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Portland: Neighbors Welcome@portlandneighborswelcome· Jul 13

Hey, you should come to our 4th Annual Inner Eastside for All Ride on July 26th! We are hosting it with our amazing friends at @strongtownspdx.bsky.social and @bikeloudpdx.bsky.social, and we're excited to envision an even more welcoming and wonderful Inner Eastside with you!

Portland: Neighbors Welcome@portlandneighborswelcome· Jul 7

Hey Neighbors! We would love to see you at our next Social Hour this Thursday in Slabtown (hey, NW friends!) We’re excited to be joined by special guest Ariel Kane from Portland’s Bureau of Planning and Sustainability to update us on the Housing Bonus Alignment Project!

Poster with Portland streetcar in the middle and text:

Join us for:
Social Hour in Slabtown

Thursday, July 9th
6PM-8PM
Lucky Labrador Beer Hall
With Special Guest!
Ariel Kane from BPS Updating us on the housing bonus alignment project

Portland: Neighbors Welcome@portlandneighborswelcome· Jun 14

Congratulations Sam, McKaden, Alyanna, and Adam! Stay tuned as we share more incredible projects from the competition! 🙌

Photo of 3 architectural students and one student holding an extra award certificate at the PNW DREAM Single-stair design competition from team MAAS

Portland: Neighbors Welcome@portlandneighborswelcome· Jun 14

Sam Hewitt, McKaden Tigue, Alyanna Mercado, and Adam Martin designed Shuffle on Sunnyside: a Neighborhood in One Lot — bridging the cultural preference for single-family living with the need for density, sustainability, and affordability.

Portland: Neighbors Welcome@portlandneighborswelcome· Jun 14

Next up in our student project showcases from the design competition we co-organized with @strongtownspdx.bsky.social: a 🏆 Third Place finish from Team MAAS!

Architectural exterior rendering of a six story single stair building that is designed as a neighborhood in One Lot — bridging the cultural preference for single-family living with the need for density, sustainability, and affordability. The building preserves the autonomy and familiarity of a house while achieving the efficiency of dense urban living through shared spaces, natural light, and cross-ventilation.

Architectural interior rendering of a six story single stair building that is designed as a neighborhood in One Lot — bridging the cultural preference for single-family living with the need for density, sustainability, and affordability. The building preserves the autonomy and familiarity of a house while achieving the efficiency of dense urban living through shared spaces, natural light, and cross-ventilation.

Architectural diagram of a six story single stair building that is designed as a neighborhood in One Lot — bridging the cultural preference for single-family living with the need for density, sustainability, and affordability. The building preserves the autonomy and familiarity of a house while achieving the efficiency of dense urban living through shared spaces, natural light, and cross-ventilation.

Portland: Neighbors Welcome@portlandneighborswelcome· Jun 12

The team also produced a beautiful presentation video! Congratulations Caroline, Victoria, and Haley, and stay tuned as we share more incredible projects from the competition all week <3

Portland: Neighbors Welcome@portlandneighborswelcome· Jun 12

Caroline Buecker, Victoria Alencastro Veiga, and Haley Yamasato designed Cobohause: a supportive multifamily cohousing concept for a 6-story building at 315–317 NE 28th Ave in Portland's Inner Eastside.

Portland: Neighbors Welcome@portlandneighborswelcome· Jun 12

Next up in our student project showcases from the design competition we co-organized with @strongtownspdx.bsky.social: a 🏆 Third Place finish from Team Cobohause! Check out their full submission materials here: pnwdreams.org/2026/cobohause

Architectural front exterior rendering of 6 story corner lot single stair building in Inner SE Portland. The design is supportive multifamily cohousing rooted in Portland’s Inner Eastside. A central enclosed egress stair organizes the building around a sectional landscape of collective life — wellness studio, resource lab, and gathering spaces — with a community café anchoring the ground floor.

Architectural Interior public space rendering of 6 story corner lot single stair building in Inner SE Portland. The design is supportive multifamily cohousing rooted in Portland’s Inner Eastside. A central enclosed egress stair organizes the building around a sectional landscape of collective life — wellness studio, resource lab, and gathering spaces — with a community café anchoring the ground floor.

