...honoring the interconnection of human communities and the natural world

All of our projects are almost completely all-volunteer efforts, made possible by the contributions of hundreds of volunteer coordinators and generous supporters. Please contact us if you’d like to help out with your time or a donation!

Go to VBC's webpage

The VBC is a 10-day event held every May, where a convergence of citizens, natural builders and activists come together to help neighborhoods design and build their own community amenities.

Working together, we can turn our neighborhoods into Villages - one workparty at a time!

www.depave.org

City Repair is excited to announce the launch of a new project called Depave. The goal of Depave is to promote the removal of unnecessary concrete and asphalt from our urban areas. The removal of impervious pavements will reduce stormwater runoff pollution of our rivers, and increase the amount of land available for habitat restoration, urban farming, trees, native vegetation, and beauty in urban areas. Depave hopes to inspire, educate, and assist through hands-on workshops, demonstration projects, and the dynamic website.

If you would like to participate in this movement to convert parking lots to paradise, contact Arif at info [at] depave [dot] org . Also, if you have successfully depaved any portion of your property, we’d love to feature your inspirational before and after images on the website.

Click here for Earth Day's main page

This celebration of local culture, local business and local initiative year’s attracts over 4,000 participants annually - and it’s all organized by community volunteers!

Join in the morning of neighborhood service projects and then come to the Celebration for live bands, alternative vehicles, green vendors, activists, workshops, and the T-Palas.

What defines your neighborhood? Do you know the people who live in it with you? Intersection Repair helps neighbors convert street intersections into public gathering places – the most essential part of your neighborhood for community building. ...more

**City Riparian**

City Riparian engages neighbors in a collective process to design and install forest gardens and other permaculturally-informed landscapes in the commons. In doing so, they will incubate both social and natural capital, furthering their connection to each other and their place.

From the Albina Triangle Project in North Portland to the Bay City (Oregon) Vision Plan community design initiative, our Placemaking Facilitation projects aim to empower citizens to creatively transform the places where they live. ...more

The T-Horse is a mobile tea house, public square and potluck activator that reminds us what we’re missing without local public gathering places, and demonstrates how a space can be transformed into a place. Always free hot tea and homemade chai! ...more

City Repair facilitates big community potlucks throughout the city, open to all. It’s a way for us to socially connect with old and new friends – and to share some great food and desserts! Visit our News Page for the next day and location. The Word

Organize your own Community Potluck
The Community Dinner Project : Community Dinner

Our T-Palas ephemeral tea house is now a permanent project at Oregon Country Fair, the famous three-day temporary eco-village and sustainability celebration that attracts over 30,000 people a year. ...more

SHIFT is a bicycle activism group working to express Portland’s creative bike culture and highlight bicycling’s positive contributions to the community. Activities include social rides, educational bike tours, actions to raise awareness about cyclist injuries or deaths, information-sharing events, art-bike parades and more. City Repair is providing fiscal sponsorship and technical assistance to this project.

A non-profit neighborhood bike shop and learning center, North Portland BikeWorks is collectively run and provides information, resources and skill sharing programs advocating the use of environmentally sustainable, self-reliant transportation in one of Portland’s most disadvantaged neighborhoods. City Repair provided fiscal sponsorship and technical assistance for this project, which is now its own 501©3.

A semi-permanent public gathering place and time sculpture that was installed in Couch Park, Babyhenge was developed and built by students at Portland's Metropolitan Learning Center in a class on Cultural Sustainability. City Repair assisted with design, project facilitation, and construction.

Dignity Village is an intentional community of Portland homeless people creating their own alternative to the shelter system. City Repair has provided assistance on design and permitting.

communitecture is an architectural design firm that provides the architectural and technical expertise for many of our projects. Our collaborative work explores culturally-focused and participation-based creative processes.