It’s time to swap those sprouting spider plants and multiplying monsteras! Grow your collection and connect with fellow plant enthusiasts at our community houseplant exchange. Participants are invited to bring a labeled, pest-free houseplant or rooted cutting to trade. Meet new friends, share plant-care tips, and go home with something green and growing.

What is this project about?

The Affordable Housing Opportunities Project proposes land use map changes for 19 sites dispersed across the city that are owned by nonprofit housing providers or public agencies. The proposed land use map changes include amendments to the Comprehensive Plan Map and Zoning Map to expand opportunities for affordable housing development and community services, or in some cases, support preservation and upgrades to existing affordable housing or services.

This project is an important component of Portland’s Housing Production Strategy and is listed as a key action item to promote affordable housing. 

This project focuses on properties owned by nonprofit housing providers and public agencies to create and preserve more options for affordable housing. These organizations play a critical role in delivering and preserving affordable housing, and AHOP aims to remove zoning barriers to help them do more. 

How can I review this proposal?

The AHOP Recommended Draft is now available online. If you are unable to access these documents, please contact Hector Rodriguez Ruiz, Project Manager, at ahop@portlandoregon.gov.  

How can I participate?

Watch the Council Committee hearing.

Link to the live stream and recorded video at portland.gov/auditor/council-clerk/events.

Testify orally at the Council Committee hearing.

The hearing will be held on January 27 at noon. The hearing will be held in a hybrid format with options to participate either in person at City Hall, 1221 SW 4th Avenue, Council Chambers, or virtually using a computer, mobile device, or telephone. You must sign up in advance to testify. Registration for virtual testimony closes one hour prior to the Council meeting. In-person testifiers must sign up before the agenda item is heard. You can register online or over the phone by calling 311. The agenda and a link to the oral testimony registration will be available the Thursday before the hearing at portland.gov/auditor/council-clerk/events.

Email the Council Clerk with questions at councilclerk@portlandoregon.gov.

Submit written testimony. 

We encourage electronic written testimony via the Map App, but written testimony can also be submitted via U.S. Mail at the following address: Bureau of Planning and Sustainability AHOP Testimony, 1810 SW 5th Avenue, Suite 710, Portland, OR 97201.

Written testimony must be received by the time of the hearing and must include your name. If you wish to receive mailed notice with project updates, you must include your mailing address.

What happens next?

The City Council Committee will consider public testimony on this proposal. The Committee will then forward a recommendation to City Council for consideration and additional public review and testimony.

Kids Creation Club

Event Description:

Week 1: Collaborative Art 
Week 2: Lego Lab
Week 3: Afternoon Art take home craft 
Week 4: STEAM Studio 

Drop in and create with us! While supplies last. No registration required. First come, first serve. Ideal for Ages 6 - 12.

Tool libraries across Portland let you borrow tools for free, just like checking out books.

Southwest Portland Tool Library offers access to tools for residents of Southwest Portland, Downtown, Northwest and South Portland (Service Area Map).

• Location: West side of Bertha Viaduct

• Hours: 9am-2pm Saturdays

• Tools Available and Tool Donations: Household/garden/other tools. No commercial use and no gas/explosive/hazardous chemicals.

• Lending Info and Membership: Start your Membership Application here

• Volunteering: We'd love to have more people involved!

• Bluesky: Notices and posts of new tools

• Info Email: info at swptl.org

• Google Group: https://groups.google.com/g/sw-portland-tool-library

• Objectives: Leaflet Neighborhood Association Presentation Nonprofit Business Plan

• Next Monthly Meeting (last Tuesday): 6:30pm January 27th, The Watershed at Hillsdale (community room)

Let's talk about Lovely One by Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, this year's Everybody Reads book. Everybody Reads is a community-wide project that promotes shared reading and discussion around a single book. This discussion will be moderated by library staff, but informed by you. 

Everybody Reads 2026 is made possible by gifts to The Library Foundation with the author’s appearance made possible by Literary Arts. Oregon Public Broadcasting and The Oregonian are media sponsors for all Everybody Reads 2026 programming.

Curious about artificial intelligence (AI) but not sure where to start? This hands-on workshop is designed for adults with little or no tech background who want to understand what AI is, how it’s used in everyday life, and how to try it themselves. We’ll break down big concepts into simple language and provide easy, guided activities to explore how AI tools like chatbots and image generators work.