Architectural floor plan rendering of 6 story corner lot single stair building in Inner SE Portland. The design is supportive multifamily cohousing rooted in Portland’s Inner Eastside. A central enclosed egress stair organizes the building around a sectional landscape of collective life — wellness studio, resource lab, and gathering spaces — with a community café anchoring the ground floor.

Architectural interior unit renderings of 6 story corner lot single stair building in Inner SE Portland. The design is supportive multifamily cohousing rooted in Portland’s Inner Eastside. A central enclosed egress stair organizes the building around a sectional landscape of collective life — wellness studio, resource lab, and gathering spaces — with a community café anchoring the ground floor.

Portland: Neighbors Welcome@portlandneighborswelcome· Jun 11

Congratulations Jovan and Micah, and stay tuned as we share more incredible projects from the competition all week! 🙌

Photo of architecture students Jovan Zelen and Micah Gamlen standing in the design portland space and holding their award certificate.

Portland: Neighbors Welcome@portlandneighborswelcome· Jun 11

Jovan Zelen and Micah Gamlen designed The Terrace Belmont: a district-scaled approach to infill housing rooted in the character of Portland's Belmont neighborhood.

Student bio with black and white photo of a person hiking, with the following text:

Jovan Zelen
Jovan is a fifth-year architecture student at the University of
Oregon with a strong passion for designing and building. His
interest in woodworking informs his appreciation for craft, mate-
riality, and detail. He is inspired by the outdoors and focuses on
designing architecture that responds to the natural environment
and fosters a connection between people and nature. His work
emphasizes thoughtful, well-crafted spaces that are grounded in
their surroundings.

Student bio with black and white photo of a person hiking, with the following text:

Micah Gamlen
Micah is a fifth-year architecture student in the Portland pro-
gram at the University of Oregon. His work focuses on the ex-
pressive use of everyday materials and the exploration of spatial
gradients between interior and exterior environments. Raised in
Portland, he holds an equal appreciation for urban life and the
natural landscapes of the Pacific Northwest.

Portland: Neighbors Welcome@portlandneighborswelcome· Jun 11

Kicking off student project showcases from the design competition we co-organized with @strongtownspdx.bsky.social with a 🏆 Third Place finish from Team Stair GPT! Check out their full submission materials here: pnwdreams.org/2026/stair-gpt

Architectural front exterior rendering of 6 story corner lot single stair building in Inner SE Portland. The design is a district-scaled approach to infill housing that draws directly from the character of Portland’s Belmont neighborhood. Inspired by craftsman bungalows, the design reinterprets stoops, porches, and terraces within a multi-story building using modular mass timber (CLT and glulam) construction.

Architectural interior side view rendering of 6 story corner lot single stair building in Inner SE Portland. The design is a district-scaled approach to infill housing that draws directly from the character of Portland’s Belmont neighborhood. Inspired by craftsman bungalows, the design reinterprets stoops, porches, and terraces within a multi-story building using modular mass timber (CLT and glulam) construction.

Interior side view rendering of 6 story corner lot single stair building in Inner SE Portland. The design is a district-scaled approach to infill housing that draws directly from the character of Portland’s Belmont neighborhood. Inspired by craftsman bungalows, the design reinterprets stoops, porches, and terraces within a multi-story building using modular mass timber (CLT and glulam) construction.

Architectural side view rendering of 6 story corner lot single stair building in Inner SE Portland. The design is a district-scaled approach to infill housing that draws directly from the character of Portland’s Belmont neighborhood. Inspired by craftsman bungalows, the design reinterprets stoops, porches, and terraces within a multi-story building using modular mass timber (CLT and glulam) construction.

Portland: Neighbors Welcome@portlandneighborswelcome· Jun 10

Thank you to @councilorgreen.bsky.social for presenting the opening remarks (and serving on the competition jury!) and @jamiedunphy.bsky.social for attending! And thank you to all of the jurors, mentors, and volunteers who contributed!

