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The South Waterfront is a sophisticated urban neighborhood located in an inspiring natural setting along the Willamette River.

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South Waterfront Community Relations' mission is to develop and promote community building activities in Portland's South Waterfront, which will mitigate community deterioration and benefit the community as a whole. Over the past 10 years, South Waterfront Community Relations has facilitated a broad range of activities allowing strangers to become neighbors, and supported new residents in getting to know one another through their involvement in community events and issues.

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Follow us on Instagram. Visiting the South Waterfront? Tag your photos at #southwaterfrontportland.

Way to go South Waterfront! Thanks to your help this past Saturday at our SOLVE Oregon Spring Cleanup event, 55 volunteers were able to collect approximately 795 pounds of trash in just under 2 hours. We so appreciate your commitment to keeping our c

Have you participated in SWCR’s Virtual Blood Drive yet? You still can! There’ll be a nearby Pop-Up at University Place Hotel & Conference Center from April 19 – 27.

Book your appointment today at the link in our bio!

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Participate in SWCR’s Virtual Blood Drive with Bloodworks Northwest this April! Donating is easy as can be. Just pick a pop-up donor location that works best for you & say the code “SWCR” when you arrive.

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Show up for your community through SWCR’s Virtual Blood Drive with @bloodworksnw ! You can conveniently make your appointment at a pop-up whenever and wherever works best for you. 👍

Just say or the code “SWCR” when you arrive for

Nothing like a little #midweekmotivation morning walk along the Willamette. 😍

SWCR is interested to learn what programs and events you—South Waterfront residents, employees, and community members—are interested in seeing our organization host this year.

Please take our short Community Survey to share you

Anyone else missing Rainbow Produce’s 🌈 scrumptious salads (and owner Sergey’s shining-through-the-mask smile)? Come to the South Waterfront Winter Market ❄️ tomorrow at Old Moody next to the Aerial Tram from 10:00 am – 2:00 pm to

Spread good cheer this holiday season by shopping local 🎁. Participate in SWCR's Polar Passport and you can even win a $100 gift card to the local retailer of your choice! ☃️

How It Works
1️⃣ This December, support at least 4 businesses featured i

Major kudos goes out to the 42 volunteers who despite the rain came out to SWCR’s Fall SOLVE Cleanup this past Saturday! In total, we were able to collect approximately 700 pounds of litter around the neighborhood. Thanks for your help in makin

Has being cooped up at home during COVID-19 or the recent wildfires sparked your creativity? Show the South Waterfront community the masterpieces that you’ve made 🎨 or the photos you've taken 📸 by participating in SWCR’s Virtual Art Con

Feel like your noggin needs some nourishment these days? Join SWCR on Tuesday, April 7th from 7:00 pm – 7:45 pm for a friendly online trivia competition on Zoom. Besides earning bragging rights, the winner will receive a $15 gift

SWCR created a webpage to provide you with updates about how COVID-19 is affecting the South Waterfront community. You can view the webpage at the link in our bio. We will do our best to update this page as frequently as possible with current informa

Due to COVID-19 impacts, PBOT and OHSU have limited Portland Aerial Tram capacity to essential travel to OHSU. Starting March 16, the tram has halted all ticket sales to the public and tram operators will not allow more than 20 people at a time

In an effort to do our part in preventing the spread of Coronavirus, SWCR will be primarily working from home.  If you need to reach SWCR, please email us at pete@southwaterfront.com or 
natasha@southwaterfront.com Thank you

Spring is *almost* here, so come on out and celebrate with Three Paws Pet Supply at The South Waterfront Dog Park today from 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm! 🐾 Their monthly "Pup 🐶 Up" will feature free treats and toys for your dog to try out.

Thank you so much to the 50+ volunteers who joined us at our SOLVE Winter Cleanup this past Saturday! Fueled by ☕ generously donated by @starbucksohsu and doughnuts, they were able to collect approximately 690 pounds of trash. Way to go make the Sout

Spend this Saturday with SWCR caring for the environment 🌍 and cruising around on e-scooters 🛴! We’ll start the morning with our Winter SOLVE Neighborhood Cleanup (free coffee ☕ + doughnuts 🍩 provided to all volunteers) at 10:00 am. Then we'

On February 29th SWCR is hosting a “Sustainable Saturday”! 🌍 Start the morning with us at 10:00 am at our SOLVE Neighborhood Cleanup where we’ll supply you with free ☕ + 🍩s and then send you off to make our community clean + green

Valentine’s Day ❤ is officially less than a month away! Thankfully you won’t have to travel far to find something to swoon your sweetheart with…just stop by the South Waterfront’s very own LilyRoot Flowers where you’ll

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas 🎄in the South Waterfront Community Garden! If you'd like to learn more about the availability of garden beds for the 2020 season, reach out to Community Garden Manager Pete Collins at pete@southwaterfront.

farmers market

The South Waterfront Farmers Market runs from June through October, 2:00 pm - 7:00 pm.

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map & directions

View a map of the neighborhood and get directions.

Community Garden

Have a green thumb? Apply for a garden bed!

retail

Retail and restaurants in the South Waterfront.

green buildings

Learn about the sustainable building practices use in our neighborhood.

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South Waterfront dog Park

Get the details about the South Waterfront Dog Park.

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