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By Darise Weller A coalition of organizations continues to push for financial assurances, also called risk bonds, to hold oil and gas tank farm companies within Portland’s Critical Energy Infrastructure (CEI) Hub accountable to reduce risks and provide up-front funds to pay for clean-up and damages in case of natural disasters. We’ll discuss the risks… Continue reading Risky Business: Risk Bonding – Coalition Advocates for CEI Hub Legislation

Business Spotlight Nature’s Pet Market offers you and your pet superior quality full-service grooming, healthy food, eclectic treats, and unique toys to help your pet live its best life. But they also know your pets are more than just pets – they are our family, and it is Nature’s Pet Market’s mission to help you… Continue reading NATURE’S PET MARKET

Worth Fighting For – St. Johns is an organizing space of people who live, work, and have ties to St. Johns and nearby neighborhoods who are resisting the Trump agenda. They build local relationships of trust, connection, and dignity of all people, regardless of the color of your skin, where you were born, what you… Continue reading Upcoming Events for Worth Fighting For – St. Johns

ODOT is preparing to install 17 stormwater treatment facilities to clean runoff on St. Helens Rd./Hwy 30 from the Fremont Bridge through the Linnton neighborhood beginning next summer of 2026. Each facility will connect into existing stormwater pipes removing large debris like trash and smaller pollutants like metals and oils from the water. When untreated,… Continue reading ODOT to Install Stormwater Facilities Along Hwy 30 -May impact NW Bridge Ave. TrafficSummer 2026

By Sarah Taylor The Linnton neighborhood is a string of historic riverfront villages; carved out of the forests and mountains. From indigenous trails and villages to immigrant farmers, shop keepers and tradesmen, the tiny hamlets lived within the seasonal tides of the rivers, creeks and lakes.  One of the very first settler communities in Oregon,… Continue reading Linnton: A Historic Neighborhood District, a proposal

By Amelie C. Rousseau The Linnton Taco Block Party really brought the heat. At 98 degrees, the Kingsley Community Garden shimmered, and yet our neighbors still showed up strong. More than sixty folks drifted across the lawn ready to celebrate community.  Long tables filled with beef and chicken tacos, bright salsas, crunchy salads, and bowls… Continue reading Salsa in the Sunflowers: Linnton Block Party a Shimmering Success

If you’ve lived in Linnton for more than a few months, you’ve probably heard of Linnton NET and may know that this group is composed of volunteers who support community resilience and help residents prepare for emergencies that Linnton is vulnerable to. We’ve been active for more than a decade but our numbers, while never… Continue reading Linnton NET

Saturday, December 64:00 – 5:00 PM – Linnton Neighborhood Meeting5:00 – 7:00 PM – Kit Building and Social Time in the LCC gymnasium • We will be making kits for Blanchet House to distribute to houseless folks this December.  • Look for an Amazon wishlist to donate supplies.  • All ages welcome.  • Music, cocoa… Continue reading Cocoa and Care Night: Community Event

By Brian Hoop Linnton’s river trail project has entered the discovery phase. This is the phase of the legal process where all parties are gathering and turning over to the other’s lawyers related, applicable documents so that facts can be established and legal questions more precisely considered.   The city has not provided its documents… Continue reading RIVER TRAIL PROJECT RECEIVES COURT DATE 

Wednesday, October 1 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM Linnton Community Center10614 NW St. Helens Rd. • Welcome + Ground Rules • Quick hellos, quorum check, agenda approval • Consent Agenda • Prior minutes. Treasurer snapshot • Linnton Historic Neighborhood District • Proposal to Re-Zone Part of Linnton as Historic Neighborhood District – Sarah Taylor • Pedestrian Safety… Continue reading Meeting Agenda