AREAS OF Focus
A Strong Foundation for a More Vibrant Community
Our community group is on a mission to enhance the quality of life in our neighborhood of Lents. We focus on ensuring safety and security, promoting health and sanitation, advocating for homeowners’ rights, and fostering sustainable solutions to the impacts of homelessness. Together, these pillars provide a balanced approach to addressing the challenges we face while working toward a cleaner and safer community for everyone.
Safety & Security
Prioritizing safety so residents feel secure in their homes and public spaces.
Health & Sanitation
Promoting dignified living conditions and protecting public health.
Advocacy for Homeowners’ Rights
Ensuring that homeowners’ rights are upheld and protected.
Community Solutions
Promoting sustainable solutions to homelessness that benefit both housed and unhoused individuals.
GALLERY
Impact of the Homeless Crisis
Our gallery showcases the profound challenges residents have endured over the past four years as the homeless crisis escalated in their neighborhoods. From encampments and hazardous conditions to rising crime and blocked sidewalks, these images reveal the severe impact on families and communities.
EVENTS & PROJECTS
Our Recent Actions
We are taking action to create a cleaner, safer neighborhood by improving sanitation, reducing crime, and fostering community collaboration.
Lents Pathway Beautification Cleanup Event
On Saturday, September 21 we helped clean up the Steele Street Pedestrian bridge, multiuse path, and surrounding pathways and areas.
Join our action group!
You can make a difference.
Blog
Recent News and Articles
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12 Minutes of Clean Streets
In Portland’s Lents neighborhood, families continue to face dangerous and frustrating conditions due to the…
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Open Letter to Major Wheeler and the City Council
Mayor Wheeler & City Officials, I am writing to express my deep concern over the…
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Lents Pathways Beautification Cleanup Event
Are you passionate about keeping our community vibrant, clean, and welcoming? Lents 96 Action Group…
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