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#Hashtags This year, we are encouraging you to take photos, videos, and write about the sites that you visit. Upon doing so, please upload them to social media like twitter, facebook, and instagram. By using hashtags, anyone can find what you have shared, and we all benefit! A hashtag is a word with the number sign in front of it. Its simple. Just submit the content or photo, and put the hashtag somewhere There are three types hashtags we are using # vbc13 #]neighborhood[ #]placemakingtype[ So an example would be: The Sunnyside Piazza is amazing! The design is beautiful and people young and old were getting involved. #vbc13 #sunnyside #intersectionpainting of

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VILLAGE BUILDING CONVERGENCE

About

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City Repairs 13th Annual VillageBuildingConvergence is taking place this year from May 24th to June 2nd, with nearly 30 placemaking sites all over the city. We will come together to create benches, community kiosks, gardens, street paintings, tile mosaics, and more! Come join your neighbors as they bring to life the natural building, permaculture, and public art projects that theyve been planning for the last 4 months. Volunteer at sites during the day, and in the evening, gather at our central venue at 126 NE Alberta Street for a healthy dinner, inspiring presentations from renowned activists, and musical performances to celebrate all that weve accomplished together. Learn valuable skills for urban sustainability and social regeneration while celebrating the creativity and diversity of our wonderful city

Theme: Urban Succession: Shift & Sprout For VBC12 the Theme Roots of Regeneration inspired us to dream big while also being reflective, recognizing that we can go anywhere in the future, but that we also have much to learn from our past. The theme for this year's Village Building Convergence is "Urban Succession: Shift & Sprout!" We like this theme a great deal for several exciting reasons. First, we are using a key permaculture principle that calls us to align our ideas and actions with succession in order to successfully guide our own processes of growth and change. This simply means that we should work with the inherent tendency of growth and change to occur in cycles over time. Working with succession helps us to know that, in the first place, we can just start. We begin with who and what we know, what we have to work with, and the energy we have to start, and it can be enough to get that amount done. Succession helps us know that after we start, we can then build on our success in next stages as we make new friends, acquire new lessons, and then build upon what we have accomplished in each successive cycle until we arrive at our goals, getting stronger and more effective with each cycle The rest of the theme of this year's VBC, to "Shift & Sprout!" refers to bicycle culture as well as growth and change, and of course the crucial importance of urban agriculture and local food systems for any sustainable cultural basis to emerge 4

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If we could think locally, we would take better care of things than we do now. The right local questions and answers will be the right global ones. The Amish question, What will this do for our community? tends toward the right answer for the world. ~ Wendell Berry

Placemaking inspires creativity. As an organizing team, VBC hopes to create beautiful places where people can thrive. Inherently, architecture, landscape, and nourishment are interconnected and all needs are met for all life on Earth. We envision these places to be reflective of participatory, ecologically resilient communities. This year, nearly 30 communities have prepared for these ten days of VBC and are excited to share their vision and work their ideas into reality! The results of these community projects over the last seventeen years has made City Repair internationally recognized for doing the most sustainable work in cities. Our stories have reached through our bioregion and beyond, traveling like spores and mycelium in the undergrowth and inspiring positive change in literally hundreds of other places globally In the daytime of VBC, we engage in a world which cultivates our integrity, resiliency, and personal development through our deep interdependence with the physical world. The expression of public art, access to sustainable technology, natural building construction, ecological gardening, regenerative restoration, and public art is profound work. Socially, it provides an opportunity for collaborative decision making, conflict resolution, creative problem solving, and enhancement of local culture This culture stands out on a basis of connection rather than isolation and independence. For most in the United States, community is hard to find because we are told we need to purchase the foundations of our lives, instead of meeting our needs through personal relationships. Its hard to build community when the sense is what we need is lots of money and we shouldnt need each other. Yet, we desperately do need each other, not only for our own emotional and spiritual well-being, but in serious need to heal the Earth. We are not meant to be good at everything, and we cannot undertake environmental stewardship alone You will see a wide representation of community needs being creatively responded to in the following pages. These projects are collaboratively imagined, designed, built, and maintained by the communities themselves. VBC folk are teachers, inspirerers, connect-the-dots-ers, and a support structure. Together, we have co-created projects and a journey of Identity. What are our individual roles in all of this? How do we fit into applying our skills to benefit all? The idea is to honor everyones gifts, and challenge ourselves to remember that our world is beautiful, already full of creative power and magic that just needs to be allowed .to flow So when were asked how something amazing like this can happen in other cities, or what a sustainable culture will look like, the answer is never going to be Like Portland. You can see even on our city-scale, all of the projects are different. There is never a design that is a copy, and no project is absent of its own unique

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process. The same is true of any Place. A sustainable culture is one of participation, expression, diversity, and empowerment for all, and that means it will look different wherever you go! You will know these Places because they will have more carefulness to the air, you will feel involved in its presence, and appreciated for the gifts you have brought to this lifetime, and it will always be a reflection of the landscape in which we are a part. Itll always be hard work, too. Sustainability and community are not easy things. But it is good work

Most importantly, it will always be pretty magical. And fun! Placemaking transforms the world in a more profound ripple effect than any one of us can see alone. When we come together for meals in the evening, we share experiences with each other and change the world by just Being ourselves, honest to our story and excited by what we have to offer

CITY REPAIR

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City Repair is an organized group action that educates and inspires communities and individuals to creatively transform the places where they live. City Repair facilitates artistic and ecologically-oriented placemaking through projects that honor the interconnection of human communities and the natural world. The many projects of City Repair have been accomplished by a mostly volunteer staff and thousands of volunteer citizen activists

City Repair began in Portland, Oregon with the idea that localization - of culture, of economy, of decision-making - is a necessary foundation of sustainability. By reclaiming urban spaces to create community-oriented places, we plant the seeds for greater neighborhood communication, empower our communities and nurture our local culture. Throughout the year we educate the community with workshops on all forms of sustainability. As an almost entirely volunteer-driven nonprofit organization, we rely solely on the support of our community. Please consider donating to help ensure our vision becomes a reality PlaceMaking PlaceMaking is a multi-layered process within which citizens foster active, engaged relationships to the space which they inhabit, the landscapes of their lives, and shape those spaces in a way which creates a sense of communal stewardship and lived connection. This is most often accomplished through a creative reclamation of public space: projects which take the form of benches on street corners where neighbors can sit, rest and talk with each other, kiosks on sidewalks where neighbors can post information about local events, needs and resources and street paintings in the public right-of-way that demonstrate to all who pass through that this is a Place: inhabited, known and loved by its residents. In all instances, these projects are undertaken by local communities who come together to discuss what it is they want in their neighborhood and how the community can work together with the resources they have to create their own place The essence of Natural Building lies in its inherent emphasis on environmental preservation and social sustainability. Natural building is a method of construction based in using minimally processed, natural materials that are available locally. The techniques for most natural building methods reflect the materials themselves in that they are simple, low-tech Permaculture is the conscious design of sustainable human settlements. It is also about being local: shepherding the resources that enter a place; keeping them cycling within the system, be it backyard, neighborhood, or bioregion; and creating beneficial connections between each part. Community and a sense of place can only be created by the people who dwell together and who have real stake in creating a home Public Art in our neighborhoods can also create a strong sense of place, whether it is a mural, a sculpture, temporary art such as chalk drawings or functional art pieces like benches or lampposts. Public art presents an opportunity for a neighborhood to tell its history, express local culture and have a fun project for anyone to get involved 8

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SPONSORS
Portland Bureau of Transportation
The City of Portland Bureau of Transportation is a community partner in shaping a livable city. We plan, build, manage and maintain an effective and safe transportation system that provides people and businesses access and mobility. We keep Portland moving. Portland stands as a national leader in innovative transportation solutions. Planning and constructing solutions to meet the demands of a growing city and region, while maintaining our economic vitality and neighborhood character, requires Transportation to leverage its limited resources. Stewardship of Portlands mobility and livability is our primary responsibility

Bureau of Planning and Sustainability

The Portland Bureau of Planning and Sustainability (BPS) promotes integrated land use planning and development based on sustainability principles and practices. BPS also develops and implements policies and programs that provide environmental, economic and social benefits to residents, businesses and government, which strengthen Portlands position as an international model of sustainable practices and commerce

Miller Paint
Miller Paint has been making the best paint in the Northwest since 1890. We have 50 stores throughout Oregon and Washington. Our employee owners have the knowledge and experience to help you complete you project with ease. Come in to a Miller Paint store to find great locally made products that are backed with exceptional customer service

City Repair

City Repair is an organized group action that educates and inspires communities and individuals to creatively transform the places where they live. City Repair facilitates artistic and ecologically-oriented placemaking through projects that honor the interconnection of human communities and the natural world. The many projects of City Repair have been accomplished by a

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Hankins Hardware
Located at 1720 Southeast Hawthorne Blvd. We are your locally owned hardware store providing you with the expert advice and products you need for a great shopping experience, Electrical & Lighting Supplies, Plumbing Tools & Repair Parts, Hand & Power Tools, Lawn & Garden Tools and Decor and Paint Shop. We are proud to support the VBC and the community placemaking sites

Portland Metro
Open spaces, waste and recycling, transit infrastructure, and so much more! Metro crosses city limits and county lines to work with communities in creating a vibrant and sustainable region for all. Through shared values of public service, excellence, teamwork, sustainability, innovation and respect, Metro employees serve the region in a variety of roles from economists to park rangers, cartographers to zookeepers, and recycling specialists to theater ushers

M Realty
M Realty is powered partly by Eric Steindler, one of the main visionaries of City Repair since as far back as 1998 when he fed hundreds and hundreds at the Hands Around Portland that year. He was also an integral part of producing the Earth Day village Celebration until about 2006. Eric also coordinates the HOWL Halloween Party, City Repairs biggest annual fund raising event. At M Realty he does an amazing job of bringing people and their dreams of finding an awesome place to live together, and everyone has a great time in the process. Call Eric to find out more

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KBOO is a non-profit, listener-funded FM community radio station broadcasting from Portland, Oregon. The stations mission is to serve groups in its listening area who are underrepresented on other local radio stations and to provide access to the airwaves for people who have unconventional or controversial tastes and points of view. It broadcasts 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and has been on the air since 1968

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Peoples Food Co-op
Peoples Food Co-op is a community-owned natural foods store. We provide the best, most wholesome food available while building community and a sustainable local economy, and promoting healthy connections to our bioregion and the earth. We believe in safe, sustainable growing and manufacturing practices. When you shop at the co-op you join us in supporting local farmers, producers, craftspeople. We realize these goals through conscious product selection, mindful business practices, and the fulfillment of cooperative principles

Rebuilding Center
The ReBuilding Center, a project of Our United Villages, is a vibrant resource working to strengthen the environmental, economic, and social fabric of local communities. Founded by volunteers in 1998, The ReBuilding Center carries the regions largest volume of used building and remodeling materials. It provides resources that make home repairs affordable to everyone, with the goal of promoting the reuse of salvaged and reclaimed materials

Bureau of Environmental Services

The Bureau of Environmental Services serves the Portland community by protecting public health, water quality and the environment. We protect the quality of surface and ground waters and conduct activities that promote healthy ecosystems in our watersheds. We provide sewage and stormwater collection and treatment services to accommodate Portlands current and future needs

Communitecture
We design beautiful and sustainable places that bring people together in community. With an approach that explores new creative territories, we remain as accessible as possible. We are absolutely committed to sustainability, while respecting the needs and priorities of all the individuals, families, and communities with whom we work and play 12

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CENTRAL VENUE Alberta Abbey pg. 17 18 19 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 45 46 48 49 NORTH Sedro-Gilbert Attunement Center Piazza di Wilbur NORTHEAST Rabbit Hill Dignity Village NE 8th & Holland Fernhill Creative Learning Community NE Going St Tillamook & Rodney B HEArts Sunshine Dairy SOUTHEAST SE 16th & Ash Buckman Community Dharma Rain Zen Center Sunnsyside Piazza Tulip Tree Kailash Eco Village - 37th & Cora Schiller Farm Eco Village Wild Lilac Child Development Community 130th & Ramona 37th Ave. Community Garden Jeans Farm - Learning Gardens Institute Planet Repair Institute Share-it Square PDX Harp SOUTHWEST Cohousing Open House Portland State University NORTHWEST Right 2 Dream Too VANCOUVER Vancouver Greenhouse 126 NE Alberta St N. Gilbert Ave. & N Sedro St 1722-N. Blandena St N. Wilbur Ave. & N. Holman St NE Rodney & NE Baldwin 9401-NE Sunderland NE 8th & Holland St 6420-NE 42nd Ave NE Going St. & NE 6th Ave NE Rodney Ave. & NE Tillamook St 3527-NE 67th Ave NE 20th Avenue & Pacific St SE 16th Ave. & SE Ash St 1507-SE Alder St 2514-SE Madison St SE 33rd Avenue & Yamhill St 2811-SE 52nd Ave 4311-SE 37th Ave 5310-SE Schiller St 3839-SE 74th Ave SE Ramona & 130th Place SE 37th Avenue & SE Bybee Blvd 3707-SE Johnson Creek 8512-SE 8th SE Sherrett Street & 9th Ave 1611-SE Bybee Blvd 4377-SW 94th Ave 1825-SW Broadway NW 4th & NW Burnside 13405-SE 7th St. Vancouver, WA

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SEDRO-GILBERT INTERSECTION REPAIR

