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Portland Mayor Announces 50 New Beds To Combat Homelessness And Aid Addiction Recovery
Portland, OR – In a significant step toward addressing the city’s homelessness crisis, Mayor Keith Wilson today unveiled plans to add 50 new beds to the Bybee Lakes Hope Center, a key resource in the fight against unsheltered homelessness. These new beds will be dedicated to individuals recovering from substance use disorders, with a focus on those recovering from opioid addiction, and will offer round-the-clock shelter along with comprehensive support services, including transportation.
波特蘭市議會一致通過市長的預算修正案 - 波特蘭新聞
（本報綜述）波特蘭市議會上周一致通過惠勒市長早前建議的預算修正案，市政府每年有兩次機會可因應需求和收入的變化來修改已通過的預算案。 惠勒市長希望 “增加新撥款來滿足迫切的復甦需求，在今年夏季優先考慮無家可歸、社區安全和經濟復甦等問題。 在今次的修正案中，增撥500,000美元，以幫助將無家可歸者安置到庇護所或住房，並向Bybee Lakes 希望中心撥款100萬美元，資助其露宿者庇護中心的運作，由目前的138張床位增至318張床位，為男性，女性和家庭提供臨時庇護服務。這庇護中心前身是麥縣政府花巨資興建後但未有使用過的一座大型監獄， 監獄改為露宿者庇護中心的想法一直遭到麥魯瑪縣官員的反對。 惠勒市長在宣布預算修正案獲通過的新聞稿中，包括了Bybee Lakes 首席執行官Alan Evans的一份聲明：“Helping Hands Reentry Outreach Centers （外展中心）感謝波特蘭市對我們的Bybee Lakes希望中心的投資。惠勒市長了解私人和公共夥伴關係在解決問題方面的重要性。市政府這項投資將使希望中心能夠在2022 年為近4,700 名無家者提供服務。”...
Bybee Lakes, United Way unveil renovation for homeless
United Way of the Columbia-Willamette funded the transformation by: Tim Steele Posted: Mar 23, 2022 / 07:30 AM PDT Updated: Mar 23, 2022 / 07:46 AM PDT PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The Bybee Lakes Hope Center — previously the never-used Wapato Jail — will unveil its renovated space for transitional housing for the homeless at a Wednesday morning press conference.
Commissioner Ryan announces the four remaining Safe Rest Village sites
Portland City Commissioner Dan Ryan announced the four new sites and an emergency order aimed at speeding up development on Thursday. PORTLAND, Ore. — Portland City Commissioner Dan Ryan has announced four new Safe Rest Village locations, completing the set of six sites that need to be assembled for the program, although he did not announce a firm opening date for any of them.
Get on the water by bike at one of these pedal-to-paddle destinations
Have river (and bike and inflatable kayak), will paddle. (Photos: Jonathan Maus/BikePortland) We’re lucky here in Portland to be surrounded by rivers and lakes. We also happen to have some pretty great bikeways. Put them together and you’ve got lots of fun possibilities. After years of thinking about it, I finally did a pedal-to-paddle! Last weekend I loaded up our inflatable kayak into the trailer and Juli (Mrs. BikePortland) and I pedaled about nine miles south to Sellwood Riverfront Park.
Keep these things in mind when you get on your bike
Current conditions at Smith & Bybee Lakes. (Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) “Coffee stops have become picnic stops instead.
Beavers are redefining the landscape at Smith and Bybee Lake Wetlands Natural Area
A new beaver dam on the channel that connects Smith and Bybee lakes. (KATU) That's what Metro scientists are doing to restore wetlands and the channel that connects Smith and Bybee Lake Wetlands Natural Area in North Portland. The beavers do most of the work, with an assist from Metro regional parks. It turns out beaver and nutria -- the former is native, the latter invasive -- work together building dams. And that's a problem along the channel that connects Smith and Bybee lakes.
Paddling Beyond Portland
Story by Brooke Jackson // Photos by Brooke Jackson and Nicole Wasko A defining geographical feature of Oregon is the Willamette River, which divides East and West Portland. Historically, the Willamette has shaped the history and development of Portland from the natural resources of Ross Island to forming a coastal sea port. For myself, a local kayak guide, the Willamette offers a great learning environment for new paddlers.
Wetlands wonder - Sunset
On this spring afternoon, pelting rain had scared away most of those signed up for a guided paddle trip on north Portland’s Smith and Bybee Lakes Wildlife Area. But by the time our flotilla of two kayaks and one canoe put in, the rain had quit, and the low-angled sun lent a golden sheen to Bybee Lake’s unruffled surface. The western painted turtles were hiding from the cold, but violet-green and cliff swallows and great blue herons filled the sky.
Ride to a quiet beach just 10 miles away on a route that's 80 percent carfree
This five-mile path parallels Marine Drive and connects Kelley Point Park with Smith and Bybee Lakes. (Photos: J. Maus/BikePortland) Did you know there’s a ride that’s 80 percent carfree and will take you from inner Portland to beaches on the Willamette and Columbia rivers on a mix of quiet residential roads, sidewalks, and paths? View and download route at RideWithGPS.com.
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