Harrison Community Village Shelter Preview April 24 On Friday, April 24th, Multnomah County’s Homeless Service Department (HSD) and site operator Do Good Multnomah invite the public to preview Harrison Community Village Shelter from 2 to 4 p.m. The newly completed sober-shelter site at 1818 SE…

Fire at Youth Recover Center Under Construction An overnight fire at the youth-focused 4D Recovery center off NE 100th Avenue will likely delay construction timelines for the currently unoccupied facility. The nonprofit organization bought the 1980-era office building at 180 NE 100th Avenue in…

Tool Building Readying for Tenants The owners of the single-story Tool Building at 7131 NE Glisan Street are working behind the decoratively painted window coverings to create seven to eight divided spaces for future tenants. With the help of listing agent JJ Hewitt, they are seeking creative…

Affordable Housing Rising Above Methodist Church Recently, the members of Montavilla United Methodist Church voted to demolish all their buildings at 232 SE 80th Avenue to create three stories of affordable housing above a new ground-level worship space that will also share resources with support…

Historic Fight for a Montavilla Fire Station On April 30, 1913, Montavilla residents gathered at the northeast corner of Burnside and 82nd Avenue to attend the grand opening of Fire Station No. 27. For years, the community had fought for professional fire protection. At last, it had arrived.…

Where Will Montavilla Farmers Market Go? Montavilla Farmers Market (MFM) is examining relocation options ahead of a land sale that could displace the nearly two-decade-old neighborhood icon. In October of 2024, the owners of the 0.84-acre lot at 7700 SE Stark Street informed the operators of the…

Advocating for a Jade District Park In July 2025, Oregon Metro purchased a 1.46-acre property at the intersection of SE 90th Place and SE 89th Avenue for planned Transit-Oriented Development (TOD). For over a decade, community advocates have envisioned the large, sloped property as a neighborhood…

2026 Transit Driver Appreciation Day March 18 TriMet will observe this year's Transit Driver Appreciation Day on March 18th. For over a decade, the municipal transportation corporation has used this day to invite its users to thank those who keep the system moving. If riding on public…

Reining in Chronic Nuisance Properties Portland City Councilor Steve Novick wants to amend a 1992 chronic nuisance property ordinance to lessen the threshold for triggering mandated remedies. He is proposing these changes with the intent of reducing the impact on afflicted neighborhoods from human…

VOA Oregon’s 130 Year Celebration Kicks Off Montavilla Campus Fundraising On Thursday evening, March 12th, supporters and guests of Volunteers of America Oregon gathered near the Convention Center to celebrate the family safety, substance use treatment, behavioral health, and post-criminal justice…

TriMet 19 Bus Line Likely Saved from Cost Cuts At the beginning of the year, TriMet announced a series of proposed cost-cutting measures planned for August and asked for rider feedback via an online survey. Those early cost-saving adjustments would have eliminated the Line 19 Bus route, among…

Months of Roadwork Begins on NE Glisan In early March, crews with the Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) started preparing underground infrastructure ahead of updating sidewalk corners along NE Glisan Street as part of the planned NE Glisan Pave and Paint Project. The updates will use the…

Meals on Wheels People’s Eastside Hub Across from Eastgate Plaza, the Meals on Wheels People nonprofit is transforming a full block frontage at 4035 SE 82nd Avenue into an East Portland food distribution hub and resiliency center for a community that depends on their system for regular sustenance.…

House and Two ADU Condo on NE Multnomah A novel condo project is nearing completion at 6909 NE Multnomah Street, where developer Neil Heller added two Accessory Dwelling Units (ADU) next to a 1,234 square foot 1951-era home. This approach seems similar to other infill housing projects, but its…

District 3 Transportation Funding Open House On Wednesday night, February 25th, community members and City representatives gathered in the cafeteria at Atkinson Elementary School for District 3's local transportation funding open house. This is one in a series of four in-person events led by the…

Montavilla History Questions Answered: Montavilla’s First Black Church Q – What Was Montavilla’s First Black Church? A – The Sunday edition of the May 7th, 1916, Oregonian, announced the formation of a Black church in Montavilla. By this time, the Black population of Montavilla had grown from only…

Secret Sauna is Social in Montavilla Secret Sauna: The name is intriguing right off the bat. So what is it? It’s literally a sauna parked on the patio behind Montavilla’s Replicant Wine Bar (shared by Mudd Works Cafe in the mornings). It offers a place to relax, enjoy some drinks and food, sit…