Photo of Councilor Mitch Green speaking into a microphone in front of a crowd in the Design Portland space during the awards ceremony for the PNW DREAM Single-Stair Design Contest

Photo of Ian Crozier speaking into a microphone in front of a crowd in the Design Portland space during the awards ceremony for the PNW DREAM Single-Stair Design Contest

Photo of Steph Routh and Sam Stuckey speaking into a microphone and presenting the awards in front of a crowd in the Design Portland space during the awards ceremony for the PNW DREAM Single-Stair Design Contest

Portland: Neighbors Welcome@portlandneighborswelcome· Jun 10

WHAT A NIGHT! The inaugural PNW DREAM Single-Stair Design Competition Award Ceremony was a heckuva time thanks to the participating student's incredible work and the countless hours put in by our organizing team at @strongtownspdx.bsky.social and @portlandneighborswelcome.org <3

Photo of attendees at the PNW DREAM Single Stair Design Competition. Various people look at models and architectural diagrams of single stair apartment buildings in the design portland space.

Portland: Neighbors Welcome@portlandneighborswelcome· Jun 4

Join us for a social housing focused Monthly Happy Hour TODAY! Thursday, June 4th, 6pm - 8pm Level Beer (outdoor patio) - 5211 NE 148th Ave We’ll be talking social housing with Rebekah Markillie, Housing Alliance Coalition Organizer at @npartnerships.bsky.social. Hope to see you there <3.

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Join us for a social housing focused Monthly Happy Hour this Thursday out east (by request)! :mega:

Thursday, June 4th, 6pm - 8pm
Level Beer (outdoor patio) - 5211 NE 148th Ave

Rescheduled from last month, we’ll be talking social housing with Rebekah Markillie, Housing Alliance Coalition Organizer at Neighborhood Partnerships. Vienna’s housing system creates housing that operates outside of private market forces and remains permanently affordable across generations. One major driver of this third-sector housing is the Limited Profit Housing Associations. Come learn about how the Limited Profit Housing Associations work and discuss what pieces can translate to Oregon.

Portland: Neighbors Welcome@portlandneighborswelcome· Jun 4

Are you new to Portland: Neighbors Welcome? Have you been a member for a while and are looking to get more involved? We would love to see you at our New Member Orientation on June 13th at 3:30PM at the P:NW office space! The orientation is right after our ice cream crawl (you should come too <3)

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Portland: Neighbors Welcome
New Member Orientation
Are you new to P:NW?
Or wondering how to get more involved?
Come join us!
Saturday, June 13th 3:30 PM
340 SE 6th Ave, Portland OR (The P:NW office space)
We'll be taking the streetcar over together from the final ice cream crawl stop

Portland: Neighbors Welcome@portlandneighborswelcome· May 20

You're invited to the PNW DREAM Single-Stair Design Competition Awards Ceremony! We are so excited to celebrate the students' amazing work with our friends at @strongtownspdx.bsky.social. Join us at the Design Portland Space on May 28th at 5:30, and make sure to RSVP: pnwdreams.org/awards

Flyer with brick colored background. There is an illustration of a set of abstract stairs with people walking and running up it on the right. The text "6 Floors Infinite Possibilities 1 Stairwell" is along the stairs. The text reads:

PNW DREAM
Single-Stair Design Competition

AWARDS CEREMONY
Design Portland @ J.K. Gill 408
SW 5th Ave Portland, OR
Thursday, May 28th
5:30-8:00PM
RSVP HERE

Below that text are the logos of organizations: Portland: Neighbors Welcome, Strong Towns PDX, design portland.

Portland: Neighbors Welcome@portlandneighborswelcome· May 7

Did you know that we're co-organizing a single stair design competition with our amazing friends at @strongtownspdx.bsky.social? Well, we are, and we're delighted to announce our amazing jury lineup!