LOCATION
N. Gilbert Ave and N. Sedro St. #STJOHNS

CONTACT

Tony Zagelow 503.310.2135 ajzagelow@gmail.com

SCHEDULE
May 24th (Friday) Afternoon / Evening: Clean intersection and set up for painting The Gilbert / Sedro T-intersection project is only a few blocks from Roosevelt High School, approximately half way between North Lombard Street & Columbia Avenue. Our intersection is a thoroughfare for bicyclists and pedestrians alike that are making their way to and from the high school, shopping, dining or to catch one of the many bus lines that serve St. Johns. May 25th (Saturday) Late Morning - Afternoon: Intersection painting / Late Afternoon: clean up May 26th (Sunday) Play All Day Back up date in the case of rain May 31st (Friday) Afternoon / Evening: Clean intersection and set up for painting

June 1st (Saturday) Late Morning - Afternoon: This is our second year painting our Intersection painting / Late Afternoon: clean up intersection and we anticipate a large turn out as last year. We have plans to June 2nd (Sunday) Play All Day add a cobb garbage can, bench, planter boxes, bird houses and whatever else On Friday there will be snacks and tea served from the we can think up! Our vision is to enhance Tea Bug and on Saturday we are planning a potluck the charm of our neighborhood and to style lunch/dinner. We will be dancing all throughout the encourage respectful engaging interaction weekend! between our residents and to inspire all who pass through our space. Our street graphic is inspired by the Tree of Life which stands for many things but definitely includes Love, Hope, Dreams, Smiles, Laughter, Family, Memories, Community In helping us plant this graphic seed of life you will be part of a much larger movement that is transforming our neighborhoods into diverse, rich sources of connection and support. 17

PIAZZA DI WILBUR
LOCATION
N. Wilbur Ave. and N. Holman St. #ARBORLODGE

CONTACT

Brad Clark WilburPiazza@gmail.com

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Sunday, June 2 10am till Finish! Our intersection painting project grew out of a renewed sense of connection and community building in our neighborhood. After a hiatus of over 10 years, we decided to revive our block party so we could all get reacquainted. We had wonderful food, good music and conversations lasting into the evening. Our design incorporates the theme of connection to each other, to our community and to the natural world, reflecting the activity of individuals and growing families in the life of the neighborhood. Located in Arbor Lodge, our design depicts four trees, one extending into each of the four streets, marking the compass directions and seasons of the year. The roots of the trees converge, and form a circular labyrinth at the intersection itself. Our vision is to create a community space to support meeting, talking, walking and engaging with one another and our vibrant and changing neighborhood. Street painting creates a fun work of art, but its really about building community, and spending a fun day with friends and neighbors. This year well be giving our intersection a good cleaning and a second coat. Well have tasty food and drinks for all our painters, music and a great time celebrating Piazza di Wilbur! Come join us!

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ATTUNEMENT CENTER
LOCATION
1732 N. Blandena St. #OVERLOOK

CONTACT

Joelle Budinich 503.548.8250 guesthaus@attunementcenter.com

Attunement Center is an urban permaculture homestead guesthaus that hosts sustainably minded travelers with the intention of inspiring guests to take home new ideas and living practices from their experience here. The landscape is all edible and medicinal, complete with a flock of nine chickens and colony of honey bees. This years main project will be to build a small natural pool/pond, filtered with aquatic plants (incorporating as many perennial vegetables as possible!). The water will cascade down a flow form waterfall creating a tranquil soundscape to relax to from the kiwi trellised hammock haven (and anywhere else in the space!!) Flow forms re-create the organic patterns of how water naturally flows from the earth, re-structuring it on a molecular level. In addition to the pond, the groundwork for the outside community kitchen patio will begin if time allows, with the hopes of building a wood fired cobb oven later this summer! We will also be creating new function stacked permaculture garden and hugelkultur beds in the food forest keyhole mandala garden.

Fri 5/24: 2pm Nature mandala group activity and blessing. Pond digging and sheet mulching. Sat 5/25: 11am Natural Beekeeping in an Urban Setting w/ Beewhisperer and Bio-Dynamic Farmer Jacqueline Freeman. All Day - Pond preparation earthworks Place urbanite for flow form waterfall, finish digging pond and water overflow channels. Sun 5/26: All Day - Plaster pond with natural phosphorus magnesium finish. {Bring stones that you would like to inlay and incorporate if you feel called!!} ;-D Install flow forms on waterfall base Mon 5/27: All Day - Create three sisters spiral garden and cucumber teepee garden. Work on pond. Tue 5/28: 6pm Decentralized night potluck. 7pm Happy Hysteria Health Collective Talk Wed 5/29: Day Off!!! (Joelles 30th Birthday!!!) Thur 5/30: 10am Build Hugelkulture bed in food forest. 2:00pm Edible Mushrooms - Companion Planting & Bio-Remediation w/ Jordan Weiss. Inoculate food forest Fri 5/31: All Day - Landscaping pond area. Sat 6/1: 11am Charge Clearing - Understanding the Emotions of Water w/ Warren White. All Day - Pond planting; water filtering varieties. Install Rainwater Orchestra Tree Sculpture. Sun 6/2: 11am Fill pond. 3pm Music + Completion Celebration ($4-10 donation to raise funds for project, no one will be turned away for lack of funds).

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RABBIT HILL
LOCATION
NE Rodney and NE Farragut St. #PIEDMONT

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CONTACT

Matthew Zibilich MatthewZibilich@gmail.com

SCHEDULE
The Loveleigh/North Piedmont Neighborhood Watch was formed after a Lunch will be provided to volunteers: wood fired pizzas. drive-by shooting in our neighborhood. We are continuing to make our neighborhood safer and build community. Our neighborhood is a traffic "island" surrounded by high speed streets: MLK, Lombard, Vancouver, and the train tracks- making it very difficult for the children and the elderly to traverse our neighborhood safely. Rabbit Hill is an unpaved street that is currently an erosion concern Come and join us as we transform this erosion problem into a community garden with fruit trees, garden boxes, worm bins, compost bins, benches, walking path, community stage, and artistic bicycle rack. This will give the local residents something to be proud of and a common meeting place Volunteers will be needed to shape the hillside for our garden. If you have a shovel, wheelbarrow, metal tine rake, hoe, and/or gloves please bring them (with your name on them). If you don't have any tools, we will have enough to go around Saturday June 1st 10AM to 2PM Shape hill for walking path and stage, install garden boxes

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DIGNITY VILLAGE
LOCATION
9401 NE Sunderland #SUNDERLAND

NE

CONTACT

Mitch - bajasur66@gmail.com Ptery - yangshenmenj@gmail.com 503-281-1604

SCHEDULE
Sunday May 26: Cob oven work party Sunday June 2: Cob oven work party Dignity Villages First Ever Community Cooking Device for all 55 Villagers and More; The 2013 Mystery Cob Oven Trailer! For too long we have been having small BBQs and doing lonely microwave dinners. We want to come together and share bread or Pizza! We will be preparing the week ahead and throughout the week and open to everyone for help Sundays May 26 and June 2.

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LOCATION
NE 8th and Holland St. #WOODLAWN

NE

CONTACT

Brooke Lipscomb 503.330.8975 brookelipscomb@gmail.com

Image Concept: The image depicts the change of seasons in a whimsical treelike creation. The centermost portion shows the vibrant light-green of spring foliage and includes many playfully designed bright yellow and white flowers, reminiscent of the colors of daffodils of springtime. The next concentric area is a richer green of summer, and depicts bright pink roses. Outside of that is the autumn area, which will be painted in rich oranges and reds and will include many colorful leaves playfully separating from the branches and adding visual interest to the perimeter of the mural. Also along the perimeter are bare branches of winter, as well as some white snowflakes making their way up each street.

SCHEDULE
Friday May 31st 2pm-6pm Site prep; Pressure washing and sweeping. Lets prepare the surface for MAXIMUM PAINT ADHESION!!! Saturday June 1st THE MAIN EVENT: Paint the Mural 10am-6pm. Well have refreshments throughout the day, and lunch will be served at Noon (Menu TBD) Well have a face painter for the kids, live tunes (TBD), rock painting station, sidewalk chalk, and plenty of other family friendly activities!

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FERNHILL CREATIVE LEARNING COMMUNITY

LOCATION
6420 NE 42nd Ave #CULLY

NE

CONTACT

Will Lillard / Gary Evans 503-409-3262 wlillard@pdx.edu/gevans808@gmail.com

SCHEDULE
Currently in early phases of development, the FCLC property has already come a long way in its transformation to becoming a hub of neighborhood gatherings and community enrichment, but we still have a ways to go!We invite you to come help us this year as we construct the Artshop, the FCLCs third 200sqft art studio and workshop space. Under the guidance of sustainable construction expert Bernhart Masterson, we will be packing the walls of the structure with slip-straw clay and lime plastering the exterior of an existing studio while the artshop dries. Weather and time permitting we may even have a chance to begin the Artshops living roof. Although well be working hard, we also have additional events, workshops, bydonation wellness offerings and more food! Please check our extended schedule website at http://fernhillcreations.wix.com/ vbc13 and our facebook page at www. facebook.com/fernhillcreations for updates and surprises! 24 Everyday 9:30-10 am Morning movement Everyday 10 am-4pm Natural Building Friday 5/24 10am-4pm Let the slip straw begin! Saturday 5/25 9am Breakfast 930-10AM Morning Qigong with Deva Serine 10am-4pm slip straw walls workshop 12-4pm By donation massage Sunday 5/26: 10am-4pm The slip straw construction continues 2-4pm Dreamcatcher workshop Monday 5/27 10-2pm Yard Farm Flash Mob in the neighborhood! 12-4pm By donation acupuncture Tuesday 5/28: 10am-4pm finish slip straw 12-4pm By donation massage with Jasmine Coe LLC. Wednesday 5/29: 10am-4pm natural lime plaster application! 12-4pm acupuncture Thursday 5/30: 9:30-10am Core Power Yoga with Lydia Buesseler. 10am-4pm Lime plaster 4pm Love Bike rally visiting the Ujima Center, Community Supported Everything, and the T-horse at Last Thursday on Alberta! Friday 5/31: 10am-4pm Lime plaster. 12-4pm By donation massage with Jasmine Coe LLC 5-6pm Guided Meditation with Milo Albright. 6-8pm Cacao Ceremony with Amanda Rain Saturday 6/1: 9am Breakfast donated by Delphinas Bakery. 10am-4pm Lime Plaster 12pm Lunch 12-4pm Family Play Day. 6 pm Evening potluck dinner Sunday 6/2: 10am-4pm Finishing touches! 7-8pm Womp Stomp with Kristi SolFire

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GOING STREET
LOCATION
NE Going St. and NE 6th Ave. 58 ft. #KING

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CONTACT

Kirstin Walter envirovillage@gmail.com 503-734-0978

NE Going St.

Our intersection design was created in partnership with Envirovillage, neighborhood children, local residents, and NE Portland artist, Molly Dougherty. Come support the efforts of the kids and neighbors 30 ft. of the NE King neighborhood by bringing a brush and painting the street. Hang out with a great group of folks for a day of painting, healthy food, music, and other fun activities. Directions, Parking details, etc.: Bus: Northbound: Board 6 MLK to Janzen Beach. Get off at MLK and Prescott. Walk one block north to NE Going St. and continue on Going St. to NE 6th Ave. Southbound: Board 6 MLK to Portland. Get off at MLK and Prescott. Cross MLK and walk one block north to N Going St. and continue on Going St. to NE 6th Ave. Bike: Cross MLK on NE Going St. heading east to NE 6th Ave. Car: Northbound: 5N to exit 303 Killingworth/Swan Island, Rt. on Alberta, Rt. on MLK, Left on NE Prescott, Left on NE 6th Ave. Southbound: 5S to exit 303 Alberta/Swan Island, Lft. on Alberta, Rt. on MLK, Left on NE Prescott. Left on NE 6th Ave.

SCHEDULE
Saturday, May 25: 10am-6pm: Street Painting 25

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LOCATION
NE Rodney Ave & NE Tillamook St #ELIOT

NE

CONTACT

Nancy Zimmermann nancy.zimmermann@gmail.com 503-758-4856

The neighbors of southern Eliot have created an exuberant design for our intersection painting. The floral center design represents growth and beauty in Date: Saturday, June 1st our community, which is located just north 8am - 10am: Setup and chalking out the design of the Rose Quarter. In the southern 10am - 8pm: Painting, food and fun! Our design is rather quadrant of the painting, musical notes complex, so we'll do it in several steps. We will have remind us of our neighborhoods vibrant coffee, snacks, and lunch available for volunteers and jazz culture. The western quadrant will neighbors throughout the day, as well as music and fun feature handprints of all those who come block party activities! together to work on the painting. The northern quadrant represents the community gardens that have sprung up along our streets, as well as those we cultivate in our own yards. Finally, the eastern quadrant depicts the gears of the bicycles that flow through this intersection, which is the convergence of two greenways. Transit: Board Portland Streetcar CL Line, Exit on NE Weidler & 2nd (if coming from the west) or NE Broadway & 2nd (if coming from the east); walk .3 miles north to NE Rodney Ave & NE Tillamook St. Car: Take Exit 302a off of I-5, drive .3 miles north

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B HEARTS
LOCATION
3527 NE 67th Ave #ROSEWAY

NE

CONTACT

Christy Kelley 503-866-0998 ooddwbboo@gmail.com

SCHEDULE
Friday May 24: 10 am -5 pm General set-up and preparation of walls with clay slip. Bee Happy Environmental Arts (B HEArts) Saturday May 25t: 10 am-5 pm Apply clay plaster first Studio is a neighborhood creative space coat. for sharing of resources and ideas and gathering to build relationships while Sunday May 26: 11 am- 5 pm Finish clay plaster first fostering creative expression of our Hearts. coat and weave garden retainer wall. We are a diverse collective that aspires to encourage environmental awareness and Monday May 27: TBD Call first to confirm (10 am-3 pm celebrate our diversity by coming together Finish clay first coat as needed) to create artful and functional items for our gardens. Our projects include building Saturday June 1: 10 am - 5 pm Apply clay final coat. and maintaining homes for native mason 2pm Kid event, make a mason bee house! bees to sustain a healthy population in our neighborhood and increase pollination Sunday June 2: 11 am- 3 pm Finish clay final coat and in our gardens. We also share and plant celebrate! seed/starts for food gardens and learn about the importance of native plants that provide food and habitat for wildlife and maintain biodiversity for long-term sustainability of our community. This is our first year with the VBC and are excited to invite our growing circle of neighbors to join us as we finish the interior of the studio with clay plaster walls. We will also transform the entry area into a perennial food garden with water saving techniques such a hugelkultur and water catchment and space maximizing designs with vertical structures. Light breakfast and lunch will be provided each day from our generous local restaurants and bakeries on Fremont including: Cha Cha Cha Taqueria, Grand Central Bakery, Papa Murphy's Pizza, and Subway (Sandy &70th). Thank you! Thanks also to Beaumont Hardware!

