We are incredibly thankful to all of the volunteers who came out before the event and helped us clean the place up: Goodwill Kentucky’s Another Way Program, UofL’s SOUL Day of Service, and members of our Board of Directors!
Category: Community
Happy 80th Birthday Charlie Frick, The Portland Anchorman!
Charlie Frick joined the Portland Anchor in the early 1970s while working for Senior House West where “a typical day found him doing the ‘Hokey Pokey’ with the senior group or telling one of his famous ‘great’ jokes.”
A New Era of Baseball Is Coming to Lannan Park
Portland Youth Baseball is preparing for an exciting new chapter with a simple goal: bring baseball at Lannan Park back to its glory days. And thanks to the generosity of several community partners, that vision is quickly becoming a reality.
Portland Residents Address Vacant & Abandoned Properties
Nearly every block in Portland has a vacant lot or abandoned house. Neighbors are left to decide how to deal with it. Call the owners if you can find them? Call the City? Cut the grass? For answers, Portland residents are meeting with Tia Bowman of the Louisville Metro Office of Housing and Community Development (OHCD). Ms. Bowman’s presentations are designed to equip residents with information and establish priorities to address the issue.
Portland Now Celebration of Community Cookout & School Supply Drive
Please join PNI for a celebration of community cookout on Tuesday, August 4th at 6:30pm at the Louisville Grows Healthy House campus located at 1641 Portland Avenue. Bring new school supplies to Donate to J. B. Atkinson Elementary!
Own Your Very Own Festival
There was evidence everywhere. Signs above Interstate 64. Picnic tables and street barriers stacked next to the Festival building on Northwestern. Yard signs on front lawns. Warnings about street closures nailed to telephone poles. A 2-day affair. The 52nd Portland Community Festival! And, by golly, we pulled it off!
A Historic Turnout for the Portland Festival: Thank You, Portland!
The Portland Festival was an absolute dream this year, bringing our neighborhood together for an incredible weekend of music, food, and community pride. To everyone who came out, danced, ate, and celebrated our amazing neighborhood—THANK YOU for making this one for the history books.
Reflections of the Portland Festival
While it’s been a few weeks since the Portland Festival in early June, you can’t help but still feel the buzz of energy and excitement, the result of an amazing community coming together. And while I did make a brief appearance at the event a couple years ago, this was the first time the Portland Museum and Portland Anchor set up a booth, and it was a wild whirlwind I won’t soon forget, and can’t wait to experience again next year.
James Merrill Harris Named New Honorary Portland Mayor
Hear from former Honorary Portland Mayor Rick “Pops” Thomas on his history with the neighborhood and its annual Festival, and congratulate this year’s mayor elect James Merrill Harris!
Beyond the Track: A Louisville Habitat Story of Impact with Ford from Oaks Day
While most of Louisville was celebrating Oaks Day at Churchill Downs, something equally meaningful was happening just a few miles away. Ford employees were building more than a wall. They were building the future of homeownership for a Louisville family.