Our Neighborhoods
Every Portland neighborhood deserves to be clean, safe, and cared for. We're starting where we live: Lents.
Get Involved
Restore Portland runs on neighbors. Join a cleanup day, report illegal dumping, or help spread the word.
Our Mission
Cleanup and beautification, community safety partnerships, and infrastructure advocacy — with measurable results.
We Start With Evidence: The Lents Conditions Assessment
Before asking anyone for a dollar or an hour, we documented the problem. The Lents Conditions Assessment pairs historical street-level imagery with current conditions across Lents' key corridors — SE 82nd Avenue, SE 111th Street, and SE Foster Road — and converts what we find into specific, actionable recommendations: which blocks need cleanup, which sidewalks need advocacy, which corners need light.
One early finding: a residential stretch of SE 111th has had no sidewalks in any street imagery from 2007 to 2024 — seventeen years without basic pedestrian infrastructure. That's the kind of verifiable, fixable problem this work exists to surface.
The full assessment is updated annually, so progress — or backsliding — is a matter of public record. Full report forthcoming.
Current Project: The 111th Street Cleanup
Our first project starts close to home, in the Lents neighborhood: SE 111th Street, where illegal dumping, abandoned vehicles, and accumulated debris have degraded the corridor — and where our assessment documented the missing-sidewalk gaps described above.
| Location | SE 111th Street, Lents neighborhood, Portland, OR |
| The problem | Illegal dumping, abandoned vehicles, accumulated debris, missing sidewalks |
| Our plan | Document conditions • organize volunteer cleanup days • coordinate with the City on towing, trash removal, and lighting • track results publicly |
| Status | Organizing now — volunteers and neighbors welcome |
This is what Restore Portland is about: pick a street, do the work, show the before and after. If you live near 111th, drive it every day, or just want to help — we want to hear from you.
Our Mission
- Neighborhood cleanup and beautification. Volunteer-powered cleanups, graffiti removal, and green-up projects.
- Lawful community safety, lighting, and security partnerships. Working with neighbors and local partners to make streets safer and better lit.
- Relationships with police and emergency services. A constructive, working relationship with the people who keep us safe.
- Sidewalk-gap documentation and infrastructure advocacy. Mapping what's broken or missing — and pushing City Hall to fix it.
- Business revitalization initiatives. A healthy main street makes a healthy neighborhood. (future phase)
We build credibility the old-fashioned way: by showing up, doing visible work, and documenting real results. Cleanups first, partnerships always, and steady advocacy for the infrastructure our neighborhoods need.
Who We Are
Restore Portland was founded by three Portlanders who live in the neighborhoods we're working to restore.
| President | Jimmy |
| Secretary | Sophie |
Contact
Email us at info@restoreportland.org
Restore Portland — an Oregon nonprofit corporation in formation.
Proudly rooted in Lents, Portland, Oregon.