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Put on your snow or rain boots and walk or roll to school while enjoying winter time in Oregon. Winter Walk+Roll to School Day is a great way to get active in the winter and share information about traveling safely in snow, ice, and the dark. Schools across Oregon will celebrate. Last year 40 schools in Portland participated.

Visit the Oregon Safe Routes to School website to get event planning resources including posters, social media templates, graphics, and flyers.

Share winter safety tips with your community! A few examples are:

• Dress in layers to stay dry and help regulate your body's temperature.

• Keep your toes warm by wearing winter boots and warm socks - consider bringing some pocket hand and feet warmers along.

• Take your time, and enjoy a leisurely pace - going too fast in the snow and rain can cause slips and falls! Try using the penguin shuffle.

• Wear hats and mittens to keep your head and hands warm. If it's raining, wear a raincoat or bring an umbrella to stay dry.

• Stay hydrated by drinking water before and after your walk to school.

Event Description:

Week 1: Collaborative Art 
Week 2: Lego Lab
Week 3: Afternoon Art take home craft 
Week 4: STEAM Studio 

Drop in and create with us! While supplies last. No registration required. First come, first serve. Ideal for Ages 6 - 12.

Tool libraries across Portland let you borrow tools for free, just like checking out books.

Southwest Portland Tool Library offers access to tools for residents of Southwest Portland, Downtown, Northwest and South Portland (Service Area Map).

• Location: West side of Bertha Viaduct

• Hours: 9am-2pm Saturdays

• Tools Available and Tool Donations: Household/garden/other tools. No commercial use and no gas/explosive/hazardous chemicals.

• Lending Info and Membership: Start your Membership Application here

• Volunteering: We'd love to have more people involved!

• Bluesky: Notices and posts of new tools

• Info Email: info at swptl.org

• Google Group: https://groups.google.com/g/sw-portland-tool-library

• Objectives: Leaflet Neighborhood Association Presentation Nonprofit Business Plan

• Next Monthly Meeting (last Tuesday): 6:30pm January 27th, The Watershed at Hillsdale (community room)

You’re an explorer and anthropologist and discover a miniature world that everyone else thought was only imaginary. Create a model of your teeny, tiny world so everyone can see with Tinker Camp, a nonprofit dedicated to supporting STEAM education in your community. Use cool materials and tools to design and build a small scale version of whatever you discovered. Tiny rooms in a teeny house? A pint-sized playground? A miniature amusement park?

Registration opens on January 17.

Get in touch with your creative side and your green thumb at the library! Discover the simple joy of painting your own pot with unique, personalized designs. Learn all about fresh herbs and plant your favorites, like basil and mint! Leave with a beautiful, custom herb garden to brighten your home and your cooking. All supplies provided, no experience needed. Bring your creativity and a desire to get your hands a little dirty!

Space is limited - this event is first come, first served.

Join us! The Multnomah Neighborhood Association meets 7 PM on the second Tuesday of the month. Meetings are open to the public. Everyone is welcome.

We offer Hybrid meetings. Register for Zoom participation, get in-person location information and view meeting materials at mnapdx.org/meetings.

Event Description:

Week 1: Collaborative Art 
Week 2: Lego Lab
Week 3: Afternoon Art take home craft 
Week 4: STEAM Studio 

Drop in and create with us! While supplies last. No registration required. First come, first serve. Ideal for Ages 6 - 12.

Families are invited to try circus skills together, led by experienced instructors from Circus Cascadia. The goal of a family circus workshop is to get parents and children playing together! It can include tightrope, walking globe, juggling scarves, flowersticks and other circus equipment. The workshop can begin with a scarf circle as a whole group, followed by a more freeform structure of guided exploration and play.

This is an ideal workshop for parents with young children, or elementary aged children. Attendance is limited - this program is first come, first served.

Tool libraries across Portland let you borrow tools for free, just like checking out books.

Southwest Portland Tool Library offers access to tools for residents of Southwest Portland, Downtown, Northwest and South Portland (Service Area Map).

• Location: West side of Bertha Viaduct

• Hours: 9am-2pm Saturdays

• Tools Available and Tool Donations: Household/garden/other tools. No commercial use and no gas/explosive/hazardous chemicals.

• Lending Info and Membership: Start your Membership Application here

• Volunteering: We'd love to have more people involved!

