Neighbors for Healthy Communities

Kenton Women's Village

St. Johns Village

Peninsula Crossing Trail (chosen after the City spent YEARS taking no action to stop the massive illegal campsite there- even after extreme violence was occurring)

Bybee Lakes Hope Center (formerly Wapato jail- rejected as a site because it was studied and found to cost at least double per bed of what other sites cost- PROMPTLY RAN OUT OF MONEY RECENTLY and went begging to the county for taxpayer money, which was given. Apparently the rich real estate developers who hand-picked and funded this site ran out of money to support it once it was running?)

Newly announced sanctioned RV site on N. Portland Blvd.

What do these sites have in common? When city officials think about where they want homeless people to go, they always think North Portland and St. Johns.

At various points as each of these projects were developed, people advocated for them because they thought if they came together around models they could support, the City would look elsewhere for the more experimental unproven models. They were wrong. Many lies and half truths were told to get support for each of these projects, such as the fact that they were for veterans or that background checks would be completed for residents.

This is not the end: the city will continue to load up St. Johns and North Portland with as many of these sites as they possibly can, even though this area has almost nothing in the way of treatment or services that can actually lift people out of homelessness, and transit access to those services is extremely poor. Has camping in this area actually been reduced as a result of the outsize number of these facilities?

Here's a challenge to name one other neighborhood outside of St. Johns that has had more than one of these sites opened in the last few years.

Sounds familiar

Neighborhood group rescinds support for Safe Rest Village on SW Naito The 2300 Naito Parkway Stakeholder Group said the city and county have ignored their concerns that villagers won't be subject to a background check.

Tonight’s your chance to voice your opinion and ask the mayor about his plans to relocate Hazelnut Grove to St. Johns at the Neighborhood Association Meeting.

Is he still planning to allow active addicts there? Felons?

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7:00 Call to Order and Opening Remarks- Mike Vial

7:10 Discussion and vote on SJNA Board letters to Joint Office of Homeless Services, St Johns Christian Church, Do Good Multnomah, and the St Johns Center for Opportunity

7:25 Discussion and vote on NP Joint Statement on Homelessness

7:40 Local elections candidate forum

8:30 Meeting Adjourned

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