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Village Building Convergence (VBC) 2024 Outline


  • The City Repair Project 1421 Southeast Division Street Portland, OR, 97202 United States (map)

Join us June 15 – 22 as we kick off Spark the Village with eight days of workshops, placemaking, presentations, and community building in Portland, Oregon. This event is free, but your kind donations are also very much appreciated. The event schedule is listed below, with some events that must be individually RSVP’d for. Please read through this page, if there is something in particular that you’d like to attend and requires an RSVP.

*Please note that some events will require separate RSVPs!

Additionally, we are seeking volunteers for VBC 2024. This city-wide barn raising is only possible through collective action! Please consider signing up to help build vibrant hubs of connection and expression!

Self-guided Scavenger Hunt! 10 Sites around Portland

This is going on all week long — collect grounding stones around Portland and win a prize!

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Thursday June 20, 2024 

Village Green Living Roof Project (Day 2)

10:00am - 6:00pm @ Green Anchors — 8940 North Bradford St

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Rosewood Community Hub Food Forest

11:00am - 2pm @ The Rosewood Initiative — 14127 SE Stark St

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Urban Food Forest Landscape Workshop & Installation

3:00pm - 5:30pm @ City Repair — 1421 SE Division St

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Movie Night — Terra

6:15pm - 8:30pm @ Catlin Gable School — 8825 Southwest Barnes Road Portland, OR 97225

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Friday June 21, 2024

PLACEMAKING DESIGN-BUILD Workshop with City Repair

10:00am - 6:00pm @ Rebuilding Center — 3625 N Mississippi Ave

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Kindness Farm FOOD FOREST WORK PARTY

9:00am - 12:00pm @ Kindness Farm — 7101 SE 127th Ave

SUMMER Solstice GIFT FAIRE

Noon - 10:00pm @ Kindness Farm — 7101 SE 127th Ave

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Saturday June 22, 2024

Cully Chalk Art Ideation & T-Horse!

10:00am - 12:00pm @ Cully Neighborhood — 6025 NE Prescott St and the T-Horse at Grace Presbyterian

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Concordia Commons Street Mural Painting

10:00 am – 3:00pm @ Concordia Commons - NE 30th Ave and NE Killingsworth St.

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Portland Grief House Memorial Raingarden

9:00am - 5:00pm @ 7906 N Fessenden St

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PAPERCRETE WORKSHOP in Cully

3:00pm - 6:00pm @ Cully Neighborhood — near 57th Ave and NE Killingsworth

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Closing Party in Cully

4:00pm - 8:00pm @ Cully Neighborhood — near 57th Ave and NE Killingsworth

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