• Bluesky: Notices and posts of new tools

• Info Email: info at swptl.org

• Google Group: https://groups.google.com/g/sw-portland-tool-library

• Objectives: Leaflet Neighborhood Association Presentation Nonprofit Business Plan

• Next Monthly Meeting (last Tuesday): 6:30pm January 27th, The Watershed at Hillsdale (community room)

Increase the beauty and productivity of your fruit trees with this hands-on pruning class led by the experienced orchardists of Portland Fruit Tree Project. Timely pruning can improve the shape, strength, and fruit set of your trees, while simultaneously helping to reduce pest and disease pressure.

Beginning with a brief introduction to general pruning theory, the class then transitions to working directly with fruit trees, allowing participants the opportunity to practice specific techniques for winter pruning. Our goal is to help you learn how to make the best cuts on your fruit trees with confidence and skill.

Sign up to volunteer

Please note:

• Priority for these workshops will be given to people who are current PP&R Community Garden participants and people who can commit to volunteering at the Gabriel Community Orchard regularly.

• If you are a Community Garden plot holder, please let us know where your plot is in the sign up questions! Per PP&R guidelines, if you are not a plot holder or cannot commit to volunteering for a PP&R community orchard, your spot in this free workshop might be given up.

This special Black History Month edition of Rainbow Storytime features Lady Berri and friends, sharing Black and queer joy with drag and overall fabulousness!

Children from birth to age 6 (with a favorite adult) enjoy books highlighting LGBTQ+ families, along with songs, rhymes and movement activities building language, literacy, and community in an identity-supporting environment.

Multnomah County Library storytimes are supported by gifts made to The Library Foundation.  

Preparedness is about Community, not Catastrophe

We are your Multnomah neighbors who will provide disaster assistance in our community when first responders such as police or fire are not immediately available. We receive training from the Portland Bureau of Emergency Management (PBEM) and the Portland Fire & Rescue (PF&R). We are the Multnomah Neighborhood Emergency Team – Multnomah NET.

Our Team meetings are open to anyone who lives or works in the Multnomah Neighborhood and wishes to learn more about emergency preparedness, Multnomah NET, BEECN, and our activities.

Multnomah NET meetings are held at the SW Community Center at 7:00pm on the third Tuesday of the month. Join us to learn more!

Event Description:

Week 1: Collaborative Art 
Week 2: Lego Lab
Week 3: Afternoon Art take home craft 
Week 4: STEAM Studio 

Drop in and create with us! While supplies last. No registration required. First come, first serve. Ideal for Ages 6 - 12.

Tool libraries across Portland let you borrow tools for free, just like checking out books.

Southwest Portland Tool Library offers access to tools for residents of Southwest Portland, Downtown, Northwest and South Portland (Service Area Map).

• Location: West side of Bertha Viaduct

• Hours: 9am-2pm Saturdays

• Tools Available and Tool Donations: Household/garden/other tools. No commercial use and no gas/explosive/hazardous chemicals.

• Lending Info and Membership: Start your Membership Application here

• Volunteering: We'd love to have more people involved!

• Bluesky: Notices and posts of new tools

• Info Email: info at swptl.org

• Google Group: https://groups.google.com/g/sw-portland-tool-library

• Objectives: Leaflet Neighborhood Association Presentation Nonprofit Business Plan

• Next Monthly Meeting (last Tuesday): 6:30pm January 27th, The Watershed at Hillsdale (community room)

Learn about and discuss Afrofuturism with author and scholar Walidah Imarisha. Whenever we try to envision a world without war, without violence, without prisons, without capitalism, we are engaging in an exercise of speculative fiction. Walidah Imarisha will uncover the truths buried in the fantastical – and inject a healthy dose of the fantastical into our search for truth.

Join Urban Forestry for a BIPOC-centered, story-time-like program with tree-themed story reading, songs, education, and tree-themed botanical art! Kids and adults are welcome to this tree-literacy winter experience!

Hosted by Portland Parks and Recreation’s Urban Forestry Division. 

The Oregon Symphony is on the road for interactive, musical storytimes. Each week features a visit from an Oregon Symphony musician who will play and provide an introduction to their instrument and orchestral music. This program is best for preschoolers - 12 with their grownups. 

Attendance is limited and free tickets are available 15 minutes before storytime. 

Multnomah County Library storytimes are supported by gifts made to The Library Foundation.

