Ten years ago I was desperately trying to sink my teeth into my new Portland neighborhood. My old Portland neighborhood, where I had spent the previous 25 years, was 2,500 miles away and I was in a real sink or swim situation. Outside of a few rock and roll tours through Louisville in a past life, I knew nothing about Kentucky. Thanks to some Zillowing back in Oregon, I was suddenly the fourth owner of a pristine 19th-century brick mansion on West Main Street.
Category: Portland Life
Silver Notes Sound Glorious Tones At Elderly Facilities
The Silver Notes were comprised of 14 women and five men, all age 65 and over, volunteering their time to ‘bring entertainment to the residents and put smiles on their faces by singing patriotic, traditional, and holiday music’, according to its website. The spring season featured 13 performances across the region.
Portland’s Wild West!
In a little town, where horses are replaced with mechanical steeds, often made and modified by its owner; the people have never left their heritage.
Portland Resident Makes Local Impact with Cedar Lake
After spending nearly a decade in the Peace Corps in China and Ukraine, and a long career as a director of a busy food bank, Louisville native Cassie Cairns identified Portland as the ideal home for her and her husband Lachlan. Now, she serves as Director of Impact and Advocacy for Cedar Lake Foundation, which supports 254 people with intellectual and developmental disabilities in the greater Louisville area.