The Task Force is focused on the geographic areas of “Portland’s Central City.”
Your survey responses may be used as part of recommendations from the Task Force, as well as other community decision-making purposes. Your participation and input is valuable as we work to develop a set of near-term, achievable strategies to revitalize the Central City.
The questionnaire should take less than 15 minutes to complete.
Register here to watch the forum video on-demand.On Monday, September 18 from 3-5 pm, the Downtown Neighborhood Association joined five other central city neighborhood associations, Neighbors West-Northwest, and the Revitalize Portland Coalition to sponsor the forum :Portland’s Behavioral Health Crisis: Seeking Solutions”.______________________________________________________________________________ The city we love is crying for help. We have neighbors living unsheltered on our streets, many suffering untreated from mental illness and others seeking escape from their desperate situation through life threatening drugs. Despite hundreds of millions of federal, state, and local taxes available, we seem to be making no progress in solving the problem. People continue to suffer and die, and Portland’s precious quality of life and economic vitality hang in the balance. Portlanders are searching for solutions. We see the problems on Portland streets every day, but answers lie far beyond the borders of the Rose City. County, metro, state and federal laws and budgets must be navigated if we are to arrive at solutions to our behavioral health crisis. This challenge cannot be solved solely by our elected leaders. It will take all of us working together with our leaders to bring our city back. The forum will feature a panel of six elected leaders representing our west side neighborhoods from all levels of government: ______________________________________________________________________________
– Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler – Multnomah County District 1 Commissioner Sharon Meieran, representing Downtown and West Portland – Metro President Lynn Peterson – Oregon House Representative Homeless Committee Chair Maxine Dexter, representing Downtown and most of West Portland – Oregon Senate Majority Leader Kate Lieber, representing a substantial portion of Downtown and SW Portland – A member of Oregon’s Congressional Delegation (not yet confirmed)
Each of these leaders defined the problem, explained their role (county, city, etc.) in addressing the problem, and proposed solutions in collaboration with other leaders.
Prior to the forum, the public was invited to submit questions that focused on finding solutions to Portland’s behavioral health crisis and those questions were presented to the panelists.
Sponsors: Neighbors West Northwest Downtown Neighborhood Association Pearl District Neighborhood Association Old Town Community Association Goose Hollow Neighborhood Association Northwest District Association Southwest Hills Residential League Revitalize Portland Coalition