Join a wellness-based workshop inspired by Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s memoir, Lovely One. Reflect on themes of resilience, identity, and self-expression with The Lamb Art Studio. Learn quotes and moments from the book in a slideshow. Create symbolic artwork about personal growth, justice, or dreams for the future. Engage in art, mindfulness, and community dialogue around this year's Everybody Reads selection.

This event is intended for patrons 12 years and older and space is limited. Registration opens on January 25.

Event Description:

Week 1: Collaborative Art 
Week 2: Lego Lab
Week 3: Afternoon Art take home craft 
Week 4: STEAM Studio 

Drop in and create with us! While supplies last. No registration required. First come, first serve. Ideal for Ages 6 - 12.

Tool libraries across Portland let you borrow tools for free, just like checking out books.

Southwest Portland Tool Library offers access to tools for residents of Southwest Portland, Downtown, Northwest and South Portland (Service Area Map).

• Location: West side of Bertha Viaduct

• Hours: 9am-2pm Saturdays

• Tools Available and Tool Donations: Household/garden/other tools. No commercial use and no gas/explosive/hazardous chemicals.

• Lending Info and Membership: Start your Membership Application here

• Volunteering: We'd love to have more people involved!

• Bluesky: Notices and posts of new tools

• Info Email: info at swptl.org

• Google Group: https://groups.google.com/g/sw-portland-tool-library

• Objectives: Leaflet Neighborhood Association Presentation Nonprofit Business Plan

• Next Monthly Meeting (last Tuesday): 6:30pm January 27th, The Watershed at Hillsdale (community room)

Meet the venerated researcher, scholar, and Oregon State University professor, David G. Lewis. He shares the profound Indigenous story of the Willamette Valley, the impact of colonization by settlers and what the First Nations experienced living on the Grand Ronde reservation. New stories will be revealed that do not appear in other history books. Dr. Lewis is a Native a member of the Grand Ronde tribe. He brings personal perspectives for those encountering these local histories for the first time.

Made possible by The Library Foundation through support from The Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Fund.

The Oregon Symphony is on the road for interactive, musical storytimes. Each week features a visit from an Oregon Symphony musician who will play and provide an introduction to their instrument and orchestral music. This program is best for preschoolers - 12 with their grownups. 

Attendance is limited and free tickets are available 15 minutes before storytime. 

Multnomah County Library storytimes are supported by gifts made to The Library Foundation.

Event Description:

Week 1: Collaborative Art 
Week 2: Lego Lab
Week 3: Afternoon Art take home craft 
Week 4: STEAM Studio

Drop in and create with us! While supplies last. No registration required. First come, first serve. Ideal for Ages 6 - 12.

Dive into all things zine with Outlet PDX! In this workshop we’ll explore the history and different types of zines. We'll also talk about where to find and share them along with different zine formats. We’ll also spend some time actually DEFINING what a zine is for those who are new to this amazing medium! We'll give tons of prompts, tips, and inspiration so you can take ideas and turn them into a tangible lovely THING. Make a zine with us!

This program is intended for teen participants.

 Save the Date! Maplewood School Annual Auction on March 7!

**Find the most up to date information and purchase tickets at maplewoodpta.com/auction**

We invite you to join us for our annual, adult-only School Auction on Saturday, March 7! This is a treasured community event where we come together to celebrate our school and, most importantly, raise critical funds. 

New to the Auction? This is how we fund vital programs and projects. This year’s focus is on much-needed exterior improvements to the Maplewood building and grounds and building on what we did last year with the turf.

Your participation helps us achieve our goal of creating an inspiring, functional, and truly welcoming environment for our students, staff, and the entire community. At the auction you’ll enjoy both silent and live auctions, dinner, drinks, dancing, games and prizes.

Leave the kids at home and join us for a fun night out!

The Oregon Symphony is on the road for interactive, musical storytimes. Each week features a visit from an Oregon Symphony musician who will play and provide an introduction to their instrument and orchestral music. This program is best for preschoolers - 12 with their grownups. 

Attendance is limited and free tickets are available 15 minutes before storytime. 

Multnomah County Library storytimes are supported by gifts made to The Library Foundation.

Join us! The Multnomah Neighborhood Association meets 7 PM on the second Tuesday of the month. Meetings are open to the public. Everyone is welcome.

We offer Hybrid meetings. Register for Zoom participation, get in-person location information and view meeting materials at mnapdx.org/meetings.