Green flyer with the following text:

PNW Dreams Single Stair Design Competition, with a graphic of a six story single stair building on the right. There is a banner 1/3 of the way down with text "Meet the Jury" and the following jurors listed:

Mitch Green, Portland City Council
Steph Routh, Portland Planning Commission
Michael Eliason, Seattle Social Housing
Leah Martin, Allied8 Architecture
Sarah Vaz, Holst Architecture and Portland Design Commission
Brian Libby, Arts and Architecture Writer
Randy Gragg, Design Portland
Ryan Martyn, BRIDGE Housing
Tom Jaleski, Simpson Gumpertz & Heger

Portland: Neighbors Welcome@portlandneighborswelcome· Apr 16

Huge news: Portland City Council Unanimously Advances Resolution to Build More Homes in Inner Eastside. Thanks so, so much to everyone who testified, to all who showed up at our rally, and our champions on the city council. portlandneighborswelcome.org/ie4a-resolut...

Portland: Neighbors Welcome@portlandneighborswelcome· Apr 16

@wutherering.bsky.social the goat 🐐

Portland: Neighbors Welcome@portlandneighborswelcome· Apr 15

If you needed another reason to support IE4A (obligatory plug for rally tomorrow: portlandneighborswelcome.org/ie4a-resolut...) check out this sick map that @junopdx.bsky.social made based on Metro data: rlisdiscovery.oregonmetro.gov/datasets/drc...

Literal heat map of Portland with darker red areas that have a greater need for canopy, shade and surface cooling. The red (high need) is concentrated in East Portland and the blue (lower need) is most of the IE4A area (approx Fremont to Powell, 12th to 60th plus Brooklyn)

Portland: Neighbors Welcome@portlandneighborswelcome· Apr 13

Go to horny jail bonk meme with replaced text "Go to Zoning jail"
And labeled bonker "P:NW Members + Allies" "City Council" and bonkee "Decades of Portland Downzoning"

Portland: Neighbors Welcome@portlandneighborswelcome· Apr 13

Want to help us take a big hammer to that half century of downzoning? See you on Wednesday at 5PM outside City Hall!

Flyer with green background and foreground of people holding signs and Portland: Neighbors Welcome banner.

Text reads:
Let's pass the Inner Eastside for All Resolution!
April 15th
@Portland City Hall
Rally 5PM
Hearing 6-8PM
Wear Green!

Portland: Neighbors Welcome@portlandneighborswelcome· Apr 12

Our first win in the Inner Eastside for All campaign came when the city incorporated Inner Eastside upzoning into the 2024 Housing Production Strategy. But the current plan calls for a multi-year implementation timeline for the project that wouldn’t result in zoning changes until 2028. /7

Photo of a part of Portland's Housing Production Strategy, with text:

2. Increase Housing Capacity in Inner Centers & Corridors

As identified in the BPS Strategic Plan, the City will increase housing
capacity in high-opportunity neighborhoods to promote fair housing,
address racial segregation, and expand affordable housing options. These
changes may involve increasing and expanding commercial mixed-use and
multi-dwelling zoning in centers and corridors in the inner neighborhoods
Conduct Infrastructure Capacity Analysis, funded in part by a DLCD
grant, to determine the extent to which the existing infrastructure
can support increased housing densities and identify investments
needed to support increased capacity.
Initiate an area plan project to increase mixed use and multidwelling zoning based on the results of the infrastructure capacity
analysis
DLCD Category:
Zoning and Code
Priority: High
Lead: BPS
Partners: PP&D,
Infrastructure bureaus
Project Start: July 2024 Adoption: July 2028 Implementation: August 2028

Impact
Affordability: All
Tenure: Rent
Populations Served:
Low-income
communities;
Communities of Color,
Older adults, People
with disabilities
Magnitude: High

Portland: Neighbors Welcome@portlandneighborswelcome· Apr 12

We concluded that undoing Portland’s housing crisis and building great neighborhoods will require an even bigger step than the residential infill project. We need to allow four floors and corner stores on every lot in the Inner Eastside, which is still zoned almost entirely for low density homes /6

Map of the Inner Eastside of Portland, defined from approximately Powell to Fremont, 12th to 60th, plus Brooklyn, with the Low Density Zoned lots highlighted orange. Those lots are R2.5, R5, R10, R20, RM1, CM1. They equl 24,537 lots, and 2,985 acres, and make up most of the land area.

