Fantastic rally to end exclusionary zoning organized by @pnwelcome.bsky.social . Let's create an Inner Eastside with housing choices that work for everyone!

So excited to share my newest project: Transit Talks! A video series where we talk about transit on transit. I’ll be interviewing elected and other community leaders on the bus! Follow 1000 Friends on Instagram so you don’t miss out. www.instagram.com/reel/DO9K4Mi...

Join 1000 Friends' @wilsonxcassie.bsky.social who is helping kick off the @aarporegon.bsky.social Age-Friendly Oregon summit on Thursday at PSU!

We're helping the Western Farm Workers Association collect school supplies in time for the school year to start. Bring your donation to our office by August 15, and we'll make sure it's delivered to the WFWA headquarters. Drop off at: 340 SE 6th Ave. in Portland

We and our housing coalition partners Better Housing Together, Thrive Hood River, @pnwelcome.bsky.social and Central Oregon Landwatch are excited to see these four essential housing bills pass the legislature. But most of all, we want to thank you for showing up when it mattered most.

Huge news for middle housing options like fourplexes, sixplexes, and starter homes out of Oregon! Congrats to @1000oregon.bsky.social & the whole pro-housing coalition in the Beaver States!

Good news for senior housing! 1000 Friends testified in favor of HB 3589, which has passed the Legislature. This bill directs OHCS to create and implement a Senior Housing Development Initiative to incentivize housing development, with allocated funds of $23.5 million for vital senior programs.

1000 Friends is a member of the Oregon Housing Alliance, and we are sharing the Alliance's call for action to fund homelessness prevention. Please email legislative leaders today about the massive proposed cuts: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

There are only two days left to make your voice heard on the 2025 transportation package! Use the Move Oregon Forward testimony guide (link in bio) to shape your comments and advocate for transportation that works for all Oregonians. Submit by 4 p.m. on Saturday, June 14! @wilsonxcassie.bsky.social

Cassie Wilson of @1000oregon.bsky.social asks the committee to support Oregon Community Paths & EV funding through a luxury car tax, two pieces missing in the bill released Monday.

The transportation package bill is here! Now, legislators need to hear from you to support funding for safe, affordable, climate-friendly transportation. Use the testimony guide here to shape your comments. docs.google.com/document/d/1... Submit by June 14!

Join us on June 18 for a members-only legislative recap over Zoom! Our staff will share the session’s key outcomes, the bills we led, supported, and opposed – with a focus on transportation, housing, and agriculture – and get a first look at how we’ll continue this work after the session ends.

Senate Bill 100, signed into law in 1973 forever changed how we care for our land, communities, and future. For over 50 years, we’ve been the watchdog, advocate, and champion for smart, equitable land use. Support our work today to honor the past and protect the future: friends.org/donate

JOB ALERT ⚡️Are you an excellent writer, editor, and messaging guru? ⚡️Can you easily digest complex information and relay them clearly to a general audience? ⚡️Do you love Oregon and the land use planning system that makes this state so special? Apply to be our next communications manager!

Legislators are starting from a transportation package framework that falls short of what Oregonians need: fair funding, accountability, and more robust investments in safety, transit, and pollution reduction. Contact decision makers TODAY: 1000friends.secure.nonprofitsoapbox.com/transportati...

“We need revenue today for the things Oregonians explicitly asked for,” said @wilsonxcassie.bsky.social , transportation policy manager at 1000 Friends of Oregon. Read the Move Oregon Forward statement on the recently released transportation package: www.moveoregonforward.org/news/for-imm...

Celebrate active transportation and safe streets during Portland's Walk & Bike to School & Work Week celebration! May 19 at Portland City Hall. RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/walk-bike-...

Vibrant crimson clover fields are in bloom! Crimson clover is an important cover crop that replenishes nutrients in the soil. Come May, it makes the already gorgeous Oregon farmland scenery even more beautiful!

