Announcing the March 2026 Awesome Portland People's Choice Winner: The Porch Commons It started with a simple question at a bus stop. "What would you say yes to?" From there it has grown into a tool library, common space, coffee, and dog-rating scale. peerysloan.com/the-porch-co...

Announcing the March 2026 Awesome Portland grant winner: The Bigfoot Poetry Festival! A three-day festival in downtown Portland, showcasing the city and featuring open mics, a poetry slam, workshops, and showcases. Coming this summer! www.awesomefoundation.org/en/projects/...

Announcing our March 2025 winner! www.awesomefoundation.org/en/projects/... Improving the biography section at a local Portland school, where the student body is very diverse and the books in their library are not. Our team was touched by our own experiences with seeing representation.

We had a great trustee meeting last night to pick finalists from our many applicants. We're going to talk to them next week and select our winner for March!

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