Harrison Community Village Shelter Public Meeting Feb 26 As the Multnomah County Homeless Services Department (HSD) readies the Harrison Community Village Shelter at 1818 SE 82nd Avenue for future residents, they invite people to attend a Public Meeting on February 26th. Nonprofit provider Do Good…

Montavilla History Questions Answered:Academy Theater Part 2 Montavilla’s Academy Theater had been in business since 1948, when, in 1966, it faced a new challenge: the Eastgate Cinema opened at SE 82nd and Harrison, just a few blocks away. The Eastgate, created by the future movie mogul, Tom Moyer…

Zwickelmania Brewery Shuttle Service Loops Through Montavilla on Feb 21st On February 21st, Zwickelmania returns to Oregon, with two of Montavilla's breweries joining more than 55 other craft beer makers from across the state. Host businesses offer attendees Zwickel tasting pours from the…

Four Townhomes on E Burnside Street Work is underway on four townhomes at 8426 E Burnside Street, built in clusters of two massings joined by a common trash room. The project is occupying a previously undeveloped parcel that once served as the extended yard of the adjacent home to the west of the…

Two-month Westbound NE Halsey Detour at I-84 Starting Monday, February 16th, westbound motorists on NE Halsey Street need to take a detour to NE 82nd Avenue during the next two months of construction on a new mini-roundabout. Eastbound travelers should not experience any significant disruption,…

TriMet Moves Forward with Nearly 7 Miles of Transit-Priority Lanes on 82nd Ave On Friday, February 13th, TriMet leadership instructed the 82nd Avenue Transit Project designers to work toward creating 7 miles of Business Access and Transit (BAT) lanes along most of Portland's portion of 82nd…

Sixteen Detached Homes Complete on East Burnside Recently, crews completed paving work on the NE 92nd Place-94th Avenue Alley off East Burnside Street, leading to 16 new two-story homes. Each of the back 15 units has attached garages, and the front home features a wide parking pad. This…

Parking Protected Bike Lanes on SE Washington At the end of January, crews working with the Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) completed the installation of slightly raised concrete separators for the newly created parking-buffered bike lane on the south side of SE Washington Street. This…

Montavilla History Questions Answered:Academy Theater Part 1 I think most would agree that the Academy Theater on SE Stark is one of Montavilla’s most outstanding historical buildings. When it opened in 1948, it could claim to be the most modern building on Montavilla’s main street. How it came to…

Home with ADU Sprouting Up Along New Sidewalk Crews recently built the foundation for a new home and attached Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) at 2701 SE 85th Avenue and will soon begin framing on the three-story structure. This lot has remained vacant since the previous property owner demolished the…

Rosa Parks Birthday Free Transit Feb 4 TriMet will honor Rosa Parks with free rides for all passengers this Wednesday, February 4th. Transit operators will suspend fare collection on that day until 2 a.m. February 5th. Portland Streetcar and C-TRAN operators will also offer rides without cost in…

Pavement Repairs on SE 85th Part of Sidewalk Infill On January 27th, contractors working with the Portland Bureau of Transportation laid new asphalt along a segment of SE 85th Avenue behind the Fubonn Shopping Center, temporarily closing the street to through traffic. This work is part of the Jade…

Crews Complete 1st Half of NE Halsey Mini-roundabout Crews recently completed half of a new mini-roundabout along NE Halsey Street as they work to reopen NE 80th and NE 81st Avenues to car traffic. Contractors working with the Portland Bureau of Transportation installed underground stormwater…

TESO Life Store Opening on SE Washington Jan 31st TESO Life will open its first Portland location at 10548 SE Washington Street next Saturday, January 31st. The Asian household goods seller took over the 23,200-square-foot storefront left vacant by Big Lots four years ago at Plaza 205. The…

Chick-fil-A Opens on SE Stark Street On January 22nd, Portland's first free-standing Chick-fil-A restaurant opened in the Gateway district across from Mall 205. The store is unique in several ways from the other locations in the outer Portland area. It has a larger kitchen than most stores, a…

Reconstructed Sidewalk Corners Planned on NE Glisan Crews working with the Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) will update sidewalk corners along NE Glisan Street as part of the planned NE Glisan Pave and Paint Project, which will use pavement maintenance to restripe and reconfigure the…

