A pitch for tents Is Portland ready- or willing- to create another tent city for the homeless? Reporter Amanda Waldroupe takes an in-depth look at the politics surrounding another tent city, or what some individuals on the streets are calling a "gree ...
27 Jun 2008 - Street Roots
We're waiting. Street Roots editorial, June 27. After more than three weeks of protests by individuals experiencing homelessness, countless actions (including actions by Street Roots and Sisters Of The Road), weekly testimonials from individuals in f ...
27 Jun 2008 - Street Roots
Park rangers destroy individuals property (July 9) The Portland Mercury has reported that park rangers destroyed a homeless individuals belongings. Even more damning is the fact that the City of Portland has admitted to throwing the individuals belongings ...
10 Jul 2008 - Street Roots
Group marches against sit-lie, camping ordinances (July 9) A group of what appears to be around 200 individuals- mostly young college kids and individuals on the streets marched from the North Park Blocks to the Clean & Safe (Portland Patrol Inc.) hea ...
10 Jul 2008 - Street Roots
Breaking: Sam Chase named Nick Fish's Chief of Staff (July 10) Street Roots has just learned that Sam Chase, the Executive Director of the Oregon Opportunity Network (formerly the Community Development Network), will be the Chief of Staff for newly e ...
10 Jul 2008 - Street Roots
Housing puzzle: New Street Roots on the streets tomorrow (July 10) With a new housing commissioner, mayor and City Council on the horizon, Portland's affordable housing developers decided in January that it was time to start looking at their operatio ...
10 Jul 2008 - Street Roots
Bruce heads out to sell the new paper... (July 11) Bruce Heino sells at New Seasons in the Concordia Neighborhood. Heino says one of his best sales pitches to customers that enjoy microbrews is, "Hey, Street Roots goes great with beer." He' ...
11 Jul 2008 - Street Roots
Full story: Making a pitch for tents (Story from June 27 issue) By Amanda Waldroupe One of the reverberating aftershocks of the three-week-long homeless protest outside City Hall is the question of whether Portland needs another " tent city " to ...
11 Jul 2008 - Street Roots
Vendor barbecue at Overlook Park (July 13) Street Roots had a small barbecue with vendors and staff today at Overlook Park. It was great fun. Here's a few of us around the water troft. We ate lots of food, jammed to 92.3 classic rock, and played kick ...
13 Jul 2008 - Street Roots
Denver says it won't hide the homeless for DNC (July 13) Police, advocates and social service provides write a joint piece in the Denver Post today titled: Denver won't hide the homeless. Posted by Israel Bayer Denver homeless DNC Where to buy S ...
14 Jul 2008 - Street Roots