A group of people standing outdoors on a sunny day, participating in a community cleanup event. They wear casual clothes, hats, gloves, and some have reflective vests. Several are holding large trash bags, and some have trash picking tools. Behind them, there are trees, power lines, a street sign, and a parking lot.

Livability

The Livability Committee aims to keep the neighborhood clean and beautiful for everyone to enjoy. Throughout the year, we host a variety of community and volunteer events such as graffiti abatement and trash removal. There have also been several new art projects. Partnerships include SOLVE Oregon & FreeGeek.

Committee Chair: Julie Leet

Email: secretary@mnapdx.org

Arts POC: Andy Spearing

Arts Email: arts@mnapdx.org

Neighborhood Art & Litter Clean-up

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    COIN COTTAGE MURAL

    Livability is leading the installation of a mural on the side of this vacant building across Troy St from Healthy Pets Northwest, in coordination with the building owners. Project leaders are Julie Leet and Andy Spearing (arts@mnapdx.org).

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    VILLAGE PARK MURAL

    … is under consideration by the MNA/MVBA leadership group for Village Park. Learn more about this effort at www.mnapdx.org/villagepark.

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    MULTNOMAH MOLA

    A touch up “refresh” community painting event of the street mural “Multnomah Mola” by Amaranta Colindres was completed in June 2025 as an extension of the 2023 MNA Street Art Project. Learn more at www.mnapdx.org/streetartproject.

  • Happy hour information

    ART IN THE VILLAGE HAPPY HOUR

    Let’s get together and make more art in the village. Connect with other artists/makers, learn about upcoming public art projects and how to get involved. Also calling all “not an artist”s who want to interact more with the community.

SOLVE Oregon

We work with SOLVE Oregon to host community clean up events in our neighborhood that:

  • Restore and preserve Oregon’s environment.

  • Mobilize the power of volunteers, partners & generosity of donors.

  • Bring diverse communities together to improve the health/safety of our neighborhoods and natural areas.

These cleanup events are ongoing.

Four photographs of volunteers picking up garbage, disposing of it in a dumpster, and gathering together for a group photo afterward.
Volunteer group collects items from a large green dumpster outdoors on a cloudy day, with trees and a fence in the background.
Overflowing trash bags along a roadside with trees and a fence in the background, and two people nearby.
Group of people with pink vests and a dog gathered in a park for a community event on a cloudy day.

Let’s work together

Interested in volunteering to improve livability in our community? Join us! Complete to form below and we’ll let you know about upcoming events.

Past Events

  • large sacks of garbage from cleanup event

    3/9/24 SOLVE CLEANUP

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    Watch for new events

  • collage of volunteers picking up trash with claws

    Trash pickup

  • volunteer painting over graffiti

    Graffiti Abatement

  • pink backgorund with white text "neighborhood livability" multnomah neighborhood association

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