Stop at Green Spots at Sunday Parkways on June 22 and explore a few North Portland treasures: 

• At June Key Delta Community Center, learn how a service-driven non-profit created a living building composed of cargo containers, salvaged glass and recycled construction materials using green technology.
• Find out why Harper’s Playground at Arbor Lodge Park is a place where people of all ages and abilities can play safely, relax on pesticide-free lawns and build community.
• Discover how to borrow what you need, meet neighbors and join the sharing community at the North Portland Tool Library.
• See how New Columbia models how to be a good neighbor.  Learn how together they create art and grow and eat affordable, healthful food.
• Travel on neighborhood greenways and enjoy safer and easier ways to walk and roll through the neighborhood.

Those are just a few things that can happen when you stop at a Green Spot. Portland’s neighborhoods integrate people and the built and natural environments to form a resilient cityscape. As the city grows and develops, these Green Spots are essential to maintaining a prosperous, healthy and connected city.

The City of Portland Bureau of Planning and Sustainability (BPS) organizes the Green Spot activities. Visit www.portlandoregon.gov/bps/greenspot or contact Bill Beamer, 503-823-5629 at BPS for more information.