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SUNSHINE DAIRY
LOCATION
NE 20th Avenue & Pacific Street #KERNS

NE

CONTACT

Graham Klag graham@forestparkconservancy.org

Come make your mark and watch the sites revegolution grow! Over the course of the convergence the site will host a street painting, trail construction and landscaping to create a lasting plaza. Sitting in the heart of Portlands Kerns neighborhood surrounded by the citys transportation arteries the Sunshine Dairy site located at NE 20th Avenue & Pacific Street is located within an epicenter of activity. Despite its proximity to passers by the site has long been an urban banescape with little done by the dairy or the community to protect the site from Armenian Blackberry. Consequentially the site was infected by over 20 years of blackberry growth. On July 30th 2011 a unique partnership between Sunshine Dairy and community member Graham Klag was forged as restoration began on the site with the removal of the blackberry with the help of community volunteers. The removal of the blackberry culminated in the creation of a sculpture from the removed plant material on site. The sculpture was created as part of a city wide public art project entitled Invasion of Place (www.invasionofplace.com) funded by the Regional Arts and Culture Council. On March 19th 2013 the site was inoculated with a myriad of native plants placed to help promote pollinating insects with the help of City Repair and East Multnomah Soil and Water Conservation District.

SCHEDULE
May 25 10am -5pm Retaining Wall, trail Construction and Street Painting Prep May 26 10am -4:30pm Street Painting 28

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SE 16TH & ASH

LOCATION
SE 16th Ave. and SE Ash St. #BUCKMAN

SE

CONTACT

Jim Forristal 503-407-1310 nwclassic@gmail.com

The traffic circle at SE 16th and Ash is a well-trafficked bike route on a popular bike path and just a block from the artsmagnet school, Buckman Elementary. And we want to give it some love! Come on out and help us put a fresh face on this part of Portland. There will be music in the afternoon Directions, Parking details, etc.: By Bike: SE Ankeny Street and SE 16th Avenue are both bike routes, and bikes can be parked safely in the yard of 204 SE 16th Ave. Check out this great map, Bike There!, that is produced by Metro: www. oregonmetro.gov/index.cfm/go/by.web/ id=218 By Car: Street parking available in neighborhood. By Bus: The #20 on Burnside has a stop at 16th Ave. It is two blocks away. http:// www.trimet.org 30

SCHEDULE
Saturday May 25th: 11am to 7pm

BUCKMAN COMMUNITY
LOCATION
1507 SE Alder Street #BUCKMAN

SE

CONTACT

Nancy Oberschmidt nancyoberschmidt@gmail.com 503-381-2248

SCHEDULE
The Buckman Sustainability Committee developed a composting site at SE 15th and Alder during the Village Building Convergence 2009. Neighbors bring their fruit and vegetable kitchen scraps for composting; volunteers monitor and turn the compost and the compost is FREE to participants. The site consists of four composting bins, a Community Bulletin Board, Book Exchange and six neighborhood garden plots. The Picture a Garden program has grown to 31 plots in four locations. We will repaint our street graphic at SE 15th and Alder on Saturday, June 1st. Join us for some fun painting, and good eats The Buckman Sustainability Committee is an ad hoc committee of the Buckman Community Association composed of local volunteers. Thanks to our partner Urban Farm Store 2100 SE Belmont. Friday, May 31 3 PM wash the street with earth friendly soap Saturday, June 1 10 AM Repaint the street graphic. Enjoy Champion Chili and a neighborhood pot luck at noon

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DHARMA RAIN ZEN CENTER

LOCATION
NE 85th Ave. and Siskiyou St. #MADISONSOUTH

The new Dharma Rain Zen Center is actually a Northeast site, and is in the wrong section. Oops! - Editor's mistake

NE

CONTACT

Jeff Stookey 503-232-6867 jstookey108@gmail.com

SCHEDULE
Formerly an abandoned landfill, this is the promising future home of the Dharma Rain Zen Center. Please join our community in creating an orchard and footpath that will improve the neighborhood connectivity, safety, and beauty of this site for years to come. [Note: For all workshops we request a $1020 sliding scale donation, no one turned away for lack of funds. We recommend that you please register in advance by emailing <jstookey108@gmail.com>. There will be a registration table open on the day of the workshop.] Friday, May 24: Opening ceremony at 10 AM introducing our Orchard & Trail project. Workshop: Morning: 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM Edible Forest Gardening with Jonathan Brandt: Explore the techniques of food forest design on a sunny slope with attention given to site design, succession, and interplanting with 7 layers. See above note on donations. (Lunch) Afternoon, 1-5 PM: Begin work removing brush, preparing the way for the orchard and trail. Saturday, May 25: 10 AM to 4 PM - prepare soil for tree plots; continue preparing the way for the trail. Workshop: Afternoon, 1 to 4 PM: Sokyo and Jeff, on creating mosaics, river rock in concrete. See above note on donations. Sunday, May 26: 1-5 PM (after Sunday services) - Start working on trail Monday, May 27: 10 AM to 4 PM - continue working on trail Tuesday, May 28: 10 AM to 4 PM - continue working on trail Workshop: 1 to 3 PM, Jordan Weiss, on bioremediation using mushrooms/fungus (mycelia). Get a head start by reading with Mycelium Running by Paul Stamets. And check out Jordans website: <jordansmushrooms.com>. See above note on donations. Wednesday, May 29 thru Saturday, June 1: 10 AM to 4 PM - complete work on trail Sunday, June 2: Celebrate completion - VBC event - at another venue.

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SUNNYSIDE PIAZZA
LOCATION
SE 33rd Avenue & Yamhill Street #SUNNYSIDE

SE

CONTACT

Chip Rees, chip.rees@gmail.com Chrissy Mulkey, winston502@yahoo. com

SCHEDULE
Friday, May 24th 10am 5pm: Materials Preparation + Street cleaning (sweeping, pressure washing) Now in its 13th year, one of the most famous and iconic of all the citys intersection projects - the re-painting of the Sunflower - is a long standing tradition during the Village Building Convergence and this year is no different. Saturday, May 25th 9am 10am: Chalk outline the sunflower pattern 10a 6pm: The main event PAINT THE SUNFLOWER Sunday, May 26th 10am 4pm: Touch-up painting/ 2nd coat painting

This project is one of the few public places in the world to incorporate Fibonacci geometry. With its vibrant colors of yellow, orange, red and green, this street piazza is considered by many to be the heart of the Sunnyside Neighborhood whose symbol is the Sunflower. With the Sunflower just a block off bustling Belmont street, this intersection is admired daily by neighbors and local business patrons alike. Dig out that old painting garb and mark your calendars to come out to our little corner of Portland on Saturday, May 25th between 10:00 am and 6:00 pm, and join in on the fun. Festivities will include picnicking, live music, kids activities and of course PAINTING! Well have food on hand, but please feel free to bring a dish to add to the community table or simply pack yourself a picnic. Work will naturally get done but this too is a celebration!

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TULIP TREE
LOCATION
2811 SE 52nd Avenue #CLINTON

SE

CONTACT

Sarah-Lu Baker tuliptreepreschool@gmail.com

The Elephant Wall at Tulip Tree Preschool will be the front wall of our new outdoor play space and sheltered classroom. This cob wall will be nestled between the chicken coop and a butterfly bush in the SW corner of our Commons. Come help us build this child-designed project on Saturday June 1st from 10-4. We will serve lunch at 1 .PM Directions, Parking details, etc We are directly on the 71 bus line, and a short walk from the 4 and the 9. We are .also easily accessible via car or bike

SCHEDULE
Saturday June 1st, 10-4 Elephant cob wall and bench building

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KAILASH ECO VILLAGE

LOCATION
4311 SE 37th Ave #CRESTON-KENILWORTH

SE

CONTACT

Pandora events@kailashecovillage.com Maitri - 971-219-1813

The residents of Kailash Ecovillage and the neighbors on SE 37th Ave invite you to paint our driveway and create some awesome tiled tables. The tables will be built in our neighborhood share area that is on the front sidewalk. Bring some broken china & tile or use whats here. Well have artwork projects going all day and a kids activity area. for more info visit: k a i l a s h e c o v i l l a g e . c o m .

SCHEDULE
Saturday May 25th 10am Tiled Table Top Artwork starts 10am Koi Pond Artwork in Driveway starts 11am Tour of Kailash Ecovillage Noon - 1:00 pm Lunch 2pm Sustainable Projects Tour 3pm Finish Artwork

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SCHILLER FARM ECOVILLAGE

LOCATION
5320 - 5310 SE Schiller St. #SCHILLERFARM

SE

CONTACT

Steven Ganister steven.ganister@gmail.com 503-449-7232

SCHEDULE
We are an intentional community with 12 members called Schiller Farm. This is our first VBC and we are excited to share our knowledge. There are several projects in the works for this years VBC, which will be led by permaculturists Rick Valley and Steven Ganister First, we will be creating rain gardens, to harvest stormwater runoff from the community parking lot. Rain gardens are a great way to reduce runoff at the source. Together, we will excavate two new basins and plant them. You will have the opportunity to learn how to site, size and select plants for your own rain gardens Sunday May 26th, from 10:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. Rain garden installation 10:30 - 11:15 Schiller Farm tour 11:30 - 12:00 Rain Garden design discussion 12:00 - 12:30 Lunch / hammock time 12:30 - 4:00 Excavation and Planting Monday May 27th, from 10:30 a.m. - 6 p.m. Edible Forest Garden 10:30 - 11:15 Schiller Farm Tour 11:30 - 12:00 Edible Forest Design 12:00 - 12:30 Lunch / Hammock time 12:30 - 4:30 Weed / Sheet Mulch / Plant 5:00 Dinner* *Monday evening community meal. As a thanks for your help we will provide some yummy food prepared by the community. Feel free to bring something to contribute.

The second project takes place in our Forest Gardens. We have an acre of land dedicated to growing useful plants for the community. The plan is to mitigate weed pressures by sheet mulching and add more diversity by introducing some new species to the system. You will have the opportunity to see and work with many different fruit trees and berries. We will provide refreshments and snacks. We also hope to construct a new arbor in the community gathering area so that we can have grapes, shade and a place to hang more hammocks 36

WILD LILAC CHILD DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY

LOCATION
3829 SE 74th Ave #FOSTER-POWELL

SE

CONTACT

Stephen Karmol 360.509.9079 stephen@wildlilac.org

Wild Lilac Child Development Community is a non-profit preschool providing child-centered and developmentally appropriate care and education for children from six weeks to six years of age, as well as support services for children and their families. Wild Lilac will be moving to 3829 SE 74th Ave in September of 2013. Outdoor learning environments are extremely important to us, and we cant wait to create an amazing outdoor environment for our children, families, and community. Our plans to begin transforming the outdoor space include: De-Paving: We will break up and remove a swathe of asphalt a former parking lot in order to create space for our schools kitchen garden and new community garden plots. Giving Tree: We will build a small, beautiful structure that will serve as a free community book exchange. Not-So-Ordinary Fence: Were tearing down lots of cyclone fencing, but we still need to have some defined boundaries for childrens safety. We will build a colorful fence with windows, chalkboards, and embedded shelves. We are honored to join the VBC and excited to connect with volunteers to begin to bring this space to life! Directions and parking: There is ample street parking on Center Street as well as a large parking lot onsite.

SCHEDULE
Saturday June 1st 10:00 A.M. Gather, Review Plans and Form Teams 12:30-1:00 P.M. Break for Lunch 4:00 P.M. Depart for the Day Sunday June 2nd 10:00 A.M. Gather, Review Plans and Form Teams 12:30-1:00 P.M. Break for Lunch 4:00 P.M. Review Work, Say Farewell Lunch and childcare will be provided! 37

130TH & RAMONA

LOCATION
130th Place & SE Ramona #POWELLHURST-GILBERT

SE

CONTACT

Kris Bella, Laura Devito ldevito@pnca.edu 503-890-9960

Children are the backbone of this community. Hundreds of children are engaged daily in this neighborhood and it is important they are involved and celebrated with the creation of this intersection painting. Gilbert Park Elementary School is on the boundary of these beautiful butterflies that are transforming from an open book. As we support our youth emotionally, physically, academically and creatively, they grow and evolve into product citizens of our society. They are the reflection of their environment. We are proud of the children who call this neighborhood home or are able to identify themselves as Gilbert Park Patriots.