Big win for housing! All the housing bills our coalition supported have advanced to the next stage, earning bipartisan support. But we're not done yet! Next up: securing funding and final votes. Stay tuned, your voice still matters! Check out the bills we're supporting #oregon #housing

Our latest Land Use Leadership Initiative field trip took us to Hillsboro to learn about housing barriers and solutions. Thank you Washington County Commissioner Nafisa Fai, Hillsboro City Council members Kipperlyn Sinclar and Olivia Alcaire for joining us!

We're excited to launch Oregon for Everyone, a bold new initiative to support zoning, permitting, and planning solutions that allow for a range of housing options in every neighborhood. We traveled the state to find out how real housing solutions are customized and implemented in communities

We've hit the legislative session midway point, which means it's time for a mid-session transportation update with our transportation policy manager Cassie Wilson @wilsonxcassie.bsky.social Join us on April 24 for an exclusive online event!

Last week, lawmakers shared the outline for Oregon's 2025 #transportation package & it's clear they worked hard to incorporate YOUR feedback. Wanna help us ensure lawmakers actually fund these priorities? Join our Advocacy Day on April 17 (link in bio). @1000oregon.bsky.social @climatesolutions.org

Join us for the Move Oregon Forward advocacy day on April 17! Register at the link in our bio by April 7. We'll be joining our MOF coalition partners in Salem to urge legislators to support transportation options that benefit all Oregonians. #transit #publictransit #oregon

Farmers have presented the Oregon Legislature with striking examples of luxury homes replacing modest farmhouses — and they say that have jacked up prices of farm acreage out of reach. My story, with some additional examples I found (be sure to click on the links to see before and after photos):

Students interested in planning and policy: Kickstart your career in land use planning with 10 weeks of close collaboration with 1000 Friends' expert staff on projects you are passionate about! Get your applications in by March 15: friends.org/gerhardt #internship #portlandoregon

Your testimony is needed NOW! Tomorrow, March 11, the Joint Committee on Transportation will hear a bill to extend the Westside Express Service (WES) to Salem and Eugene. Use our testimony guide to write your comments and submit by 4 p.m. tomorrow: friends.org/get-involved...

Get your applications in! Our hiring team will begin reviewing candidates next week for our Oregon for Everyone Manager who will lead and launch our new Oregon For Everyone program, supporting local pro-housing movements across the state. friends.org/get-involved...

We thoroughly supported HB 2138 to open up new housing options during a press conference yesterday with @govtinakotekforor.bsky.social Thank you @pnwelcome.bsky.social Thrive Hood River, Better Housing Together, Central Oregon Landwatch, @aarporegon.bsky.social and everyone who came out to support!

Our 2025 Land Use Leadership Initiative has officially started! Since 2012, LULI has mentored more than 250 community leaders on land use in Oregon. This year, the program brings together a select group of 30 participants who will spend then next few months learning about pressing land use issues

Job alert! We're hiring a manager for our brand-new Oregon for Everyone program to support local pro-housing movements across the state. We're having an informational webinar about the position tomorrow, February 26. Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #nowhiring #nonprofitjob

The testimony window for HB 3062 ends TOMORROW, February 22. Access our testimony guide and sample language, and submit your testimony via the link in our bio!

OR enacted the first major pro-housing zoning standards in this era, with strong local leadership and statewide action working together to allow more homes. Hear from Sam Diaz & Mary Kyle McCurdy of @1000oregon.bsky.social, two of the advocates whose work is helping make change happen. Tune in! 🎙️

🧵 ACTION ALERT: We need you to testify to the House Committee on Housing and Homelessness on Monday, February 10 at 1 p.m.! Three bills have been introduced that would bypass land use laws to allow sprawl in ag and forest zones. friendsoforegon.salsalabs.org/actionalert-...

Our annual Gerhardt Internship is open for applicants! Each summer, our Gerhardt intern works closely with expert staff to gain experience and kickstart a career in land use planning and/or public service or related fields. Head to the link in our bio for more info and application instructions.