Lloyd Lending Library

The Lloyd EcoDistrict recently opened their Lloyd Lending Library, a neighborhood resource for free project and event supply lending.

Their mission is to foster a thriving and sustainable neighborhood and empower local small businesses and organizations by providing these resources at no cost. Sharing these supplies as a community also helps to reduce waste.

The Lloyd Lending Library inventory includes essentials like pop-up canopies, tables, chairs, extension cords, cleanup supplies, and more, with additional items added regularly. Items can be reserved in advance, picked up Wednesday through Friday, and checked out for up to one week.

Got an event coming up? Browse their inventory for supplies and be a part of this community resource.

Currently only small businesses, community organizations, and buildings within the Lloyd EcoDistrict area are eligible to use the Lloyd Lending Library.

Learn more about the Lloyd Lending Library and reserve items at ecolloyd.org.

NE Broadway Community Walk

On Tuesday, November 8th, Go Lloyd was invited to participate in a site visit along NE Broadway with business owners, the Lloyd Community Association (LCA), and staff from the City of Portland’s new Public Environmental Management Office (PEMO). The boundaries of the Lloyd Enhanced Service District, and the three Lloyd-specific nonprofit organizations, end just before Broadway, leaving a gap in services at the north of the district. Businesses along NE Broadway face the same difficulties as those in Lloyd, Downtown, and city-wide: cleanliness, safety, and vandalism.

The group walked from business to business to speak with managers and owners about the main issues their stores face. With the momentum of these organizations and engaged community members, there are many solutions available to support our neighbors on NE Broadway. Potential solutions discussed on this visit include installation of murals with anti-graffiti coating, adding tree lighting, and connecting with local social service providers to assist individuals in crisis in the area.

Together, we will be able to pool our resources and improve the vitality of the NE Broadway retail corridor. Go Lloyd is pleased to be part of the conversation and is looking forward to making continued improvements with LCA, PEMO, and the NE Broadway community.

Steptember: A Month of Movement

Go Lloyd kicked off Steptember 2022 with our guided Art Walk, where we got the chance to view local artist, Jeremy Nichols, paint the new mural on the Metro garage (located at NE 7th Avenue and Lloyd Boulevard) while chatting with the muralist.

Next up was the Historic Places Walk, where we were joined by Oregon Walks Executive Director, Ashton Simpson. We were treated with a pleasant surprise when the current owners of the historic Gov. George Chamberlain House in Irvington gracious let us enter their front yard. We observed the Victorian architecture up close and admired the giant Beech tree in the southeast corner of the yard. This tree was gifted to Chamberlain’s daughter, Carrie (herself the first Rose Festival Queen in 1907) as a seedling from George Washington’s garden at Mt. Vernon. 

All month long our Holladay Park Cleanups continued strong, with our diligent park stewards collecting and removing over 75 pounds of garbage. 

Halfway through the month, Go Lloyd and The Street Trust came together to host a PARK(ing) Day parklet on NE 6th Avenue and NE Holladay Street. We repurposed the 20 foot by 6 foot parking space to create room to ‘Relax by the MAX’ with coffee, games, and comfy chairs. Many furry companions enjoyed complimentary PARK(ing) Day dog treats while we discussed transportation inspirations and barriers with their humans. 

Later in the month on our Water Walk (with a lively and engaged group of attendees), we toured the many water features and fountains within the Lloyd neighborhood. We were joined by liaisons from Community Engagement Liaison Services (CELs), a group currently working with Go Lloyd on a DEI project. 

Our last walking tour of the month was the Blumenauer Bridge Walk, which circled back to a location on our Art Walk where we revisited the newly finished Metro garage mural and saw its vibrant, final design. We chatted about adaptive bikes and neighborhood revitalization while we strolled over the Blumenauer Bridge on a summer-like late September afternoon. 

Steptember 2022 was full of fun and movement— thank you to all the community members who joined us!

Blumenauer Bridge Opening Day Celebration!

It was great to see so many Portlanders come out in support of yesterday’s Opening Celebration of the Congressman Earl Blumenauer Bicycle and Pedestrian Bridge!

A HUGE “Thank you!” to Congressman Earl Blumenauer, Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty, Kimberly Branam, and Lloyd’s own, Wade Lange, Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT), and our partners, the Central Eastside Industrial Council, The Street Trust, Friends of the Green Loop, and Prosper Portland.

Despite the heat, friends and neighbors joined together for a fun, car-free day celebrating our communities and this new, important connection between Lloyd and the Central Eastside. Not only does the Blumenauer Bridge provide a safe and easy crossing for people walking, biking, and rolling between these two great neighborhoods, it will also serve as an important segment of the future Green Loop.

Go Lloyd is proud to have helped fund the construction of this transformative piece of infrastructure and we are happy to underwrite the cost of the pedestrian and bike counter that will be added to the plaza at the north end of the bridge (stay tuned!).

We’d like to extend a special shout out to all those who helped make the Lloyd Block Party at Hassalo Plaza such a success—Friends of the Green Loop, PBOT, Kuto, the Garrett Baxter Quartet, PDX Mobile Bike Repair, The Bookmobile Babe, Staccato Gelato, Yeah Mon Food, FoodiMenus, 40 Mile Loop Land Trust, and especially Congressman Earl Blumenauer and Commissioner Mingus Mapps (Thanks for leading our parade to the bridge, Commissioner Mapps!).

Finally, thank you to all attendees and vendors for sticking it out in the heat and helping to create such a positive atmosphere all day long.

What a fantastic way to celebrate Bridge City’s newest bridge!

The Grand Floral Parade Returns to Lloyd

After a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Portland Rose Festival’s Grand Floral Parade is back in 2022!

The parade route is shortened this year and will travel exclusively through the Lloyd neighborhood on Sunday, June 11, 2022 from 10 AM to noon.

The parade will begin by traveling through the Memorial Coliseum, continuing along N Broadway and heading east down NE Weidler St. It then travels south down NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd., turns left and heads east on Lloyd Blvd., and continues northeast along NE 16th Dr. Finally, the parade will turn west on NE Multnomah St. and disband near the Lloyd Center.

Portlanders can watch the parade by purchasing reserved indoor seats to the Veterans Memorial Coliseum, from the street along the route, or via a live telecast of the event on Fox 12 Oregon.  

Visit rosefestival.org to purchase tickets and learn more about the Grand Floral Parade.

If you expect to travel into or through Lloyd on the morning of the parade, plan ahead and expect delays.

Earl Blumenauer Bridge Preview

Go Lloyd recently organized a preview tour of the new Congressman Earl Blumenauer Bicycle and Pedestrian Bridge, or “The Earl,” as it is affectionately known. This key piece of infrastructure will provide a much-needed pedestrian and bicycle connection between the Lloyd neighborhood and the Central Eastside, and serve as an important segment of Portland’s Green Loop.

A big “Thank you!” to Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) for giving us this unique opportunity.

We look forward to the bridge opening later this year. Stay tuned for more details.

Go Lloyd Adopts a Block

This October, Go Lloyd officially adopted the Lloyd Center Tower block (between NE Multnomah and Halsey Streets and NE 7th and 9th Avenues—see map below).

You’ll find Go Lloyd staff picking up garbage around this block every Monday afternoon, rain or shine. We are committed to keeping this block clean for the benefit of all in the Lloyd neighborhood.

Interested in adopting a block, yourself? Visit adoptoneblock.org to get started.

Lloyd businesses, if you are eager to begin but need help collecting supplies, email paul@golloyd.org.

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