SCHEDULE
Pouring Art into the Streets: Block Party We welcome any of you to come join in the fun and understand why we are proud to call this neighborhood our home! Saturday, May 25th, 2013 10:00am-4:00pm Community Potluck Lunch 12-2:00pm Safe Routes + Free Arts NW + Music + Painting

As adults, we are their role models. We help to create a healthy village for these children to thrive. We are excited to bring neighbors and children together to co-create; to laugh, play and eat together; to enjoy each others company; and above all else, to have FUN. The scheduled date for our Block Party is Saturday May 25th. We welcome any of you to come join in the fun and understand why we are proud to call this neighborhood our home. 38

37TH AVE COMMUNITY GARDEN & FOOD FOREST SE

LOCATION
SE 37th Avenue and Bybee Blvd. #EASTMORELAND

CONTACT

Sean Jacobson 971.645.0271 Sean.jacobson@pcc.edu

Food forest and Guerilla Gardens positioned to support earthquake preparedness and build community in the meantime! Water Catchment, BioSwales, Intersection Painting, HugelCulture! Woo Hoo!! During Toby Hemmenways 2012 PDC a group of designers finished a schematic for an unpavedroadway on 37th avenue between rural and berkeley park in SE Portland. The design includes a small food forest adjacent to the park, community beds added to create a 15 family guerilla community garden, a four season perennial vegetable garden for earthquake preparedness, and native plant corridors along the roadsides with native rain gardens in the parking strips. We also have a plan to add a few thousand gallons of water catchment tanks and bio-swales near neighboring houses. We are also going to paint the street (in the pattern of two yin/yang male and female salmon) the design has been completed by a neighboring artist in residence. This area is currently being invaded by English ivy, laurel hedges, w/ a diseased maple and two sickly ornamental cherries. The removal of these plants and the preparation of the soil will encompass the first half of the VBC while the second will involve hugelculture earthworks and food forest planting. Also we will be Building A 275 gallon water catchment shed and a few berry trellis throughout the week. Anyone who wishes to aid in construction is welcome. We hope to bring our local community closer together through this self-supporting garden and public food forest. See you here!

12-1:30 LUNCH BREAK each day: a large amount of garden food, Summer Salads! For all volunteers May 23-27 10- 4:30 all day work parties May 23 -24 we will begin the week by removing all opportunistic plants and cutting back the laurel hedges to prepare for planting, May 25-27 soil prep; mulch, compost: turning grass sod in the food forest and sheet mulch the entire area May 28-June 3 Planting food forest By the end of the week we should have the site ready for planting and then the fun begins over 500 permaculture plants will go into the ground throughout the week May 24 June 1: We will be building a 275 gallon water catchment shed and a few berry trellis June 29/30 Intersection Street painting - 10-done (5pm?) Intersection Painting - join us for another day of food, fun and painting!

SCHEDULE

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JEAN'S FARM (LEARNING GARDENS INSTITUTE)

LOCATION
3707 SE Johnson Creek #ATTRDENWALD-JOHNSONCREEK

SE

CONTACT

Maja Feldman majax1000@gmail.com 503-739-5065

SCHEDULE
All ages welcome! Fri 24: Open to the public 1/2 day, 1-4. Cob oven building with Eva Edleson! Story of the farm by Steve Johnson at 1:00. Learning Gardens Kitchen at Jeans Farm Sat 25: Open to the public all day, 10-4. Cob work, roof A family-friendly site, Jeans Farm is building, gardening. Mother Earth School's K-3 open a collaboration between the Learning house & farm tour 11-12, kid-friendly bee and chicken Gardens Institute, Mother Earth School, exploration at 1:00. Sunnyside Environmental School, Rising Stone CSA and Steve Johnson & Elora Sun 26: Open to the public all day, 10-4. Cob building Cosper, whose family has 130 years of with Eva Edleson, roof building, gardening. history on this land. Learning Gardens Mon-Thurs: Scheduled school groups only. Cob drying. Institute and the rest of the Jeans Farm Please visit us on these other days. land partners invite you to support the expansion of the farm's outdoor kitchen Fri 31: Open to the public 1/2 day, 1-4 cob finishing & area to create richer learning opportunities plastering with Eva Edleson for youth & children and increase kitchen capacity for hosting public events. Natural Sat 1: Open to the public all day, 10-4 roof building, builder extraordinaire Eva Edleson will help gardening. us build a new and improved cob oven that reuses all the materials of the original oven Sun 2: VBC project tour day. Visit the VBC site for being taking down after seven great years tour details.Also check our Facebook page for daily of service. We'll also work on building roof postings of detailed schedules and additional offerings structures for this oven and future kitchen at facebook.com/jeansfarm. features and install a new sink station and water system. There will be garden and farm projects happening throughout. Come during our public hours and help us build an educational kitchen and tend the learning gardens 40

PLANET REPAIR INSTITUTE

LOCATION
8512 SE 8th Ave. #SELLWOOD

SE

CONTACT

Mark Lakeman moontrout@gmail.com

SCHEDULE
Come and join our VBC13 team! Our natural building leadership team is so strong this year, we should go for the World Championship! Behold, these awesome builders: Eva Edleson, Molly Murphy (an actual MudGirl from Canada!), Sarah Frances Michaelson (from Minneapolis!), and Jane Gray (from Sellwood!)! Together they will lead a dazzling array of projects, including finishing various long-standing projects and some pretty impressive new ones that contribute energy-impact as well as beauty! Though this year we will see most of our natural building work completed, we will also host a few permaculture workshops as we get ready to host our third-annual urban permaculture design course which begins in June! We will also host a site tour. See you soon! All Week! Saturday, May 25th - Friday May 31st: Natural building projects at PRI will include numerous projects including work on the famous Chicken Palace, convertaing an existing cob chimney into a functional cob oven, installation of a decorative cob thermal-mass wall in the existing grenhouse, plastering upper gables on the main house, and a new interactive installation at a neighboring site. Sunday, May 26th: 2 - 5PM: Peter McCoy, co-founder of Radical Mycology Convergence will be conducting a hands-on workshop on fungi cultivation and fungal bioremediation! Pass-the-hat donations accepted! Wednesday, May 29th: 10 - 1PM: PRI will host a special permaculture discussion on the overall plant-based vision of permaculture at VBC. What do urban dwellers really want and need? What will they tend and use? What guilds are most effective in these conditions, and which will help us transition as the climate inevitably shifts to higher temperatures? How do we adapt and thrive? Friday, May 31st: A special note for homeless activists and advocates: Massive and awesome activists Andrew and Joline Heben will be staying at PRI and would be happy to speak with others who may be interested in setting up self-help villages in their own communities. Saturday, June 1st: Activity at our site will conclude and begin to taper off as many of the PRI community will be out at Share-It Square, SE 9th & Sherrett, helping to install the new community piazza design!

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SHARE-IT SQUARE
LOCATION
SE Sherrett Street and 9th Ave #SELLWOOD

SE

CONTACT

Sarah Heath 551.531.2948 sarah.heath7@gmail.com

Share-It Square was the first ever intersection repair in the world. Marking its 18th year, Share-It Square's repainting day is sure to be a fun-filled event. The design that was chosen for this year was inspired by the many trees that were unnecessarily felled by a new housing development on one of the corners. Among the trees was a magnificent 100+ feet fir that many considered to represent the tree of life. We hope to commemorate the wonderful elders that were lost and celebrate new possibilities together. Please join us! Bus 70 comes a few blocks away, and we are located super close to the spring water corridor bike/pedestrian path. If driving, you will need to park a block or so away as the streets adjacent to the intersection will be closed for safe painting!

SCHEDULE
Saturday, June 1st - Painting from 10am onward (probably 4 or 5ish) Everyone welcome!

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PDX HARP
LOCATION
1611 SE Bybee Blvd. #PDXHARP

SE

CONTACT

Stephanie pdxharp@gmail.com 503-704-1810

HARP is a community wellness center providing affordable and intentional high quality products and services: Healing Foods Caf, Backyard Farmacy, HARP Health Collective Community Events: Weekly workshops and events are offered by the wonderful people in our extended community. Soma Lounge is our Friday night alternative to the bar scene. We always have something sweet for you such as HeartSong Circles or Cacao Ceremony. Check calendar for more info www.pdxharp.org

Friday, May 24th from 6-8pm: Kid's Art Project (for kids of all ages) 8pm-1am: Soma Lounge. Cacao Ceremony from 8-10pm. $10 Love Offering Saturday, May 25th: 10am-4pm: Living Bamboo Fence. 2pm-4pm: vermiculture bin, workshop. Sunday, May 26th: 10am- 5pm: Water Catchment/ Rain Garden installation. Kids' art project. 1-4pm: Meditation & Sustainable Design as a Way of Life workshop by Deborah Eden Tull Monday, May 27th: 10am-3:30pm: Planter bed construction. 4-5pm: workshop on Backyard Herbalism Tuesday, May 28th: 11am - 3pm Waffle Bar!! By Donation. 12-2pm: Beauty Care from you PantryLead by Lynn Dougherty. 2:30-4:30: Bees and Hive Celebration. ($15 dollar love donation, some love for Po's tea!) 7-9m: Ho "O" Pono Pono - with Alaya Love - Hawaiian Huna forgiveness ceremony and teachings. $25. 9-11pm: Opening show for the Commons! Outdoor concert. Wednesday, May 29th: 10am-5pm: Building a Fairy Garden. 2-3:30pm: Bite Size Edible Plants Taster Tour - $10-$15 suggested donation. No one turned away for lack of funds. 3:30-5pm: Fairy Garden Workshop -. 1-7pm: Barter Trade Fair- Umm.... Plant Swap!! Thursday, May 30th: 10-8pm: Natural Building and Art Project - All day, another chance to work on running projects that still need love... Friday, May 31st: 10-3pm: Help us build our kids play area! Led by Robin Koch. Saturday, June 1st: 10-2pm: Soul Alchemy Play Workshop 10-5pm: Patio installation Sunday, June 2nd: 10am-4:30pm: Finishing up projects. 2:30-4:30: Mahatma Multiple Hands Healing Circle. 4:30-5:00pm: Closing circle and prayer blessing 5pm: After our events we will carpool to the venue for the closing event.

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COHOUSING OPEN HOUSE

Cohousing & Intentional communities: May 25th & June 1st
Multigenerational Living; Saturday, May 25, 10 am to noon We have 29 households and 50+ residents from 4 to 90. Come talk with us hear our stories and well hear yours social permaculture up close and personal!

PDX

Trillium Hollow (www.trilliumhollow.org) invites you to a tour of our 3 acres and an open discussion about the many dimensions of living in a multigenerational community.

Trillium is tucked away in outer NW Portland, north of 26, between Barnes and Cornell. Address: 9601 NW Leahy Rd, Portland 97229. Come down the driveway and park on the right. Cohousing on an Urban Wetland; Saturday, May 25 1:00 to 4:00 pm 13th year by having an Open House, offering tea and snacks and hosting a conversation about the usage of Urban Wetlands at around 2 PM. We have created our community to provide a warm, supportive neighborhood where kids can enjoy our common green-space and where common meals and frequent gatherings increase our feeling of extended family. We welcome Portland into this form of social sustainability. Park at the corner of SW Meadow Lane and SW 94th Ave, or come on bus # 54. (Bus stop at 91st Ave For more information contact Inger Easton, 503515-6222. Social Permaculture on an Urban Farm; Saturday, June 1st, 10 am to noon housing community in the Cully neighborhood in NE Portland. We are united by a commitment to democratic, joyful, and sustainable living, including the stewardship of our two acre farm. On Sunday, June 2nd we invite you to come for a farm tour followed by a panel discussion of community life and the social aspects of permaculture. Please arrive by 10 am, parking on NE. Killingsworth St., or on bus # 72. NE 46th and Killingsworth, north side of the street. For more information contact Barbara Ford, 503-975-1282 Sustainable/Restorative, Micro-intentional community; Saturday. June 1st, 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm (www.earthharmonyhabitats.org) are designed for todays eco-conscious urban families, couples or individuals seeking a way to flourish within an equitable amount of earths carrying capacity without sacrificing the comforts of modern life. These Living Building Challenge certified homes will harvests all its own electricity and rainwater, capture and compost all its own wastes and water, and grow all its own vegetables within an annual basis. From 1:00 to 2:00, there will be a presentation of the concept at the Pond House in Milwaukie. At 3:00 pm, we visit a demonstration project of the Vertical Gardens that make up 1600 sq ft of the project (http:// youtu.be/0N5HkjDsxKw). Meet at 2215 SE Harrison St. Milwaukie, OR 97222. More information, contact David Burdick 503 654 2070, david@earthharmonyhabitats.org

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PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY

LOCATION
1825 SW Broadway #DOWNTOWN

SW

CONTACT

Oran Stainbrook - 503-568-4792, Kirk Rea - 307-287-0005, Ridhi D'Cruz - 503719-2809 portlandstatevbc@gmail.com

