cities Archives - Ecotrust

A man smiles out the window of a food cart.

Breaking bread, talking business

A new pilot program focused on Latinx entrepreneurs aims to empower business owners with local purchasing know-how.

Molly Simas
September 13, 2017 14 September 2017

Three men and three women sitting in front of a room. One man wearing a suit is holding the microphone.

Data tools for health equity

On Monday July 10, we welcomed a day-long workshop at the Natural Capital Center: Powering Health Equity Action with Online Tools.

Molly Simas
July 12, 2017 31 August 2017

illustration of city skyline with buildings covered in greenery.

Biomimicry and the Urban Greenprint SeedKit

Urban Greenprint contributes this piece on looking to biomimicry to inform building nature-forward urban environments.

guest
April 26, 2017 27 April 2017

Illustration of people walking, biking, running on a walkway with trees

Design Week HQ at the Redd: April 22-28

This April, we are proud to host the headquarters of Portland Design Week at the Redd on Salmon Street.

Molly Simas
April 13, 2017 11 July 2017

A wetland field under sunny blue skies

A greener future for Colwood Wetland

Thanks to for-purpose business practices and unique partnerships, North Portland's Cully community is looking a little greener.

Noah Enelow
September 2, 2016 02 September 2016

Ecotrust's Nathan Kadish holds white buffalo head award while smiling broadly

Two city blocks for food, one big win

The Redd on Salmon Street, two city blocks in central eastside Portland imagined to be a working hub for the food economy, wins at SXSW Eco.

Megan Foucht
October 20, 2015 20 October 2015

Student looking across highway in Cully Neighborhood

Tree city: creating prosperity for all

Ecotrust and our partners will explore the economic impacts of building neighborhood wealth through investments in urban ecosystems.

Noah Enelow
October 15, 2015 10 November 2015

old flyer advertising the Portland truck terminal, ephemera

The Old McCracken Warehouse

We were looking for a place to call home, and in 1998, we found it in a turn-of-the-century warehouse ready for renewal.

Spencer B. Beebe
March 26, 2015 27 April 2015

This mural, in North Portland's Village Market, was painted by neighbors and community organizers who collaborated on the plans and vision for a vibrant small-scale grocery store offering healthy foods to an underserved neighborhood. It sits above a vegetable case full of fresh produce. The image shows three flowers in bloom.

Say good-bye to “food deserts”

Edible Portland questions the use of the term food deserts among food system advocates.

Lola Milholland
January 14, 2014 01 October 2014

Beyond Bankruptcy: The resilience of Detroit

On Thursday, July 18th, 2013, the City of Detroit made U.S. history with the largest municipal bankruptcy in the country to date. Approximately $18 billion in size, it dwarfed the second-largest, Jefferson County, Alabama, by a factor of four. “There …

Noah Enelow
August 19, 2013 03 May 2016