attend a … Read More >
The Road to Homeownership, From Hacienda to Habitat
Gabriela Ortiz will be one of 21 new homeowners at Habitat for Humanity Portland/Metro East’s Helensview property on 64th and Killingsworth in the Cully neighborhood. Her story is one of … Read More >
Oak Leaf Mobile Home Residents on Verge of Historic Victory to Save Their Homes
By Cameron Herrington, Living Cully In January 2016, the 30 families living at the Oak Leaf Mobile Home Park (4556 NE Killingsworth) began hearing rumors that their park would be … Read More >
Grant Will Help Neighbors Design Columbia Slough Trail System Through Cully
March, 2016. Verde on behalf of Living Cully was awarded funds from the Metro Nature in Neighborhoods Regional Trails Grants program in the Spring of 2016 to support the final design and … Read More >
St. Charles Church, Living Cully Partner on Mobile Home Repairs
Laura Peraza woke up every night fearing that her roof would not last another day. The dripping in her living room would require her to get up and empty a … Read More >