This year, we are continuing to channel our collective creativity to transform trash into objects and structures that are both functional and beautiful. We believe that Fri 24: 9-10: Opening Ceremony 10 am - 12 pm: trash is a useful bulding material that is Natural Paints and Clay with kiddies 12-1.30 pm: PSU simply out of place. At Portland State, ROOTS festival we LOVE to synergize and make use Sat 25 : 10 am - 5 pm: Community Orchard Natural of our microcosm campus-laboratory Fencing + Microswaling to experiment with appropriate, lowSun 26: 10 am - 5 pm: Plastic Bottle Greenhouse tech, human-scale "waste" management Mon 27: 10 am - 5 pm: Dialogue Dome Cob Repair practices. For VBC13, we will be working in Tue 28: 10 am - 4 pm: Dialogue Dome Cob Repair two of our beloved student garden spaces 4.30 - 6.30 pm Sustainability Celebration; 7 pm - 9 pm (Hearth Hub & the Community Orchard) Jenny Pell Speaker event SMSU 294 where the joys of stewardship rest with us, Wed 29: 10 am - 12 pm: Plastic Bottle Greenhouse #1 the students. We hope you'll join us as we 12 pm - 1 pm: Lunch updates* 1 pm - 5 pm: Plastic converge to build community and make Bottle Greenhouse #2 place through the creation of a mobile Thur 30: 10 am - 5 pm: Dialogue Dome Cob Repair greenhouse, a living fence, grass furniture, Fri 31: 10 am - 5 pm: Plastic Bottle Greenhouse an outdoor classroom space, and a poetry Stress Workshop with Judy Bluehorse-Skelton pole. In addition to beginning these new Sat 1: 9-11 am: Weed the Walk (of the Heroines) projects, we will also be maintaining our Workparty; 10 am - 5 pm: Art in the Community Garden existing projects with a little repair work, Sun 2: 10 am - 5 pm: Orchard Fencing + Microswaling making use of cob and other natural building techniques. Check out the PSU VBC website for updates, and additional information about our many projects: http://bit.ly/16FFFF1 46

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LOCATION
NW 4th and Burnside #OLDTOWN-CHINATOWN

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Trillium Shannon 503-734-4778 pdxflor@gmail.com

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Sunday, May 26th thru Thursday, May 30th 11-5pm *Open Workshops* Right 2 Dream Too (R2DToo) is an We invite you to share skills and cross pollinate with our inspiring community on the corner of NW community. We will set up a space during each work 4th and Burnside. On October 10th, 2011, day for formal or informal workshops at Right 2 Dream a vacant lot was transformed into a place Too. Come and learn from us and we will learn from where people without housing could find you. Special needs we have: greywater management, shelter in tents and sleep safely. Over container gardening, mobile shelters. Workshops will the past year and a half, Dreamers have be announced onsite and at: www.right2dreamtoo. used their skills and talents to create a self wordpress.com governing rest area, where people can stay for one night or as long as it takes Sunday, June 2nd - Doors of Opportunity Painting Party, to find housing. They have volunteered 11-4pm Sponsor and paint a door to support R2Dtoo. their time to keep each other safe, wash We will also be giving tours and celebrating our hard sleeping bags, redistribute extra food work during the VBC. We will be joined at 2pm by a and clothing, provide help navigating the class of 3rd graders from Creative Science School, social service maze, testify in front of city painting their own door. governments, organize fundraisers, and celebrate the successes that come from supporting one another and being supported. A fence of doors zig zag along Burnside, creating a barrier for privacy and safety. Many who walk by wonder if it is purely art. But these doors are much more than that. They symbolize home, they help sustain the rest area as sponsors donate to paint them, and they provide a shield from the rain and wind. During the VBC, Right 2 Dream Too invites you to dream with us. We will use reclaimed materials to revamp the fence of doors, and create tiny gardens which will support the fence structure and provide fresh food for the Dreamers. We also are rebuilding our office, where Dreamers can use computers to look for work, write grants, take online classes, communicate with loved ones, etc. 48

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13405 SE 7th Street Vancouver, WA #CASCADEPARK

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CONTACT

Cari 707.246.0346 corbetoc1@gmail.com

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In previous year this location was home to drug dealers. Fences went up, the neighborhood-feel eroded. Beautifying this space, cultivating communal gardens, and getting fences to come down, is part of reclaiming a sense of community and connection amongst long-time neighbors. Schedule: everyday 9.30-am to 5.30pm (approximately) at Indawo injabulani. (The place of Joy), well be building a cob greenhouse with mostly recycled materials and a hot tub. It will be built in honor of, and dedicated to, 'Posey' whose large personality was central to this community. And yes.every day well be serving yummy home made meals with to die for fermented cabbage. Come along one and all! Sat May 25: 10.00 11am: Choosing your site, planning for drainage and foundations. Sourcing and arranging your building materials. Mixing cob and how to build with it. Sun May 26: 10am: Hugelkultur workshop and help us plug logs with mushroom spore. Mon May 27th: 4-5pm: Building in miniature with Shari Peterson learn how to make a model of what youre building (check out the model of the greenhouse). Tues May 28: 9.30-11:00am: How to attract birds to your garden. Bring your creative spirit and build & decorate a birdhouse (materials provided) to contribute to a piece of functional garden art. Wed May 29: 9.30am: Using straw clay, cob and mosaic to decorate and sculpt a tree mural onto a wall Thurs 30 9.30am: Using found objects to make functional art e.g. frying pans or satellite dishes into a water feature and using an old frame to make a succulent picture. Sat June 1 10am: Greenhouse heating and cooling and installing a simple greywater system. 6.30 onwards: Sharing stories and connecting around a community fire-pit at a potluck. Bring a musical instrument if you play one. Bring some poetry to read if you write. Bring your favourite dish and a bottle. Come in costume if you wish or just come as you are. Sun June 2nd: 10.30: Installing the rainwater collection system for the greenhouse. 49

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All Workshops will be held at the Main Venue unless stated otherwise Main Venue ALBERTA ABBEY 126-NE Alberta Street Portland, Or 97211 Cost - $8-10 - sliding scale fee unless otherwise noted No one will be turned away for lack of funds. Consider another way to contribute. There are lots of people to feed, so food is especially appreciated Workshop Schedule SATURDAY 25 MAY 2-5pm Patterns of Place Part II: Designing for Place in Portland Neighborhoods With Marc Tobin - Director of Rising Vision LLC and with Mark Lakeman Director of Communitecture This workshop will connect the themes of the previous evenings presentation, "Patterns of Place & Cosmos: From Concept to Integration with Self and Community" with design for specific neighborhoods and places in Portland. Working in groups, with the experienced help of Mark Lakeman and Marc Tobin, participants will explore design ideas for implementing urban succession. We will be collaboratively designing for placemaking, sustainability, and community building. One theme will be looking beyond the scale of VBC's renowned intersection repair, to delve into block repair and neighborhood repair. There will also be discussion of how to link these ideas to existing Portland neighborhood councils and other existing social systems, in order to help manifest the visions we develop in the workshop Bios Marc Tobin is a talented and experienced facilitator, working with groups and communities to develop sustainable vision plans, organizational structures and processes. He is a village planner at Rising Vision LLC, where he develops ecovillage and co-housing project designs at various scales. Marc was the education program director at Lost Valley Educational Center for 7 years. He holds a Masters Degree in Community and Regional Planning, and has education in environmental philosophy, contemplative spirituality, permaculture, consensus and sociocracy/Dynamic Governance. He is also an avid musician and will be performing for VBC as part of the band Sol Nectar Mark Lakemans emergence as a place maker began with his parents 51

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bedtime stories, which included the hopeful and also tense political and cultural dynamics that produced Portlands Pioneer Courthouse Square. Mark is now national leader in the development of sustainable communities and projects, taking Portland stories far and wide. He is presently assisting cities and towns across the continent SUNDAY 26 MAY 3-5pm Economic literacy, Home Economics and the Role of the Householder With Harriet Fasenfest - Writer, urban gardener, and Food preservation educator Though the study and principles of home economics have been sorely maligned over these last 100 years they are ripe for re-imagining. In this session we will discuss the history and future of home economics along with the notion of home and homemaking itself. How do we feel about it? Is it gender specific? What are the tasks involved and how shall we share them? We will also review budgets over the last hundred years (as compiled by the census bureau) to better understand the murky economic sea we are all swimming in. Finally, participants will be given tools for creating and evaluating their own budgets. This take-home exercise offers the basis for economic literacy and a road map towards creating our own functioning home economies Bio After growing up in the Bronx, I moved to Portland Oregon in 1978 where I have been cooking, growing, teaching and writing about food for some forty years now. Starting with my years as a restaurateur in the early eighties through my years teaching and writing about food preservation and householding, the issues related to food equity and environmental justice have both inspired and challenged me. Today I work to promote the concept of home economic - its meaning, skills and application - in lieu of the dysfunctional economy that surrounds us. My hope is that by understanding what a functional home economy means we might find a way to sustain ourselves, our community and the planet in the years ahead Workshop with Jordan Fink - Founding core member and Co-Director of the City Repair Within Reach a documentary about sustainable communities Sunday, May 26 7 -9:30 pm. By donation at Envision Arts Studio 126 NE Alberta - east entrance, go downstairs with q&a by one of the filmmakers Mandy & Ryan have given up their corporate jobs and their traditional houses to "bike-pack" thousands of miles around the USA, searching for a truly sustainable lifestyle. Watch the trailer here: http://www.withinreachmovie.com/movie.shtml & RSVP here: http://www.meetup.com/creativeplay/events/118788852 52

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Sunday, May 26 2-5PM PST Join Peter McCoy, co-founder of Radical Mycology, Leila Darwish, author of Earth Repair, and James Weiser, co-founder of Amateur Mycology to discuss the next evolution in stewardship: community scale remediation and the direct rehabilitation of polluted environments. This presentation will introduce the role of fungi, plants, and bacteria in cleaning up and restoring ecosystems damaged by heavy metals, as well as chemical and biological contaminants. Concepts of fungal cultivation and remediation will be explored along with numerous ways to integrate these species (as well as bacteria and plants) into a more sustainable and natural way of life. To be followed by a Q&A session and, time permitting, a small mushroom bed installation MONDAY 27 MAY 1:30-5:30pm Special Cheese Workshop with David Asher Class size is limited so please register by emailing Events@KitchenShare.org Get location address (inner SE Portland) by registering No village is complete without the builder, the cob-maker and the village cheesemaker. So come and make cheese for the village! Bring your own milk! If you've got a goat - great!, otherwise bring a gallon of local, unhomogenized milk. Together, we'll take that milk and transform it into cheese. With that cheese, we'll feed the village Join Guerrilla Cheesemaker David Asher as we explore the world of cheesemaking. During the workshop we'll make queso blanco, fromage frais, and fresh cheese curds - the basis for making mozzarella, camembert, cheddar, blue cheese and many others...The workshop will be hands-on, and will focus on a natural, DIY style of cheesemaking that's a perfect fit for the village. This is a joint event with Kitchen Share Southeast, a community lending library for kitchen tools. Find out more at KitchenShare.org. For more info about David's workshops, visit guerrillacheese.wordpress.co Bio: David Asher is an organic farmer, goatherd and farmstead cheese maker on the gulf islands of British Columbia. A guerrilla cheesemaker, David explores traditionally cultured, non-corporate methods of cheesemaking. Though mostly self-taught, he picked up his cheese skills from various teachers, including a Brown Swiss cow named Sundae on Cortes Island Workshop with Matt Bibeau - Executive Director at Mother Earth School Bio: Matthew Bibeau is Mother Earth School's Executive Director and Faery Garden assistant teacher. He is a permaculture educator, youth mentor and community organizer. He graduated with a B.S. in Environmental Science from the University of New England in 2003 and in 2005 began an M.S. degree program in Leadership for Sustainability Education at Portland State University, where 53

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he studied under renowned permaculture author and teacher, Toby Hemenway. Matt is also a mentor with the Peace Warriors program for boys, and serves on the Board of Directors for two Portland-based non-prots (Learning Gardens .)Institute and Wisdom of the Elders TUESDAY 28 MAY 2-5pm: THE playGROUND: THE ARTISTIC ROOTS of REGENERATIVE CULTURE with Nala Walla MSc In this integrative workshop, we will experience how creative play is essential to 'The Great Turning' towards a regenerative culture. Because our bodies are our most direct link to the Earth, the body-based arts have always offered us help in developing a truly rooted sense of place and ecological activism. Through participatory games and exercises, we will toss around the idea that whole systems theory and permaculture design are organically related to the principles of dance, theater and music improvisation. Participants will be offered take-home tools for connecting to body, community and Earth. No experience necessary--just come with comfortable loose-fitting clothing, and an open mind Bio: Nala Walla is a performer, educator and homesteader devoted to active cross pollination between the arts and ecology. She holds a masters degree in Integrative Arts and Ecology, and is founding member of the BCollective: an umbrella organization dedicated to creation of healthy and sustainable culture through the embodied arts. Currently, Nala performs with the Harmonica Pocket Children's Show, and practices permaculture and off-grid homesteading fulltime on a tiny Island in Washington State. Nala also Nala maintains a private consulting practice in Ecosomatic Repatterning, including getting past artistic blockages, nutritional advising, and more. More information, including published work, is available published at www.bcollective.org and www.harmonicapocket. com/kids Collaborative Games Playshop Tuesday May 28 1- 4 pm. $5-10 suggested donation at Envision Arts Studio 126 NE Alberta - east entrance, go downstairs Come experience the fun and liberation of collaborative games. If we get a big enough group, we may just take over a larger space in the building for some large scale tomfoolery... or stay in the studio and learn playful/creative games. .Forget rock paper scissors- we're gonna play tiger martian fireworks, for starters RSVP please! at http://www.meetup.com/creativeplay/events/118964302

