Portland, Oregon neighborhoods

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There are 95 officially recognized Portland, Oregon neighborhoods. Each is represented by a volunteer-based neighborhood association which serves as a liaison between residents of the neighborhood and the city government, as coordinated by the city's Office of Neighborhood Involvement (ONI). The city provides funding to this "network of neighborhoods" through seven neighborhood district coalitions, geographical groupings of neighborhood associations.

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[edit] Officially recognized neighborhoods

Each neighborhood association defines its own boundaries, which may include areas outside of Portland city limits and (if mutually agreed) areas that overlap with other neighborhoods. Neighborhoods may span boundaries between the five sections (N, NE, SE, SW, and NW) of the city as well. The segmentation adopted here is based on ONI's district coalition model, under which each neighborhood is part of at most one coalition (though some neighborhoods are not included in any).

[edit] Neighbors West/Northwest (NWNW)

These are in Northwest Portland, except Arlington Heights, Goose Hollow, Portland Downtown and Sylvan-Highlands, which are in Southwest Portland.

[edit] Southwest Neighborhoods, Inc. (SWNI)

All are in Southwest Portland.

[edit] North Portland Neighborhood Services (NPNS)

Most lie entirely within North Portland. Bridgeton and Hayden Island are split between North and Northeast sections. East Columbia is in Northeast Portland.

[edit] Northeast Coalition of Neighborhoods (NECN)

Most lie entirely within Northeast Portland. Boise, Eliot, Piedmont and Humboldt include areas in North Portland.

[edit] Central Northeast Neighbors, Inc. (CNN)

All lie within Northeast Portland.

[edit] East Portland Neighborhood Office (EPNO)

Argay, Parkrose, Parkrose Heights, Russell, Wilkes, and Woodland Park are in Northeast Portland. Glenfair and Hazelwood are split between Northeast and Southeast sections. Centennial, Lents, Mill Park, Pleasant Valley, and Powellhurst-Gilbert are in Southeast Portland.

[edit] Southeast Uplift Neighborhood Program (SEUL)

All are entirely within Southeast Portland, except Center, Laurelhurst, Kerns, and Montavilla, which are split between Northeast and Southeast sections.

[edit] Unaffiliated with a coalition

Healy Heights lies within Southwest Portland. The Lloyd District is in Northeast Portland.

[edit] Other areas and communities

  • Alberta Arts District, an art, retail, and restaurant area in the King, Vernon, and Concordia neighborhoods
  • Albina, a historical city which was consolidated into Portland in 1891
  • The Belmont Area, a retail and residential area in the Buckman, Sunnyside, and Mt. Tabor neighborhoods
  • Dunthorpe, an affluent unincorporated enclave just beyond the city limits, north of Lake Oswego
  • East Portland, a historical city which was consolidated into Portland in 1891
  • The Hawthorne District, a countercultural shopping district running through the Buckman, Hosford-Abernethy, Sunnyside, Richmond, and Mt. Tabor neighborhoods
  • Maywood Park, a Northeast neighborhood that seceded to become an independent city
  • Vanport, a city located in present-day North Portland destroyed by a flood in 1948

[edit] External links

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