HOPE: A Campaign to Build a Permanent Home for Street Roots
SECURE.
After 20 years, Street Roots has found its new home on the corner of 3rd and Burnside.
Timeline
Current IMPACT
Vendor Program
Each week about 250 Street Roots active vendors purchase copies of the newspaper for 25 cents each, then sell them on the streets of Portland for $1.
Rose City Resource Guide
The most comprehensive resource guide for the homeless in the city. More than 215,000 copies are distributed annually for free to over 400 organizations.
Newspaper
5,000 papers are distributed every week. Our content includes in-depth reporting by professional journalists, along with op-eds.
Advocacy
Street Roots currently has 10 key advocacy priorities, focusing our sights on the resources needed for housing and homeless services.
Future IMPACT
(with our new building)
Space for unscripted moments
Double the amount of jobs vendors secure
Provide showers and laundry
Facilitate 12,000 visits a year to 48,000 visits a year
Invest in the future of Old Town
Increase average vendor income from $12,000/year to $16,000/year
Campaign updates
Portland Video Production - Street Roots Groundbreaking Kick Off
KGW8 – “Street Roots prepares for expansion with purchase of new building”
Jennifer Bradford shares a message about our capital campaign.
Bronwyn Carver wants you to know this about Street Roots.
Gary Barker wants to bring laughter back to our community.
Additional Updates
•“Street Roots prepares for expansion with purchase of new building” - KG8 News
•“Street Roots plans headquarters, services expansion” - KOIN 6 News
•“Street Roots starts redeveloping Old Town headquarters” - Portland Business Journal (subscription required)
•“Act of Hope” - Portland Business Journal (subscription required)
•“How Street Roots found its new space” - Street Roots
•”Street Roots sends a message of HOPE” - Street Roots
This campaign is 85% funded.
We need YOU to get us to the finish line.
Major Supporters
American Rescue Plan
CareOregon
Collins Foundation
Cole Reed
David and Christine Vernier
Henry Lea Hillman Foundation
Holst Architecture
Jessica Helgerson Interior Design
Marie Lamfrom Foundation
McGee Salvage
Multnomah County
Neil Kelly
O’Neill Construction Company
Portland Clean Energy Fund
Prosper Portland
Shiels Obletz & Johnsen
Western Partitions, Inc.
Willis
Support
How can you help with Portland’s homelessness crisis? Support our camapgin!
Learn about the three areas that need funding to complete our capital campaign ♥️
Newsroom
Wellness Center
Other Ways To Give
Wire Transfer
Stock, securities, mutual funds
Donor Advised Fund
IRAs
To learn more check out our Case for Support (PDF).
Renderings of our new home at 219 NW Burnside
For a more detailed explanation of each floor, check out the piece written by our partners HOLST Architecture