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WEDNESDAY 29 MAY 2-5pm: Meditation & Compassionate Awareness for Activists & Change Agents With Deborah Eden Toll In this workshop we will explore how to be more powerfully present and effective in our work in the world, focusing on how to access our center and engage in the inner and outer work at the same time. We will cultivate compassion for ourselves and our world, deepening our capacity to engage from a place of stillness rather than reaction. We will also learn how to avoid burnout, access greater joy through our work, release limiting beliefs that inhibit our efficacy, deepen our sense of interconnection and of working as WE, and strengthen the integrity of not just WHAT we are doing but HOW we are doing it, moving into the model of sustainable joyful activism Deborah Eden Tull, founder of Mindful Living Revolution, is a meditation and mindfulness teacher, author, speaker, and sustainability consultant who teaches the integration of compassionate awareness into every aspect of our lives. She has been traveling to, living in, or teaching about sustainable communities internationally for the last 20 years, including seven years as a monk at a Zen Monastery. Her book, The Natural Kitchen: Your Guide for the Sustainable Food Revolution (Process Media), was published in September 2010 and she is currently completing her new book, Mindful Living Revolution: How to live Sustainably from the Inside Out. www.facebook.com/MindfulLivingRevolution THURSDAY 30 MAY 2-5pm: Sprouting a Local Culture Where We The People Govern with Paul Cienfuegos Using Paul's Community Rights presentation from the previous night as a jumping-off point, you are invited to participate in a guided conversation in small and large groups. We will begin to imagine/ conceptualize/ dream into being/ the actual first steps at the neighborhood level that would ultimately take us all the way to a series of citywide Community Rights ordinances that bring Portland to the forefront of urban sustainability initiatives under law. Let's dream into being a vision for transportation, energy production and distribution, housing, waste, manufacturing, food and water. If you're stumped by what this workshop is all about, please read Paul's 2012 speech to the Transition Portland group here: PaulCienfuegos.com/when-transition-movement-community-rights. Or check out his website at PaulCienfuegos.com Bio: Paul Cienfuegos has been leading workshops, giving public talks, and organizing local communities towards dismantling corporate rule and strengthening local democracy, since 1995 when he founded Democracy 55

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Unlimited in northern California. Now living in Portland, he has assisted many communities in the PNW to launch Community Rights initiatives. For more info, or to sign up for his e-newsletter, go to PaulCienfuegos.com. His talks have been broadcast nationally on 'Alternative Radio' (AlternativeRadio.org). Check out his bookstore here at the VBC or at 100fires.com Part of our VBC family will be participating in McMenamin's Family Frolic Series taking place on May 30th from 6 - 8pm at The Kennedy School in NE. Along with Harmonica Pocket's mad cat musical skills, Jane and Frances will be giving kid-centric natural building demonstrations. For those Village Builders looking for something specifically for the kiddos, here is your event This event is free, Located at The Kennedy School 5736-N.E. 33rd Ave Portland, OR 97211 DancePaint 7-9 pm May 30 includes materials. RSVP required $15 Free-form dance and painting. No painting experience needed, beginning dancers welcome! At Envision Arts Studio 126 NE Alberta - east entrance, go downstairs. We will have some great downtempo music, paint, paper and brushes. Connect with others through nonverbal conversations both in the dance and on paper. Please arrive by 7:10 - opening circle at 7:15. Questions? Contact Amy at 503.756.4049 RSVP at: http://www.meetup.com/creativeplay/events/117773282 FRIDAY 31 MAY 3-5pm Make Common Space and CommonWealth With Jeffrey Smith Outreach Organizer of Common Ground OrWa Create Common Space and Common Wealth" Every time we repair the city, we make it more spendy to live in. We make the targeted neighborhood more attractive and popular. And that pushes up its location values, even as buildings age. Higher land costs need not be bad news for resident minimalists; instead, high site values could be good news for everybody. How? Just do what other places do: they recover these sociallygenerated location values and share them. There residents receive dividends based on the worth of Mother Earth Salem has a bill to do just that this session. Is Portland cutting-edge enough for that? Let's talk about it. Activism and poverty should not have to be synonymous. More info on the concept: www.CommonGroundOrWa.org and www.progress. org. Facilitated by Jeff Smith and Jeff Strang, long-time leaders in the new field 56

of geonomics." Every time we repair the city, we make it more spendy to live in -- we push up land values. Higher site costs need not be bad news, they could be good news for everybody. Some places recover these socially-generated location values and share them. Is Portland cutting-edge enough for that? Let's talk about it. Activism and poverty should not have to be synonymous Bio: Jeffery J. Smith handles outreach for and the website of Common Ground ORWA. He edits the daily news site, The Progress Report, and The Geonomist which won a Californian GreenLight Award. He founded the Greens of San Diego and cofounded the Green Parties of California and the US and has been a guest of most of the Green Parties of Europe. He has been interviewed on radio and TV and has testified before the Russian Duma. His band of activists usually have a bill in most sessions of the Oregon legislature to shift taxes from buildings to land and to pay residents a rent dividend. He has been a regular contributor at TruthOut. His work has appeared in The New York Times and in academic journals, e.g. the American Journal of Economics & Sociology. He has authored reports to the Kenya Land Commission and the legislatures of Costa Rica, Hawaii, and Washington. Utilizing his neologism geonomics have been the Geonomics Show on CNBC and the Geonomics Institute on Middlebury College campus in New England. He has done research for Portlands Tri-Met, the regional government in Minnesota, and a public economist in Virginia. He has recruited economists from Columbia, the OMB, and a US presidential commission to his nonprofit, the Forum on Geonomics. A member of the International Society for Ecological Economics and of Mensa, he lives in Americas Pacific Northwest 11:00-6:00pm One Day Only! UJIMA SITE OPEN HOUSE and PIZZA WORK PARTY Ujima Center: 2003-NE Holman St. Portland, OR 97211 Ujima Center for Urban Persistence is a place where Community, Creativity, Music and Art all intersect in a unique fusion of wonderful-ness. Our vision is to create space for imagination and play in the modern workaday world. Following what turned out to be an EPIC VBC last year, we have decided to support projects elsewhere in the VBC village rather then embarking on our own this year. However, for the sake of continuity and participation, we wish to open our space to the VBC for one day of sharing and celebration. Please feel welcome to come at any point on this day and tap in, get your hands dirty (we will have a fun project happening, stay tuned) or bring toppings for a cob oven pizza (we will have the oven on from 3-6)- or both! Looking forward to seeing you Friday! Love UJIMA

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SATURDAY 1 JUNE 2-5pm: Intentional Sexuality in Intentional Community 2-3:30pm with Lindsay Hagamen of the Windward Foundation and Rev. Teri D. Ciacchi of Living Love Revolution Join EcoSexual visionaries Lindsay Hagamen, President of the Windward Foundation, and Rev. Teri D. Ciacchi of Living Love Revolution in a conversation about the restoration of sexual sovereignty through intentional relationships. Teri and Lindsay will share from both personal experience and theoretical frameworks about how we can use our erotic life force to bring people together and build community focused on stewarding the Earth into abundance. This conversation is relevant to people interested in polyamory, permaculture, intentional community, sacred sexuality, eco-psychology, and individuals interested in creating a culture of embodied love. Topics of conversation can be shaped to reflect the interests of those participating. Come ready to engage your mind, heart and spirit Sliding scale donation for workshop participation: $15-$25 Bio: Lindsay lives, works and plays at Windward Education and Research Center, a cooperative community of over thirty years in the making dedicated to preserving and developing village scale technologies needed to support a thriving sustainable community on 130 acres of dry forestland Intentional Community Panel Discussion 3:30-5pm with Karen Hery, community counselor Interested in joining or starting an intentional community? Come hear members from a whole variety of land-based intentional communities, both established and newly forming, in a round table discussion of best practices followed by a Q&A. This is a great opportunity to hear a variety of perspectives on how distinct communities, rural and urban, have evolved practices to take joy in the rewards -and rise to meet the challenges- of living in intentional community. The discussion will be facilitated by Karen Hery, community counselor for Windward a 30 year intentional community focused on creating sustainability at the village scale. Communities from Portland to Eugene and out into central Washington will be represented Suggested donation for attending: $10 - no one turned away for lack of funds Bio: Karen Hery is the founder of theSunnyside Swap Shop Co-op in SE Portland, community counselor for theWindward Education and Research Center on the high plateau above the Columbia Gorge in Washington and a veteran of many .intentional community and co-housing adventures

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PLACEMAKERS ACADEMY PRESENTS

Village Building Design Course

Permaculture teacher and veteran VBC organizer This class is about transforming Spaces into Places; Places which are invested with value and meaning.

Complete Course $70-100 Drop in for a day: $20-30

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Lead Instructor: Hannah Poirier

Sunday, May 26
Patterns & Tools
9:00am - 12pm Patterns in Nature and Human patterns Designing villages and planning projects Organizing work parties

Thursday, May 23
Introduction to Placemaking
11:30am - 5:30pm What is Place and why does it matter? Inviting neighbors and having meetings Collaborative design: identifying values and setting project priorities Examples of sustainable placemaking

The Human Being on Earth

from the viewpoint of Anthroposophy
1:30pm - 4:30pm

Friday, May 24
Introduction to Permaculture
9:00am - 12pm Permaculture principles Necessary roles in groups Facilitating design charrettes

Internal and external roles we have Esoteric implications & practical directives

With: Beth Wieting.

Monday, May 27
Storytelling, Myth, & Culture
11:30am - 2:30pm

Internal Placemaking for External Group Organizing

1:30pm - 4:30pm

Context of Placemaking Legal structures

With: Mark Lakeman.

Closing
2:30pm - 4:30pm Setting achievable goals Creating the future
Class Location: Awakenings Wellness Center 1016 SE 12th Ave. Portland, OR Questions? 541-419-6723 | pa@cityrepair.org

Group facilitation and mindful leadership Attitudes of community organizing

With: Deborah Eden Tull.

Saturday, May 25
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Site activities / workshops For full descriptions please see the sites project page FRIDAY 24 MAY B HEARTS: 10am-5pm: Set-up & prep walls with clay slip Sedro- Gilbert: Afternoon / Evening: Clean intersection and set up for painting Fernhill: 9:30-10 am Morning mvmnt// 10 am-4pm Natural Building: slip straw Dharma Rain Cntr: 10am Opening Ceremony dedicating Orchard; 10:30-12:30 Workshop^:Jonathan Brandt on Food Forests; 1-5pm Rmv blackberries, teazle, etc 37th Ave Community Garden & Food Forest:: 10-5 Preparing for Planting: remove opportunistic plants; Building 275 gal water catchment; Bldg Berry Trellises Jeans Farm:: Story of the farm at 1pm; 1-4pm cob oven building workshop .Attunement: 2pm Nature mandala group activity and blessing. Pond digging and sheet mulching Sunnyside Piazza:: 10am 5pm: Materials Preparation & Street Cleaning )PDX HARP:: 6pm-8pm Kids Art Project (All Ages); 8pm 1am Cacao Ceremony ($10 Love Offering Portland State University (PSU) :: 9-10: Opening Ceremony 10 am - 12 pm: Natural Paints and Clay with kiddies 12-1.30 pm: PSU ROOTS festival SATURDAY 25 MAY Sedro- Gilbert: late morning: Intersection painting / later: clean up Going Street: 10am 6pm Intersection painting B HEARTS: 10am-5pm: Apply clay plaster first coat Sunshine Dairy: 10am -5pm Retaining Wall, trail Construction and Street Painting Prep Fernhill: 9:00 breakfast 9:30-10 am Morning mvmnt// 10 am-4pm Natural Building: learn how to pack slip straw walls; 12-4pm By donation massage with Jasmine Coe LLC 16th & Ash: 11-7pm intersection painting Dharma Rain Cntr: 10am 4pm soil preparation & rock collection for Orchard & food Forest. 1-4pm Workshop^: creating mosaics, river rock in concrete Tillamook & Rodney - 10am 4 pm Intersection painting Sunshine Dairy - 10am -5pm Retaining Wall, trail Construction and Street Painting Prep 130th & Ramona - 10am -4pm: Pouring Art into the Streets: Block Party, Lunch @ noon: Safe Routes + Free Arts NW + Music + Painting SE 16th & Ash 11am- 7pm: Block Party Street Painting. Music in the afternoon 37th Ave Community Garden & Food Forest:: 10-5 Soil Prep; mulch, compost: turning grass sod; sheet mulch; Building 275 gal water catchment; Bldg Berry Trellises Planet Repair Inst. (PRI): Chicken Palace; cob Chimney becomes cob oven; decorative cob thermalmass; natural plastering of gables Jeans Farm:: 10 -4pm Cob work, roof building, gardening. Mother Earth School's K-3 openhouse & 11-12 farm tour, 1:00 kid-friendly bee and chicken exploration Sunnyside Piazza:: 9am-10am; chalk outline of street painting pattern. 10am 6pm Paint the Sunflower. Kids activities, picnicking, Live Music Kailash Eco Village: 10am Tiled Table Top Artwork starts & Koi Pond Artwork in driveway begins. 2pm Sustainable Projects tour. 3pm Finish PDX HARP:: 10am-4pm: Living Bamboo Fence. 2pm-4pm: vermiculture bin, workshop Portland State University:: 10 am - 5 pm: Community Orchard Natural Fencing + Microswaling )Co-Housing Open House: 10 noon Trillium Hollow (www.trilliumhollow.org Vancouver GreenHouse:: 10.00 11am: Workshop Choosing your site, planning for drainage and foundations. Sourcing and arranging your building materials. Mixing cob and how to build with it SUNDAY 26 MAY B HEARTS: 11am-5pm: Finish applying clay plaster; weave garden retainer wall Fernhill: 9:30-10 am Morning mvmnt// 10 am-4pm Building slip straw wall; 2-4 Dreamcatcher workshop 60