Portland: Neighbors Welcome@portlandneighborswelcome· Apr 12

We also found ourselves asking: what zoning rules created the great Portland neighborhoods that exist today? Northwest Portland allows apartments on almost every lot in the neighborhood, and it’s one of the most desirable neighborhoods in the city. /4

Map of the zoning of Portland's Northwest, with multifamily zones such as RM3, CI2d, RM4d, EG1, and EXd. Those and other zones cover almost all of the neighborhood land area.

Portland: Neighbors Welcome@portlandneighborswelcome· Apr 12

Since RIP it’s become apparent that Portland is not seeing middle housing development in expensive Inner Eastside neighborhoods. Because Inner Eastside land is expensive, it doesn’t make financial sense to develop a lot there if you can only build four new units. 3/

Map of Portland with following title:
Post RIP, permit distribution is similar, with less activity between the Willamette River, I-205, I-84, and Powell Boulevard.

And text:
Concentration of Residential Permits Following RIP Adoption
Following RIP adoption, the distribution of permit activity has remained quite similar with most activity between I-205 and the Willamette River. The main exception is less activity in Eastside neighborhoods like Richmond, Sunnyside, and Montavilla (highlighted by the blue box) as well as Powellhurst Gilbert.

The map is a heat map of permits by concentration of activity, with the most concentration as described above.

Portland: Neighbors Welcome@portlandneighborswelcome· Apr 12

In 2020, Portland adopted the Residential Infill Project (RIP) which ended single-family zoning citywide and kicked off a boom in middle housing development. But RIP didn’t solve our housing crisis, and P:NW members started strategizing after it passed on what the next step should look like. 2/

Graphic from sustainability think tank Sightline Institute that illustrates the key changes that resulted from Portland's Residential Infill Project that Re-legalized "middle housing" citywide:
Reduced maximum building sizes, accessory dwelling units, cottage clusters, parking, accessibility, family-size 4 & 6 plexes with affordability requirement, and basement apartments.
The graphic is a watercolor illustration of all of these different home types on a white background.

Graph of Portland's permits in single dwelling zones by year. In 2021, all units are houses, duplexes, accessory dwelling units, or attached houses. After the Residential Infill Project goes into effect in Summer 2022, the number of fourplexes and cottage clusters shoot up, and eventually become more than half of units along with other middle housing in 2023 and 2024

Portland: Neighbors Welcome@portlandneighborswelcome· Apr 10

Come hear certified IE4A booster and resolution cosponsor @councilorgreen.bsky.social speak at our pre-hearing rally on the 15th! Rally at 5PM, Hearing from 6-8PM, wear green if you can, and join us in making sure that Portland welcomes all of our current and future neighbors!

Flyer with picture of Portland City Councilor Mitch Green speaking into a megaphone outside of city hall. The text reads:
Inner Eastside for All Resolution
City Hall Rally + Hearing!
With special guest Councilor Mitch Green, District 4
April 15th
@ Portland City Hall
Rally at 5PM
Hearing 6-8PM
Wear Green!

Portland: Neighbors Welcome@portlandneighborswelcome· Apr 10

Inner Eastside for All Resolution Cosponsor (and Portland: Neighbors Welcome founding board member- we will NEVER stop bragging) @counciloravalos.bsky.social will be speaking at our pre-hearing rally on April 15th! Rally at 5, hearing at 6, wear green, see you there!

Flyer featuring a photo of Portland City Councilor Candace Avalos holding a megaphone. The background is abstract pink and purple blobs. The text reads:
Inner Eastside for All Resolution
City Hall Rally + Hearing
With Special Guest Councilor Candace Avalos, District 1
April 15th
@ Portland City Hall
Rally at 5PM
Hearing 6-8PM
Wear Green!

Portland: Neighbors Welcome@portlandneighborswelcome· Apr 9

We are EXTREMELY HYPED that Inner Eastside for All Resolution sponsor @councilormorillo.bsky.social will be speaking at our pre-hearing rally on April 15th. Rally at 5PM, head into chambers for the hearing from 6-8PM, wear green if ya can <3