SE 82nd Ave Food Cart Pod’s Construction Uncertain After Property Listed for Sale The owners of two lots along 82nd Avenue at SE Ash Street have their property listed for lease or sale after years of trying to make a food cart pod project pencil out in that location. B&U Properties LLC acquired…

Montavilla History Questions Answered: Horse Ringbolts Q – What are the metal rings in old Montavilla curbs? A – Ringbolts, as these were originally called, were placed in Portland sidewalk curbs in the early 20th century as hitches for horses to stop them from running off. Individual horse owners…

Cascade Physical Therapy New Owners Reunify Locations Cascade Physical Therapy recently repurchased its former Montavilla location at 9310 SE Stark Street, an establishment that the previous owners split off from their Gresham-based company two decades ago. New owners, Dr. Liz Reynolds and Erika…

Proposed TriMet Cuts Could Abandon a Century-Old Transit Corridor Recently, TriMet announced a series of proposed cost-cutting measures planned for this August. Elimination of the Line 19 Bus route is among the possible reductions, and its closure would end NE Glisan Street's century-long run as…

New Pedestrian Infrastructure Opens Around Chick-fil-A As Portland's first free-standing Chick-fil-A restaurant prepares to open in early 2026, pedestrians traveling around the Mall 205 area in the Gateway district gain access to wider sidewalks with street furniture offering places to rest.…

Housing Authority Selling Former Community Living and Support Home Home Forward, Portland’s housing authority, is selling a 3,880-square-foot group home in Montavilla as it anticipates a $35 million budget shortfall in 2026. The 1999-built facility at 9350 SE Taylor Street last served as a…

Top Articles of 2025 With 2025 officially closed, here is a look back at the top stories readers viewed and shared in the past year. Many of the most visited articles center on the Gateway area with the opening of Portland’s first 99 Ranch Market on August 16th and the construction of Portland’s…

A Sober Ride Home to Start 2026 TriMet will once again offer fare-free transportation for revelers heading out to celebrate the end of the year and will help get them home safe, thanks to sponsorship from Oregonians Credit Union. Starting at 8 p.m. on New Year’s Eve, all MAX and bus trips are free…

Drones not Fireworks this New Years Despite the damp winter conditions, the use of personal fireworks remains illegal in Portland, as it has since the City Council passed an ordinance in March 2022. This New Year's Eve, Portland Fire and Rescue (PF&R) and the Portland Bureau of Emergency…

Three 82nd Ave Car Lots Empty at the End of 2025 Three Montavilla car lots sit empty along 82nd Avenue at the end of 2025, marking a shift in an area known as Portland's used car destination for budget-conscious buyers. It is not uncommon for locations to change tenants and for lots to relocate…

Groundwater Activated in Response to Turbidity from Heavy Rain On December 19th, Portland Water Bureau (PWB) announced a complete switch to groundwater from Portland's Columbia South Shore Well Field in response to higher amounts of organic material suspended in the Bull Run Watershed after this…

Transit Impact on Recreational and Historic Areas Survey As part of the 82nd Avenue Transit Project currently under development, Oregon Metro and TriMet have launched a survey to gauge the impact of station construction on recreational and historic areas along the planned Bus Rapid Transit route.…

City-Sponsored Sidewalk Cleaning Along Business Corridors Cleanup crews from Central City Concern (CCC) began providing basic sidewalk cleaning services in Montavilla's major business corridors in October. The Public Environment Management Office (PEMO), part of Portland Solutions, contracted with…

City Gravel Street Service Returns to Montavilla Starting in the middle of December, Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) maintenance crews will return to the Montavilla area to grade and re-gravel unpaved residential streets as part of the City’s Gravel Street Service enacted in 2018. The…

Montavilla History Questions Answered: Bicycle Usage in Early Years Q – Was cycling popular in Montavilla's early years? A – Soon after the invention of the modern two-wheeler, the bicycle craze swept the country. It reached its peak in the 1890s and early 20th century. In Montavilla, there were…

Sadie Vet Expanding into Former Union Rose Storefront Sadie Veterinary Urgent Care at 8037 SE Stark Street will expand into the adjacent storefront that most recently hosted Union Rose before it relocated to the Plural Collective in Sellwood. Pending building permit approval, renovation work on…

NE Halsey Roundabout Construction Crews began work at the site of a new mini-roundabout along NE Halsey Street on Monday, December 8th, blocking NE 80th and NE 81st Avenues to car traffic. NE Halsey remains open for east-west through traffic, with some delays while flaggers pause vehicle flow to…