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Dharma Rain Cntr: 1pm 5pm start pathway after morning services Sunshine Dairy: 10am -4:30pm Street Painting Dignity Village: 10- done Cob Oven work party Sunshine Dairy - 10am -4:30pm Street Painting Party 37th Ave Community Garden & Food Forest:: 10-5 Soil Prep; mulch, compost: turning grass sod; sheet mulch; Building 275 gal water catchment; Bldg Berry Trellises Planet Repair Inst. (PRI): Chicken Palace; cob Chimney becomes cob oven; decorative cob thermalmass; natural plastering of gables. 2-5pm Fungi Cultivation workshop Jeans Farm:: 10 -4pm Cob oven building workshop, roof building, gardening Sunnyside Piazza:: 10am 6pm 2nd coat: Re-Paint the Sunflower. Kids activities, picnicking, Live Music PDX HARP:: 10am- 5pm: Water Catchment/ Rain Garden installation. Kids' art project. 1-4pm: Meditation & Sustainable Design as a Way of Life workshop Schiller Farm:: 10:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. Rain garden installation;10:30 - 11:15am Schiller Farm tour; 11:30 - 12:00 Rain Garden design discussion; 12:00 - 12:30pm Lunch / hammock time; 12:30 - 4:00pm Excavation and Planting Portland State University:: 10 am - 5 pm: Plastic Bottle Greenhouse Right 2 Dream Too:: 11-5pm *Open Workshops* We invite you to share skills & cross pollinate w/ our community Co-Housing Open House: 1:00 to 4:00 pm Cascadia Commons (www.cascadiacommons.com Vancouver GreenHouse:: 10am: Hugelkulture workshop and help us plug logs with mushroom spore MONDAY 27 MAY B HEARTS: 11am-5pm: Finish applying clay plaster first coat if needed call 1st Fernhill: 9:30-10 am Morning mvmnt// 10 am-4pm Natural Building: Yard Farm Flash Mob 12-4pm By donation acupuncture with Daphna Kohn LAc Dharma Rain Cntr: 10am 4pm work on pathway 37th Ave Community Garden & Food Forest:: 10-5 Planting Food Forest; Building 275 gal water catchment; Bldg Berry Trellises Planet Repair Inst. (PRI): Chicken Palace; cob Chimney becomes cob oven; decorative cob thermalmass; natural plastering of gables PDX HARP:: 10am-3:30pm: Planter bed construction. 4-5pm: workshop on Backyard Herbalism Schiller Farm:: 10:30 a.m. - 6 p.m. Edible Forest Garden; 10:30 - 11:15am Schiller Farm Tour; 11:30 12:00 Edible Forest Design; 12:00 - 12:30 Lunch / Hammock time; 12:30 - 4:30 Weed / Sheet Mulch / Plant; 5:00 Community Meal/ potluck Portland State University:: 10 am - 5 pm: Dialogue Dome Cob Repair Right 2 Dream Too:: 11-5pm *Open Workshops* We invite you to share skills & cross pollinate w/ our community Vancouver GreenHouse:: 4-5pm: Building in miniature learn how to make a model of what youre building, check out the model of the greenhouse TUESDAY 28 MAY Fernhill: 9:30-10 am Morning mvmnt// 10 am-4pm Natural Building: finish slip straw walls 12-4pm By donation massage with Jasmine Coe LLC 6pm: Epic Dance party Dharma Rain Cntr: 10am 4pm work on pathway; 1-3pm Workshop^: Using Mushrooms for eating and remediation 37th Ave Community Garden & Food Forest:: 10-5 Planting Food Forest; Building 275 gal water catchment; Bldg Berry Trellises Planet Repair Inst. (PRI): Chicken Palace; cob Chimney becomes cob oven; decorative cob thermalmass; natural plastering of gables 61

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PDX HARP:: Donation workshops see site pg. 11am - 3pm Waffle Bar!! By Donation. 12-2pm: Beauty Care from your Pantry. 2:30-4:30: Bees & Hive Celebration. ($15 love +) 7-9m: Ho "O" Pono Pono - 9-11pm: Opening show for the Commons! Outdoor concert Portland State University:: 10 am - 4 pm: Dialogue Dome Cob Repair; 4.30 - 6.30 pm Sustainability Celebration; 7 pm - 9 pm; Jenny Pell Speaker event SMSU 294 Right 2 Dream Too:: 11-5pm *Open Workshops* We invite you to share skills & cross pollinate w/ our community Vancouver GreenHouse:: 9.30-11am. How to attract birds to your garden. Bring your creative spirit and build & decorate a birdhouse (materials provided) to contribute to a piece of functional garden art WEDNESDAY 29 MAY Fernhill: 9:30-10 am Morning mvmnt// 10 am-4pm Natural Building: learn art of natural lime plaster application; 12-4pm By donation acupuncture with Daphna Kohn Lac 37th Ave Community Garden & Food Forest:: 10-5 Planting Food Forest; Building 275 gal water catchment; Bldg Berry Trellises Planet Repair Inst. (PRI): Chicken Palace; cob Chimney becomes cob oven; decorative cob thermalmass; natural plastering of gables. 10-1pm Discussion of plant based permaculture PDX HARP:: 10am-5pm: Building a Fairy Garden. 2-3:30pm: Bite Size Edible Plants Taster Tour $10-$15; 3:30-5pm: Fairy Garden Workshop;1-7pm: Barter Trade Fair- Umm.... Plant Swap!! (See )site pg for more Portland State University:: 10 am - 12 pm: Plastic Bottle Greenhouse #1; 12 pm - 1 pm: Lunch; 1 pm - 5pm: Plastic Bottle Greenhouse #2 Right 2 Dream Too:: 11-5pm *Open Workshops* We invite you to share skills & cross pollinate w/ our community Vancouver GreenHouse:: 9.30am Sculpting 3D tree mural using straw clay, cob and mosaic Dharma Rain Cntr: 10am 4pm work on pathway THURSDAY 30 MAY Fernhill: 9:30-10 am Morning mvmnt// 10 am-4pm Natural Building: lime plastering 4pm Bike Parade to Ujima Centee, CSE & T-horse at Last Thursday on Alberta 37th Ave Community Garden & Food Forest:: 10-5 Planting Food Forest; Building 275 gal water catchment; Bldg Berry Trellises Planet Repair Inst. (PRI): Chicken Palace; cob Chimney becomes cob oven; decorative cob thermalmass; natural plastering of gables PDX HARP:: 10-8pm: Natural Building and Art Projects see website for updates Portland State University:: 10 am - 5 pm: Dialogue Dome Cob Repair Right 2 Dream Too:: 11-5pm *Open Workshops* We invite you to share skills & cross pollinate Dharma Rain Cntr: 10am 4pm work on pathway Vancouver GreenHouse:: 9.30am: Found objects to make functional art FRIDAY 31 MAY 8th & Holland 2-6pm: Site Prep: sweep & Pressure wash Fernhill: 9:30-10 am Morning mvmnt// 10 am-4pm Natural Building: lime plaster; 12-4pm By donation massage with Jasmine Coe LLC; 5-6pm Guided Meditation with Milo Albright; 6-8pm Cacao Ceremony with Amanda Rain Buckman Community: 3pm wash the street with earth friendly soap 37th Ave Community Garden & Food Forest:: 10-5 Planting Food Forest; Building 275 gal water catchment; Bldg Berry Trellises Planet Repair Inst. (PRI): Chicken Palace; cob Chimney becomes cob oven; decorative cob thermalmass; natural plastering. Discussions with Joline Heben on homelessness & Self-help villages Dharma Rain Cntr: 10am 4pm work on pathway Jeans Farm:: 1-4pm cob finishing & plastering workshop with Eva Edelson 62

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PDX HARP:: 10-3pm: Help us build our kids play area Portland State University:: 10 am - 5 pm: Plastic Bottle Greenhouse Workshop SATURDAY 1 JUNE 8th & Holland 2-6pm: Intersection Painting, face painting, live tunes, lunch, rock painting, side-walk chalk Rabbit Hill 10am 2pm: Community Garden & meeting place creation: Wood-fired Pizza served B HEARTS: 10 am - 5 pm Apply clay final coat. 2pm Kid event, make a mason bee house Fernhill: 9:00 am breakfast9:30-10 am Morning mvmnt// 10 am-4pm Natural Building: lime plaster; 12-4pm Family Play Day: With New Cascadia Clown Army performance and lessons; 6 pm potluck Tillamook & Rodney 8am-10am: Set-up & Chalking out the design; 10am- 8pm Block Party & Intersection Painting music, fun, etc Buckman Community: 10 AM Repaint street graphic. Enjoy Champion Chili and a pot luck at noon Wild Lilac Child Development Center: 10-4pm: De-Paving, Not-So-Ordinary Fence, Giving Tree. Lunch: 12:30 organic, vegetarian. ChildCare Provided 37th Ave Community Garden & Food Forest:: 10-5 Planting Food Forest; Building 275 gal water catchment; Bldg Berry Trellises Jeans Farm:: 10 -4pm Cob work, roof building, gardening Share-It Square:: 10- 4 or 5 Intersection Painting, Community Activities PDX HARP:: 10-2pm: Soul Alchemy Playshop 10-5pm: Patio installation. After our events we will carpool to the venue for the closing event Tulip Tree:: 10-4 Elephant cob wall and bench building Portland State University:: 9-11 am: Weed the Walk (of the Heroines)Workparty; 10 am - 5 pm: Art in the Community Garden )Co-Housing Open House: 10 noon Columbia Eco-village (www.columbiaecovillage.org Dharma Rain Cntr: 10am 4pm work on pathway Vancouver GreenHouse:: 10am: Greenhouse heating and cooling & installing simple greywater system. 6.30pm on: Sharing stories, poetry, music etc. connecting at a potluck with a fire-pit SUNDAY 2 JUNE B HEARTS: 11am-3pm: Finish clay final coat Piazza di Wilbur: 10am to finish: Intersection Painting: Music, Food, Drinks Fernhill: 9:30-10am mvmnt// 10am-4pm Finishing touches ; 7-8pm Womp Stomp with Kristi SolFire Dignity Village: 10- done Cob Oven work party Wild Lilac Child Development Center: 10-4pm: De-Paving, Not-So-Ordinary Fence. Lunch: 12:30 organic, vegetarian. ChildCare Provided 37th Ave Community Garden & Food Forest:: 10-5 Planting Food Forest; Building 275 gal water catchment; Bldg Berry Trellises PDX HARP:: 10am-4:30pm: Finishing up projects. 2:30-4:30: Mahatma Multiple Hands Healing Circle. 4:30-5:00pm: Closing circle and prayer blessing 5pm PSU - 10 am - 5 pm: Orchard Fencing VBC Project Tour Day see the website for updated details. Also see facebook.com/jeansfarm R2DToo (Right 2 Dream Too):: 11-4pm Doors of Opportunity Painting Party: Sponsor and paint a door to support R2Dtoo. Celebration &Tours given throughout day; 2pm 3rd grade Creative Science School class paints their own door Co-Housing Open House: 1:00 - 4:00pm Earth Harmony Habitats (www.earthharmonyhabitats.org) 3:00 pm visit Vertical Gardens demo project Vancouver GreenHouse:: 10.30: Installing the rainwater collection system for the greenhouse OTHER DATES 37th Ave Community Garden & Food Forest:: 10am done Intersection Painting check in on Food Forests progress 63

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This year, VBC will gather at locations away from the central venue to bring energy to Placemaking Sites on Sunday, May 26th and Thursday, May 30th. It is rumored that the legendary T-Horse Corral will make an appearance each of these nights On Tuesday, May 28th, we will have a decentralized-but-together evening planned, encouraging people to congregate at Placemaking Sites in the neighborhoods of Portland. This is a chance to meet neighbors and connect to the people involved with projects near you. The other six nights from Friday, May 24 Saturday, June 1st will involve evening programming at the central venue: Alberta Abbey - 126 NE Alberta ST Portland, OR 97211 Central Venue Night Schedule 5:00pm Venue Opens 5:30-6:30pm Dinner 6:45pm Announcements 7:00pm - late Guests, speakers, and music FRIDAY 24 MAY Central Venue: Alberta Abbey - 126 NE Alberta ST Portland, OR 97211 7:00pm Matt Bibeau - Executive Director at Mother Earth School Presentation:The 13th Run - City Repairs community work over the years 7:45pm Marc Tobin - Director of Rising Vision Lcc; & Mark Lakeman - Director of Communitecture, Cofounder of City Repair & Co-founder of Planet Repair Institute Presentation: Patterns of Place & Cosmos: From Concept to Integration with Self and Community 9:00pm Live Music: Tim Snider & The Sound Society 10:00pm Live Music: Jeanna Love SATURDAY 25 MAY Central Venue: Alberta Abbey - 126 NE Alberta ST Portland, OR 97211 7:00pm La Laurrien - Artist, Writer, Teacher & Visionary; Part of Atlan Center which is currently building an intentional land based community in the Columbia Gorge Presentation: Word Magic & Reality Making - Metaphors for a New World 7:30pm Jordan Fink - Founding core member and Co-Director of the City Repair Project and VBC; M.A. in Sustainable Landscape Planning and Design, Educator, & Community Facilitator Presentation: In Succession - Managing & Working with Change 8:00pm Harriet Fasenfest - Previous businesswoman & Teacher at Preserve, which led to the writing of her book and current work A Householders Guide to the Universe, urban gardener & Blogger for Culinate. Presentation: More than a Zone - The Making of Home 8:35pm Eva Edleson - Natural Builder, Teacher, Gardener, Visionary. Eva, and her husband Max, just released their Build Your Own Barrel Oven and representatives of Firespeaking: Design, Consultations, & Builders of Masonry Heaters, Wood-Fired Ovens, & Natural Building. Presentation: A Succession of Ideas - What We Do, Make, and What We Birth 64 64

