Plants Wanted for the 2024 Woodstock Neighborhood Plant Sale
Share your garden plants with the 2024 Woodstock Neighborhood Plant Sale, which benefits the Woodstock Community Center. This year’s sale is scheduled for Saturday, May 11, from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM at the community center, located at 5905 SE 43rd Ave.
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Get Involved with the Houseless Action Committee (HAC)
The HAC was established in 2023 by members of the WNA to assist the growing houseless population and to alleviate the effects of houselessness within the Woodstock neighborhood.
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Volunteer for Our Monthly Saturday Cleanup!
We'll meet for our next Neighborhood Walk & Clean at the Woodstock Community Center, 9:30 AM until noon, and mainly work from Caesar Chavez/Woodstock to 60th/Woodstock and surrounding streets. Gloves, trash grabbers, bags and buckets will be provided as well as breakfast snacks and coffee! All ages are welcome!

Saturday, March 16, 9:30 AM - 12 PM, 5905 SE 43rd Avenue
cleanup@woodstockpdx.org
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Meetings and Events

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Woodstock Neighborhood Association meetings are held on a regular basis in a hybrid format via Zoom as well as in person at the Woodstock Community Center.

Joining a meeting is easy! View the Google Calendar schedule and click on the link shown with the meeting or dial 253-215-8782 and enter the meeting ID. No login information is required, but you will be asked to provide your name before entering the meeting.

All community members are invited and encouraged to attend meetings. If you have something you would like to present or have addressed, email info@woodstockpdx.org to request an agenda addition.

Meeting agendas are posted to a public shared file prior to upcoming meetings. Click here to view the current agenda. If there is an agenda item you would like to see at a future meeting, please contact the WNA Chair at chair@woodstockpdx.org.

About Us

The Woodstock Neighborhood Association (WNA) is an all-volunteer 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded in 1977. It represents all residents of the Woodstock neighborhood, one of 95 neighborhoods in Portland’s neighborhood network. This network is coordinated by the Portland’s Office of Civic & Community Life in collaboration with seven neighborhood district coalition offices. Woodstock receives support from the Southeast Portland neighborhood coalition known as SE Uplift.

The WNA strives to reflect the issues and needs of its members. Anyone who lives, works, or owns property in the Woodstock neighborhood is considered a member. There are no dues and no membership requirements. The purpose of the association is to improve livability within the City of Portland and the Woodstock neighborhood; to promote and support projects and activities that contribute to these goals; and to provide a means for citizen participation and communication in determination of affairs which directly and indirectly affect the Woodstock neighborhood.

Area Representatives corresponding to each section of the Woodstock neighborhood bring the concerns of their neighbors to WNA general meetings and take the lead on community activities.

Click here to download or view WNA bylaws in PDF format.

WNA Board Members

For organizing and representation purposes, the Woodstock neighborhood is subdivided into five geographic sections.

Committees

Woodstock Community Center

The Woodstock Community Center (5905 SE 43rd Ave, Portland, OR 97206) is currently operated and maintained through a partnership between the Woodstock Neighborhood Association’s Friends of the Woodstock Community Center and Portland Parks and Recreation.

Portland Parks and Recreation offers a variety of recreation activities and enrichment classes at the Woodstock Community Center as well as an educational preschool. The Woodstock Neighborhood Association uses the center for meetings and special events including neighborhood potlucks, the Spring plant sale, and a family-friendly Halloween party.

The Woodstock Community Center can be rented for meetings, birthday parties, and other gatherings. For availability and pricing, call 503-823-3633.

Built in 1928 as a local firehouse, the historic structure now operates as the home of the Woodstock Community Center. Portland Parks and Recreation assumed ownership of the firehouse in 1958 and converted it into a community center.

Woodstock Neighborhood

Woodstock is a flag-shaped neighborhood located in the Southeast Portland, OR. First platted in 1889, it is one of the city’s oldest neighborhoods. Despite its many unimproved streets, Woodstock is considered one of the most walkable neighborhoods in Portland and many of its residents live within walking distance of basic services and amenities.

The northern portion of Woodstock contains most the neighborhood’s older homes—some built as early as the 1880s. Post-World War II housing is concentrated in the southern panhandle and the northeast corner of the neighborhood. More recent housing is scattered throughout the area, although this is more concentrated in the eastern portion.

In 2014, the WNA partnered with the Woodstock Community Business Association, Woodstock Stakeholders, and Reed College to collaborate on the Woodstock Visioning Project. A four-day community visioning process led by the National Charrette Institute at Michigan State University brought together Woodstock residents, businesses, and property owners to consider zoning and design questions with the intent to shape future development in Woodstock.

Woodstock is dedicated to creating a more equitable and sustainable future. In 2021, the WNA collaborated with Brentstock Incubators to start the Woodstock Right-of-Way Project. The grassroots project serves as an information hub for residents looking to learn more about the potential of public right-of-way (ROW) spaces and encourages them to repurpose ROW spaces in their neighborhood. A number of these underutilized ROW spaces have already been developed into safe play areas, community gardens, food pantries, and donation areas that directly benefit the community.

According to pdxhistory.com:

"Woodstock bears the name of a real estate tract platted in 1889. At that time, it was in vogue to name housing tracts after Sir Walter Scott’s novels. … The word “stoc” is an Anglo-Saxon word which means a stockaded place and Woodstock means a place fortified with wooden posts. Woodstock had a post office, as a separate town, with its own postmark, beginning in 1891 and it lasted until 1912.”
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The Woodstock Neighborhood Association is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization established in 1977.

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