2006: Street Roots and the North American Street Newspaper Association join the International Network of Street Papers. This network spans the globe with more than 70 newspapers and a combined circulation of 55 million.
2005: Managing Editor Joanne Zuhl is awarded the Steve Lowenstein Award, and Director Israel Bayer receives the Cecil M. Shumway Fund award for service to the poor and underprivileged in Portland.
A feature in the Society for News Design calls Street Roots "one of the best, if not the best, street papers in the country."
2003: street roots doubles its publication schedule to twice a month. The decision is based on the cycle of sales and the demand for a more competitive news product. The new publication schedule is strongly supported by the paper's readers.
In addition, Street Roots absorbs the Vagabond Quarterly as a special poetry edition of the regular paper.
2002: street roots creates the Vagabond Quarterly, a poetry-based magazine produced by the writers' group and the co-op press.
2001: street roots is recognized as The Most Improved Street Newspaper for 2001 by the North American Street Newspaper Association.
2000: street roots becomes the launch pad for Dignity Village, Portland's only city-sanctioned homeless community. This open-air alternative to shelters is a home for many of our vendors, as well as a community base for social economic empowerment.
1998: street roots emerges from the defunct Burnside Cadillac newspaper to become Portland's flagship publication addressing homelessness and poverty.
In its first year, street roots establishes the writers' group, a weekly meeting that encourages homeless and low-income individuals, many of whom are also vendors, to contribute to the paper through their writing.
An offshoot of the writers' group is our publishing cooperative, which provides homeless writers another outlet of expression and empowerment.