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9:30pm Live Music: Sol Nectar 10:15pm Live Music: Oreganic SUNDAY 26 MAY SunnySide Park, located at SE 34th Ave. & SE Taylor, from 5pm-9:30pm We will be serving delicious tea and desserts from local artisans. This is a potluck themed event and we will have plush pillows and rugs to lounge on. There will be Live Graffiti Art, Information Booths, Kids Events, and special guests: THE SINGING ALIVE COMMUNITY! Join us for community lead singing and activities! So, bring your acoustic instruments snacks, skills, and park toys to share with the great Portland Community! Come out and meet your neighbors! Special Appearance from Portlands Legendary Tea Horse - a butterfly shaped tea house with a 30 foot wingspan MONDAY 27 MAY Central Venue: Alberta Abbey - 126 NE Alberta ST Portland, OR 97211 7:00pm Live Music: Harmonica Pocket 7:30pm Francis Michaelson - Accomplished Storyteller, Visual Artist, and Emerging Natural Building Professional; & Helen Hill - Co-founder of the Bay City Arts Center, Off-Broadway Playwright, Artist, and recently a Certified Birth Doula Presentation: The beginning of Everything - An Epic Puppet Show 7:45pm Nala Walla - Founder of The Bee Collective, Body Ecologist, Transdisciplinary Performer, Teacher, & Community Activist Presentation: THE PLAYground: The Artistic Roots of Regenerative Culture 9:00pm Live Music: Oh Bruni TUESDAY 28 MAY VBC Decentralized Night! Starts at 5:30 For the first time ever, the VBC is intentionally decentralizing our nightly programming to give sites all over Portland a chance to connect with their communities over food and music on their home turf. Tuesday night will see the VBC seed sprouting in SIX DIFFERENT LOCATIONS Planet Repair Institute 8512 SE 8th Ave. 97202 The Community Supported Everything Guildhall 1626 NE Alberta St. 97211 The Fernhill Community Educational Center, Cully Neighborhood 6420 NE 42nd Ave. 97218 The Attunement Center, near 4681 N Concord Ave, 97217; Just south of N Blandera St HARP, Sellwood 1611 SE Bybee Blvd. 97202 The decentralized gatherings will reflect the unique character and style of each community! We're all in this together! We will show the great city of Portland what celebrating life, love, and community is all about. The six sites listed above have offered to host a gathering in their communities with games, food, music, and good ole conversation. KBOO, 90.7 FM, will be broadcasting a decentralized radio program called THE MELTING POT hosted by Dr. J, in conjunction with VBC on Tuesday, May 28th from 8:00-10:00pm! 65

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Each community can tune into the citywide signal, connecting the far-flung decentralized sites as we dance to the same music, celebrating the fusion of hyperlocal action and world-wide coordination that is transforming communities around the world At: Planet Repair Institute: 8512-SE 8th, Portland, Oregon 97202 From 6:30 to 10:30 pm, or later Come on people, come see what's going on at PRI tonight! We'll be having a lovely potluck of course, various forms of acoustic and crowd-sourced music, selected presentations, show and tell, site tours, various kinds of games, lots of star-gazing, and important intellectual-type conversations! Bring it! Contact: ML at 503-381-5885 At: Tryon Life Community Farm: 11640-SW Boones Ferry Road, Portland 97219 From 5:30 pm to 10 pm - with a bike brigade leaving People's Food Co-op at 5 pm and a shuttle from Alberta Abbey running every hour, on the hour, starting at 5 pm We're going to SING and PLAY. This will be a "Singing Alive" inspired evening, with multiple song circles in the magic grove, around the bonfire, in our new yurt . . . Please bring your voice and spirit to share. We may also take walks in the twilight forest to visit the owls, and listen to the creek. We'll definitely be sharing yummy pizza from our cob oven - please bring toppings to share You're also invited to come early for a fantastically fun playshop with Leif Hansen (aka Spark Guy) from 2-5pm. Particpants will use impromptu theatre, music and movement to build skills for community collaboration. Visit our website at www.tryonfarm.org for playshop details Contact: Brenna Bell, brenna@tryonfarm.org, 503-245-3847 WEDNESDAY 29 MAY Central Venue: Alberta Abbey - 126 NE Alberta ST Portland, OR 97211 7:00pm Paul Cienfuegos - Workshop Leader, Public Speaker, & PNW Community Rights Activist; Founder of Democracy Unlimited of Humboldt County; Owner of a full-service online bookstore: 100Fires. com: Helping Independent Publishers stay true to their business ideas and survive against the odds; Hear Pauls Nationally Broadcast talks on Alternative Radio & Partner to Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund (CELDF). Presentation: Sprouting a Local Culture Where We The People Govern 7:45pm Amanda Fritz & Paul Cienfuegos will take part in a panel conversation with the audience 8:45pm Break into Small Groups for Discussion 9:15pm Closing Circle/Share-outs 9:30pm Live Music: Theo Dore & Friends THURSDAY 30 MAY Two Locations at Last Thursday: Community Supported Everything at 1626 NE Alberta St. & the Portland Herbal Education Center at 2714 NE Alberta St. Runs from 6pm-10pm Another first, the VBC is collaborating with Friends of Last Thursday this year, to bring the Tea Horse to Alberta Street- a butterfly shaped tea house with a 30 foot wingspan! We'll be celebrating alongside two VBC placemaking sites located directly on Alberta Street this year, Community Supported Everything at 66 66

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1626 NE Alberta St. and the Portland Herbal Education Center at 2714 NE Alberta St. We are inviting you to help bring the village atmosphere to Last Thursday by sharing your gifts, skills, and knowledge with all of Portland! There will be a repair node, where neighbors will be helping neighbors work to repair their bikes, old clothes, computers, and jewelry! There will also be games, art, music and much more. The How much more depends on you! We're putting out the call for performances, skill shares, and interactive entertainment of all kinds! If you feel moved to contribute, bring your gifts and share the love FRIDAY 31 MAY Central Venue: Alberta Abbey - 126 NE Alberta ST Portland, OR 97211 7:00pm Opening Speaker: Karen Hery Portland Community Builder Intentional Community Comedy: Whats so funny about Peace, Love and Understanding? Take a riotous romp through 20 years of intentional community, co-ops and co-housing. Laugh along with what sometimes works and most definitely doesnt on the road to sustainable living Bio: Karen Hery is the founder of the Sunnyside Swap Shop Co-op in SE Portland, community counselor for the Windward Education and Research Center on the high plateau above the Columbia Gorge in Washington and a veteran of many intentional community and co-housing adventures 7:45pm Keynote Speaker: Lindsay Hagamen - President of the Windward Foundation Cultivating the Wild Within: The allure of the wild, the natural and the real often seems to conflict with the desire for comfort, security and abundance. Lindsay will weave us through the intersection of Earth, Intimacy, Emotional Abundance, Physical Security, Sustainability, Wildness and Home. Could our very sexuality be a key part of the emotional currency that helps us transition to a truly sustainable culture? This presentation will be as family appropriate as possible given the nature of the discussion. Use your own discretion Bio: Lindsay lives, works and plays at Windward Education and Research Center, a cooperative community of over thirty years in the making dedicated to preserving and developing village scale technologies needed to support a thriving sustainable community on 130 acres of dry forestland 9:00pm Live Music: The Melting Pot with Dr. J Broadcast thru KBOO: For millennia, sharing food, music and the collective celebration of life have been the foundation for residents thriving in peaceful villages. After a night of exploring the rewards and challenges of intentional communities with Karen Hery at our main venue, we are going to raise the Village of Portland in collective celebration. KBOO 90.7 FM is bestowing upon us a special 4-hour broadcast of positive music! More info on this as it develops at Community Supported Everything SATURDAY 1 JUNE Central Venue: Alberta Abbey - 126 NE Alberta ST Portland, OR 97211 7:45pm Pandora Thomas - Environmental Educator, Certified Green Building Professional, & Permaculture Teacher of all ages; Co-Founder of Earthseed Consulting LLC; TEDxDenverEd Presenter Presentation: Urban Succession, Urban Social Ecology - The M.A.G.I.C of Diversity 9:30pm Live Music: Sacred Circle After Dancing... a Closing Circle led by SaraHope Smith, Eva Riversong Bird & Mikaela Schey 67

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Arisana Kim Tolomei PSU Conflict Resolution Grad student Intern; VBC Core volunteer This is my 2nd year to participate in the planning of VBC. I have been involved with: planning process, facilitation, interviews and evaluation of the VBC Core volunteer circle Element: I LOVE to dance, meditate, be in nature, envision community building projects and spend time with my grandchildren Cyd Manro - President of the board of directors for City Repair Cyd oversaw VBC 2013 and produced the Earth Day 2012 event. He has been a Placemaking Site Leader in 2010, 2011, and 2012. He teaches facilitation workshops and is a co-founder of Community Rights PDX. He is on the board of directors for the Richmond Neighborhood Association and recently became engaged to Allison Keil. He likes basketball, gardening, and sour food. Element: Cyd is in his element during the initiation stage. He is good at generating ideas and encouraging others to share their own, then bringing together those ideas and visions into a plan Olga Lukomsky Olga lives in NE PDX, with her sweetie-husband-Hodges, who told her all about VBC. They like to sing to the sprouts in their garden on a full moon, and practice mind reading with the neighborhood cats. Olga spent some of her childhood in an Ukrainian village, and is passionate about recreating the simplicity, safety, wonder, and sacredness of that dreamy place. Her involvement has been with the (amazing) Publicity Team Element: A quasi-mystical mix of ancestors, creation, silly-beauty, and artichokes dipped in butter Oran Stainbrook This is Oran's first year working with VBC at the city scale, and 2nd year as a project site lead. He put together the poster, as well as the magazine you hold in your hands - with a lot of help! Originally rom a Silver State, Oran is graduating this June with a BS in Architecture from Portland State. He is attending Earthship Academy and a permaculture design course this summer, and has recently submitted a Peace Corps application Element: I fall into my element when making art - graphic, three-dimensional, living, breathing, terra-crafting, and building/painting community SaraHope Smith SaraHope Smith is a cultural creative who has been helping people shift cultures towards interconnected self-empowerment in settings from yoga to internet banking to being a biodiesel pioneer to greening events and organizations always building commUnity as she goes. She is a vessel for healing our culture and our planet and has supported the VBC this year thru the placemaking team, budget wizardry, and most anything else she was asked to do. Element: Floating or shooting rapids down our mystical rivers or leading/ participating in ritual 68 68

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Marc Tobin - Core member, facilitation training, leading communication processes and helping to establish a Dynamic Governance organizational structure, with a background in urban planning and ecovillage design. He provides professional services through Rising Vision at rising-vision.net. Music is also a main passion for Marc and this year he is VBC's sound tech, and will be performing with his band Sol Nectar and also with Theo and Amma. Marc provides live sound systems for events, and is available as a session guitarist and bassist. You can listen to his band Sol Nectar's music at https://soundcloud.com/solnectar Lynda Zagelow Ad and Sponsorships Guru As a professional Care Giver VBC inspires me to look for ways to implement their core values and beliefs into the way I approach my day-to- day work challenges as well as in my private life. I have also made friends through VBC that I know will be friends for life and have met many dedicated, interesting and dynamic people that have enriched my life

Tony Zagelow Invisible Structures Coordinator As a mechanical designer I am constantly motivated to apply the principals of permaculture into how I design and problem solve. City Repair and VBC are great examples of organizations that use these sustainable and balanced solutions to accomplish their goals. I have never worked with such inspiring and ruthlessly compassionate people as those involved with VBC

Anne Brink Placemaking team member; intersection repair site liaison Anne comes to the Oregon from Michigan. She loves the mountains and feels at home in the west. Her purpose in life to help build tribes that foster fulfillment, which is why she loves City Repair. She is a coach for organizations and people and really gets lit up when people are ready to have meaningful conversations Element: Being in the mountains on a sunny summer day Mark Lakeman Tea Rex As an elder, Mark provides memory and perspective to VBC. This year, Mark is a member of the core group - working in fund raising & sponsorship, placemaking, evening events, publicity, venue design, some actual placemaking projects, and lots more Element: Helping people repair the places where they live

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Karen Hery is the Founder of the Sunnyside Swap Shop Co-op, a family cooperative swapping books, toys and clothing for a lighter footprint on the planet while sharing indoor and outdoor gathering space inside the Sunnyside Methodist Church building at the corner of 35th and Yamhill. When not at the co-op, she can be found in the woods at Windward Sustainability Research Center in her role of community counselor for this village scale intentional community. Karen has gathered up resources and stewards the group of intentional communities coming together for some evening programs Element: community capital Albert Kaufman Albert is a social media and email marketing ace and has been working on publicity for VBC, managing the facebook and twitter accounts, the Word newsletter, and otherwise getting the story out into the world and across Portland Check out his website at albertideation.com

Rachel Cox VBC Hearth Circle & Core Circle This is the first year I have volunteered with the VBC. I moved from Texas to Portland almost three years ago. I love taking pictures, camping, hiking, gardening, knitting, cob, awesome people... basically everything the Northwest offers. I'm thrilled to be involved with such a tight knit community and watch our neighborhoods grow with love Brent Bellamy - Materials Logistics Coordinator Brent Bellamy is an Oregon native. He facilitates a communal living space in NE Portland with his wife and has been involved in numerous communitybuilding projects both in Oregon and abroad. Brent feels strongly about utilizing his passions and interests to promote social equity and global awareness Element: There is something special that happens when people come together for a common goal. I feel most alive when I get to contribute to that kind of collective effort, especially when I witness the joy that comes as people discover how they can contribute to the world Mikaela Schey - Volunteer Coordinator /A community cross-pollinator spinning three main webs in life: birthing Sol Nectar (www.SolNectarMusic.com), resonating with the evolving human heart to find/assist/create social systems that match our visions of a sustainable future (www.vizify.com/mikaela-schey), letting the river flow with the landscape to carve a path to the ocean (can be seen through the worldwide web of oneness) Element: social settings where ideas can be cross-pollinated, collaborated on, and manifested; in hypnosis, stretching the time-space slinky and learning visions; in environments where sounds mostly come from non-human animals or the elements 70 70

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