Event Description:

Week 1: Collaborative Art 
Week 2: Lego Lab
Week 3: Afternoon Art take home craft 
Week 4: STEAM Studio

Drop in and create with us! While supplies last. No registration required. First come, first serve. Ideal for Ages 6 - 12.

Increase the beauty and productivity of your fruit trees with this hands-on pruning class led by the experienced orchardists of Portland Fruit Tree Project. Timely pruning can improve the shape, strength, and fruit set of your trees, while simultaneously helping to reduce pest and disease pressure.

Beginning with a brief introduction to general pruning theory, the class then transitions to working directly with fruit trees, allowing participants the opportunity to practice specific techniques for winter pruning. Our goal is to help you learn how to make the best cuts on your fruit trees with confidence and skill.

Sign up to volunteer

Please note:

• Priority for these workshops will be given to people who are current PP&R Community Garden participants and people who can commit to volunteering at the Gabriel Community Orchard regularly.

• If you are a Community Garden plot holder, please let us know where your plot is in the sign up questions! Per PP&R guidelines, if you are not a plot holder or cannot commit to volunteering for a PP&R community orchard, your spot in this free workshop might be given up.

Preparedness is about Community, not Catastrophe

We are your Multnomah neighbors who will provide disaster assistance in our community when first responders such as police or fire are not immediately available. We receive training from the Portland Bureau of Emergency Management (PBEM) and the Portland Fire & Rescue (PF&R). We are the Multnomah Neighborhood Emergency Team – Multnomah NET.

Our Team meetings are open to anyone who lives or works in the Multnomah Neighborhood and wishes to learn more about emergency preparedness, Multnomah NET, BEECN, and our activities.

Multnomah NET meetings are held at the SW Community Center at 7:00pm on the third Tuesday of the month. Join us to learn more!

Event Description:

Week 1: Collaborative Art 
Week 2: Lego Lab
Week 3: Afternoon Art take home craft 
Week 4: STEAM Studio

Drop in and create with us! While supplies last. No registration required. First come, first serve. Ideal for Ages 6 - 12.

Event Description:

Week 1: Collaborative Art 
Week 2: Lego Lab
Week 3: Afternoon Art take home craft 
Week 4: STEAM Studio

Drop in and create with us! While supplies last. No registration required. First come, first serve. Ideal for Ages 6 - 12.

West Multnomah Soil & Water Conservation District is planning on hosting Soil School 2026 at PCC Rock Creek on April 4, 2026.

Please their website or join our e-newsletter list for updates and registration links in February 2026.

About Soil School

Soil School is a day-long workshop that includes multiple sessions on a wide variety of topics – all having to do with soil. Soil School is a great event for beginning, intermediate, and advanced home gardeners and curious farmers. Soil School is presented by West Multnomah Soil & Water Conservation District and Tualatin Soil and Water Conservation District.

Yoga + Art + Stories ignites children's creativity, enhances their well-being, and fosters a love for self-expression through the fusion of yoga and art. Through a series of engaging stories, playful yoga poses and art activities that correspond to the themes of the stories, this unique program promotes physical development, emotional well-being, and cognitive growth. Led by Lauren Danner from Sculpted Lotus Yoga. Some yoga mats will be available, but you are welcome to bring your own! 

Best for children aged 4-10. Space is limited.

Join us! The Multnomah Neighborhood Association meets 7 PM on the second Tuesday of the month. Meetings are open to the public. Everyone is welcome.

We offer Hybrid meetings. Register for Zoom participation, get in-person location information and view meeting materials at mnapdx.org/meetings.

Join us! The Multnomah Neighborhood Association meets 7 PM on the second Tuesday of the month. Meetings are open to the public. Everyone is welcome.

We offer Hybrid meetings. Register for Zoom participation, get in-person location information and view meeting materials at mnapdx.org/meetings.

Join us! The Multnomah Neighborhood Association meets 7 PM on the second Tuesday of the month. Meetings are open to the public. Everyone is welcome.

We offer Hybrid meetings. Register for Zoom participation, get in-person location information and view meeting materials at mnapdx.org/meetings.

Multnomah Days 2026

Multnomah Days Festival & Parade is a one-day open-air, family-friendly street festival with scheduled musical acts, community parade, art fair and over 150 vendor booths as well as food & beverage services available via outdoor street dining and food carts.

Want to be notified when vendor applications open? Fill out the form - LINK